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BOOK/REPORT

Medication Needs During Transitions May Not Be Managed for All Servicemembers.

Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; November 2, 2012. Publication GAO-13-26.

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY

Examining the Increase in Drug Shortages.

Hearings before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce Committee, 112th Cong, 1st Sess (September 23, 2011).

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Report: hospital errors cost 18 lives.

Rojas-Burke J. Oregonian. January 30, 2007:B01.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

HRSA patient safety and pharmacy collaborative is off to a good start.

Drug Formulary Review. April 1, 2009.

BOOK/REPORT

Adverse Events in Hospitals: Public Disclosure of Information About Events.

Wright S. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General; January 5, 2010. Report No. OEI-06-09-00360.

COMMENTARY

Path to safety: benefits of the 2005 Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act.

McBride D, Greening A, Redmond D. Healthc Financ Manage. June 2006;60:84-88.

COMMENTARY

Making inpatient medication reconciliation patient centered, clinically relevant and implementable: a consensus statement on key principles and necessary first steps.

Greenwald JL, Halasyamani L, Greene J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2010;5:477-485.

STUDY

Self-reported medical, medication and laboratory error in eight countries: risk factors for chronically ill adults.

Scobie A. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23:182-186.

COMMENTARY

Getting moving on patient safety—harnessing electronic data for safer care.

Jha AK, Classen DC. N Engl J Med 2011;365:1756-1758.

BOOK/REPORT

Learning from Investigations.

Healthcare Commission. London, England: Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection; 2008. ISBN: 9781845621636.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Organisation Patient Safety Incident Reports.

National Patient Safety Agency.

BOOK/REPORT

Few Adverse Events in Hospitals Were Reported to State Adverse Event Reporting Systems.

Wright S. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General; July 2012. Report No. OEI-06-09-00092.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

Patient safety and quality improvement.

Federal Register. February 12, 2008;73:8112-8183.

GOVERNMENT RESOURCE classic

Partnership for Patients.

Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety beyond the hospital.

Gandhi TK, Lee TH. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1001-1003.

AWARD RECIPIENT

Translating patient safety legislation into health care practice.

Rabinowitz ABK, Clarke JR, Marella W, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:676-681.

COMMENTARY

Making patient safety the centerpiece of medical liability reform.

Clinton HR, Obama B. N Engl J Med. 2006;354:2205-2208.

AWARD RECIPIENT

Announcing 2009 Leapfrog top hospitals.

Washington, DC: Leapfrog Group; December 4, 2009.

COMMENTARY

Language Barrier

Flores G. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2006.

COMMENTARY

Our broken health care system and how to fix it: an essay on health law and policy.

Jost TS. Wake Forest Law Rev. 2006;41:537-618.

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