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•Device-related Complications (3)

•Diagnostic Errors (31)

•Identification Errors (4)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (45)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (1)

•Medication Safety (90)

•Medical Complications (9)

•Surgical Complications (1)

•Psychological and Social Complications (12)

Origin/Sponsor

•Australia and New Zealand (8)

•North America (158)

Resource Types

•Audiovisual (3)

•Book/Report (11)

•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (205)

•Legislation/Regulation (1)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (8)

•Tools/Toolkit (6)

•Web Resource (1)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (73)

•Active Errors (36)

•Latent Errors (4)

•Near Miss (4)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (49)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (17)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (71)

•Communication Improvement (81)

•Human Factors Engineering (11)

•Teamwork (19)

•Specialization of Care (7)

•Logistical Approaches (16)

•Culture of Safety (21)

•Technologic Approaches (66)

•Education and Training (38)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (174)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (140)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (96)

•Patients (10)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (32)

•Psychiatric Facilities (2)

•Residential Facilities (2)

•Ambulatory Care (188)

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STUDY

Management of test results in family medicine offices.

Elder NC, McEwen TR, Flach JM, Gallimore JJ. Ann Fam Med. 2009;7:343-351.

STUDY

Physician perspectives on quality and error in the outpatient setting.

Manwell LB, Williams ES, Babbott S, Rabatin JS, Linzer M. WMJ. 2009;108:139-144.

STUDY

Development and early experience from an intervention to facilitate teamwork between general practices and allied health providers: the Team-link study.

Harris MF, Chan BC, Daniel C, Wan Q, Zwar N, Davies GP. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:104.

STUDY

Receptionist input to quality and safety in repeat prescribing in UK general practice: ethnographic case study.

Swinglehurst D, Greenhalgh T, Russell J, Myall M. BMJ. 2011;343:d6788.

STUDY

Patient safety climate in primary care: age matters.

Holden LM, Watts DD, Hinton WP. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:23-28.

STUDY

The development and psychometric evaluation of a safety climate measure for primary care.

de Wet C, Spence W, Mash R, Johnson P, Bowie P. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:578-584.

STUDY

Working conditions in primary care: physician reactions and care quality.

Linzer M, Manwell LB, Williams ES, et al; MEMO Investigators. Ann Intern Med. 2009;151:28-36.

TOOLKIT

Seven steps to patient safety in general practice.

National Patient Safety Agency. London, England: NHS; 2009.

STUDY

Patients' perceptions of safety if interpersonal continuity of care were to be disrupted.

Pandhi N, Schumacher J, Flynn KE, Smith M. Health Expect. 2008;11:400-408.

STUDY

Reasons for not reporting patient safety incidents in general practice: a qualitative study.

Kousgaard MB, Joensen AS, Thorsen T. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2012;30:199-205.

STUDY

Approaches to reducing the most important patient errors in primary health-care: patient and professional perspectives.

Buetow S, Kiata L, Liew T, Kenealy T, Dovey S, Elwyn G. Health Soc Care Community. 2010;18:296-303.

COMMENTARY

Intentionally harmful violations and patient safety: the example of Harold Shipman.

Baker R, Hurwitz B. J R Soc Med. 2009;102:223-227.

STUDY

Are opioid dependence and methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) documented in the medical record? A patient safety issue.

Walley AY, Farrar D, Cheng DM, Alford DP, Samet JH. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:1007-1011.

BOOK/REPORT

2012 User Comparative Database Report: Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

Sorra J, Famolaro T, Dyer N, Smith S, Liu H, Ragan M. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2012. AHRQ Publication No. 12-0052.

STUDY

Harm caused by adverse events in primary care: a clinical observational study.

Wetzels R, Wolters R, van Weel C, Wensing M. J Eval Clin Pract. 2009;15:323-327.

STUDY

Communication and collaboration: it's about the pharmacists, as well as the physicians and nurses.

Holden LM, Watts DD, Walker PH. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:169-172.

COMMENTARY

Reducing diagnostic error through medical home-based primary care reform.

Singh H, Graber M. JAMA. 2010;304:463-464.

MEASUREMENT TOOL/INDICATOR

Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2010.

STUDY

Adoption of patient-centered care practices by physicians: results from a national survey.

Audet AM, Davis K, Schoenbaum SC. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:754-759.

REVIEW

Routinely recorded patient safety events in primary care: a literature review.

Tsang C, Majeed A, Aylin P. Fam Pract. 2012;29:8-15.

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