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•Device-related Complications (138)

•Diagnostic Errors (173)

•Identification Errors (96)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (328)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (49)

•Medication Safety (807)

•Medical Complications (316)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (75)

•Surgical Complications (339)

•Transfusion Complications (21)

•Psychological and Social Complications (67)

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•Africa (4)

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•Australia and New Zealand (48)

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•Europe (192)

•North America (2168)

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•Audiovisual (23)

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•Special or Theme Issue (30)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (1069)

•Active Errors (434)

•Latent Errors (169)

•Near Miss (47)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (539)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (161)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (673)

•Communication Improvement (576)

•Human Factors Engineering (365)

•Teamwork (168)

•Specialization of Care (181)

•Logistical Approaches (169)

•Culture of Safety (249)

•Technologic Approaches (571)

•Education and Training (429)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (2005)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1916)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (936)

•Patients (166)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1681)

•Psychiatric Facilities (8)

•Residential Facilities (59)

•Ambulatory Care (275)

•Outpatient Surgery (37)

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COMMENTARY

Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription for 2010.

Crane J, Crane FG. Hosp Top. Fall 2006;84:3-8.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The role of the electronic health record in patient safety events.

Sparnon E, Marella WM. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. 2012;9:113-121.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Software for symptoms.

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

STUDY

Programmable infusion pumps in ICUs: an analysis of corresponding adverse drug events.

Nuckols TK, Bower AG, Paddock SM, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(suppl 1):41-45.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

"Plug and Play" hospitals: medical devices that exchange data could make hospitals safer.

Grifantini K. Technol Rev. July 9, 2008.

STUDY

Detecting unapproved abbreviations in the electronic medical record.

Capraro A, Stack A, Harper MB, Kimia A. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:178-183.

REVIEW

The effectiveness of integrated health information technologies across the phases of medication management: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

McKibbon KA, Lokker C, Handler SM, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:22-30.

STUDY

Improving medication safety in primary care using electronic health records.

Nemeth LS, Wessell AM. J Patient Saf. 2010;6:238-243.

STUDY

Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration.

Poon EG, Keohane CA, Yoon CS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1698-1707.

STUDY

Systematically improving physician assignment during in-hospital transitions of care by enhancing a preexisting hospital electronic health record.

Zsenits B, Polashenski WA, Sterns RH, Brown DR IV, Moheet A. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:308-312.

REVIEW

Effects of computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems on medication safety: a systematic review.

Kaushal R, Shojania KG, Bates DW. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:1409-1416.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Focus on Computerized Provider Order Entry.

J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14:25-75.

STUDY

Effect of computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support on adverse drug events in the long-term care setting.

Gurwitz JH, Field TS, Rochon P, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56:2225-2233.

STUDY

Enhancing patient safety with intelligent intravenous infusion devices: experience in a specialty cardiac hospital.

Wood JL, Burnette JS. Heart Lung. 2012;41:173-176.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Enhancing patient safety and quality of care by improving the usability of electronic health record systems: recommendations from AMIA.

Middleton B, Bloomrosen M, Dente MA, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013 Jan 25; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Provider and pharmacist responses to warfarin drug–drug interaction alerts: a study of healthcare downstream of CPOE alerts.

Miller AM, Boro MS, Korman NE, Davoren JB. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18(suppl 1):i45-i50.

STUDY

Computerized decision support for medication dosing in renal insufficiency: a randomized, controlled trial.

Terrell KM, Perkins AJ, Hui SL, Callahan CM, Dexter PR, Miller DK. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;56:623-629.

STUDY

Matching identifiers in electronic health records: implications for duplicate records and patient safety.

McCoy AB, Wright A, Kahn MG, Shapiro JS, Bernstam EV, Sittig DF. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:219-224.

STUDY

Using a data-matrix–coded sponge counting system across a surgical practice: impact after 18 months.

Cima RR, Kollengode A, Clark J, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:51-58.

STUDY

Medication discrepancies in integrated electronic health records.

Linsky A, Simon SR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:103-109.

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