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•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (10)

•Medication Safety (139)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (43)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (115)

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•Hospitals (333)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospital infections hard to gauge.

Hamill SD. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 18, 2010:A1.

AUDIOVISUAL

Nebraska Medical Center investigates staff after girl's death.

Luby R. KETV. Omaha, NE. March 31, 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Protecting patients: hospitals wrestle with reporting and fixing medical mistakes.

Collins LM. Deseret Morning News. July 8, 2007;A1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

For some troops, powerful drug cocktails have deadly results.

Dao J, Carey B, Frosch D. New York Times. February 13, 2011;A1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospital errors jeopardize Angola virus battle.

Grady D. New York Times. April 30, 2005.

BOOK/REPORT

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota: Ninth Annual Public Report.

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health; January 2013.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The bell curve.

Gawande A. The New Yorker. December 6, 2004;82-91.

STUDY

Engaging patients and family members in patient safety—the experience of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.

Wale JB, Moon RR. Psychiatr Q. Spring 2005;76:85-95.

AUDIOVISUAL

Obama Administration introduces plan to reduce preventable medical errors.

PBS News Hour. April 12, 2011.

AUDIOVISUAL

Remaking American Medicine.

Public Broadcasting Service. Thursdays, October 5–26, 2006, 10:00–11:00 PM (Eastern).

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Little or no progress on medical mistakes in Florida.

Kestin S, LaMendola B. Sun Sentinel. July 29, 2011.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Genome detectives solve a hospital's deadly outbreak.

Kolata G. New York Times. August 22, 2012.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Dead by Mistake.

Crowley CF, Nalder E. New York, NY: Hearst Digital News; August 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Get me out alive.

Feldman R. The Washington Post. May 2, 2006:HE01.

AUDIOVISUAL PRESENTATION

Uncovered: Medical Mistakes.

Kurtis B. New York Times. A&E Television Networks; 2008.

BOOK/REPORT

To Err Is Human — To Delay Is Deadly.

Jewell K, McGiffert L. Austin, TX: Consumers Union; 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Software for symptoms.

Borzo J. Wall Street Journal. May 23, 2005:R10.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE classic

The checklist.

Gawande A. The New Yorker. December 10, 2007;83:86-95.

BOOK/REPORT

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An Update on the Quality of American Health Care Through the Patient's Lens.

Davis K, Schoen S, Schoenbaum SC, et al. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; April 2006.

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