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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Preventing fatal errors.
Bailey B, Sevrens Lyons J. The Mercury News. November 27, 2005.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions.
Wojcieszak D. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6, 8-9.
BOOK/REPORT
The First Annual HealthGrades Pediatric Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Reed K, May R. Golden, CO: Health Grades, Inc; 2010.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Reused devices, surgery's deadly suspects.
Klein A. The Washington Post. December 30, 2005:A3.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Guideline is skirted on obesity surgeries.
Kowalczyk L. The Boston Globe. December 22, 2005.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Sarasota Memorial Hospital reviewed after restrained patient dies.
Gulliver D. Sarasota Herald Tribune. November 7, 2006:BS1.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Hospitals save money, but safety is questioned.
Klein A. The Washington Post. December 11, 2005:A01.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Nurse is charged in death of patient.
Wahlberg D, Treleven E. Wisconsin State Journal. November 3, 2006:A1.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Malpractice makes perfect.
Berenson RA. The New Republic. October 10, 2005;233:17-21.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2010.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Report: hospital errors cost 18 lives.
Rojas-Burke J. Oregonian. January 30, 2007:B01.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
In a crisis, do-not-revive requests don't always work. 
Parker L. USA Today. December 19, 2006.
COMMENTARY
Liability reform should make patients safer: "Avoidable classes of events" are a key improvement.
Bovbjerg RR, Tancredi LR. J Law Med Ethics. 2005;33:478-500.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2010.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2010.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Hospitals to tear up bills for medical mistakes.
Ostrom CM. Seattle Times. January 29, 2008;News section:A1.
BOOK/REPORT
To Err Is Human — To Delay Is Deadly.
Jewell K, McGiffert L. Austin, TX: Consumers Union; 2009.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2009. 
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