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COMMENTARY
Moving beyond readmission penalties: creating an ideal process to improve transitional care.
Burke RE, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis EE, Schnipper JL. J Hosp Med. 2013;8:102-109.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012.
BOOK/REPORT
The Patient Safety Initiative at America’s Public Hospitals: The Year One Overview.
Research Brief. Washington, DC: National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems; January 2011.
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HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2010.
AWARD RECIPIENT
Announcing 2009 Leapfrog top hospitals.
Washington, DC: Leapfrog Group; December 4, 2009.
BOOK/REPORT
Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.
COMMENTARY
Revisiting duty-hour limits — IOM recommendations for patient safety and resident education.
Iglehart JK. N Engl J Med. 2008;359:2633-2635.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
BOOK/REPORT
Hospital Reporting Program.
Portland, OR: Oregon Patient Safety Commission.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.
BOOK/REPORT
IBEAS: A Pioneer Study on Patient Safety in Latin America: Towards Safer Hospital Care.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.
COMMENTARY
A new frontier in patient safety.
McCannon J, Berwick DM. JAMA
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2011;305:2221-2222.
AUDIOVISUAL
Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.
Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute for Technology and the Quaid Foundation; 2010.
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Medicare says it won't cover hospital errors.
Pear R. New York Times. August 19, 2007.
BOOK/REPORT
Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety.
Ulmer C, Wolman DM, Johns MME, eds. Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedule to Improve Patient Safety, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2008. ISBN: 9780309127721.
COMMENTARY
Medication errors in family practice, in hospitals and after discharge from the hospital: an ethical analysis.
Clark PA. J Law Med Ethics. 2004;32:349-357.
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Safety First: Top of Your Board's Agenda: 100 Day Challenge Survey Report.
The Patients Association. Harrow, Middlesex, UK: The Patients Association; June 2009.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2009.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
African Partnerships for Patient Safety.
Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Patient Safety, World Health Organization.
COMMENTARY
Financial incentives to promote health care quality: the hospital acquired conditions nonpayment policy.
Kavanagh KT. Soc Work Public Health. 2011;26:524-541.
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