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STUDY

Claiming behaviour in a no-fault system of medical injury: a descriptive analysis of claimants and non-claimants.

Bismark MM, Brennan TA, Davis PB, Studdert DM. Med J Aust. 2006;185:203-207.

COMMENTARY

Making the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 work.

Vemula R, Assaf RR, Al-Assaf AF. J Healthc Qual. 2007;29:6-10.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Preventing fatal errors.

Bailey B, Sevrens Lyons J. The Mercury News. November 27, 2005.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACOG Committee Opinion #520: disclosure and discussion of adverse events.

ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement and Committee on Professional Liability. Obstet Gynecol. 2012;119:686-689.

COMMENTARY classic

Transforming healthcare: a safety imperative.

Leape L, Berwick D, Clancy C, et al; Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:424-428.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical errors: should you apologize?

Weiss GG. Med Econ. April 21, 2006;83:50-54.

STUDY

Slow progress on meeting hospital safety standards: learning from the Leapfrog Group's efforts.

Moran J, Scanlon D. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013;32:27-35.

REVIEW

New legal protections for reporting patient errors under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act: a review of the medical literature and analysis.

Howard J, Levy F, Mareiniss DP, et al. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:147-152.

COMMENTARY

The Sorry Works! Coalition: making the case for full disclosure.

Wojcieszak D, Banja J, Houk C. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:344-350.

STUDY

The long road to patient safety: a status report on patient safety systems.

Longo DR, Hewett JE, Ge B, Schubert S. JAMA. 2005;294:2858-2865.

COMMENTARY

Personal accountability in healthcare: searching for the right balance.

Wachter RM. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:176-180.

COMMENTARY

Medical error, malpractice and complications: a moral geography.

Zientek DM. HEC Forum. 2010;22:145-157.

COMMENTARY

Medical error reduction and tort reform through private contractually-based quality medicine societies.

MacCourt D, Bernstein J. Am J Law Med. 2009;35:505-561.

STUDY

A comparison of hospital adverse events identified by three widely used detection methods.

Naessens JM, Campbell CR, Huddleston JM, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2009;21:301-307.

COMMENTARY

Learning from others: legal aspects of sharing patient safety data using provider consortia.

Liang BA, Weinger MB, Suydam S. J Patient Saf. 2005;1:83-89.

STUDY

Toward a theoretical approach to medical error reporting system research and design.

Karsh BT, Escoto KH, Beasley JW, Holden RJ. Appl Ergon. 2006;37:283-295.

COMMENTARY

Financial incentives to promote health care quality: the hospital acquired conditions nonpayment policy.

Kavanagh KT. Soc Work Public Health. 2011;26:524-541.

COMMENTARY

Underreporting of patient safety incidents reduces health care's ability to quantify and accurately measure harm reduction.

Noble DJ, Pronovost PJ. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:247-250.

COMMENTARY

The partnership with patients: a call to action for leaders.

Denham CR. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:113-121.

COMMENTARY

Lawyers say 'sorry' may sink you in court.

Butcher L. Physician Exec. March-April 2006;32:20-24.

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