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•Health Care Providers (172)

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ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Snow V, Beck D, Budnitz T, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:971-976.

STUDY

The care transitions intervention: translating from efficacy to effectiveness.

Voss R, Gardner R, Baier R, Butterfield K, Lehrman S, Gravenstein S. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1232-1237.

REVIEW

Deficits in communication and information transfer between hospital-based and primary care physicians: implications for patient safety and continuity of care.

Kripalani S, LeFevre F, Phillips CO, Williams MV, Basaviah P, Baker DW. JAMA. 2007;297:831-841.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Small patients, big consequences in medical errors.

Tarkan L. New York Times. September 14, 2008;Health section:7.

STUDY

Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses of breast and colorectal cancers: a process analysis of closed malpractice claims.

Poon EG, Kachalia A, Puopolo AL, Gandhi TK, Studdert DM. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:1416-1423.

BOOK/REPORT

Managing Patients' Medicines after Discharge from Hospital.

London, UK: Care Quality Commission; October 2009. CQC-039-500-ESP-102009. ISBN: 9781845622442.

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.

MEASUREMENT TOOL/INDICATOR

Prevention Quality Indicators.

AHRQ Quality Indicators. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2005.

BOOK/REPORT

Safety in Doses.

London, UK: National Patient Safety Agency; 2009. ISBN: 9781906624088.

STUDY

Diagramming patients' views of root causes of adverse drug events in ambulatory care: an online tool for planning education and research.

Brown M, Frost R, Ko Y, Woosley R. Patient Educ Couns. 2006;62:302-315.

REVIEW

Coordinating care across diseases, settings, and clinicians: a key role for the generalist in practice.

Stille CJ, Jerant A, Bell D, Meltzer D, Elmore JG. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:700-708.

STUDY

A survey of factors affecting clinician acceptance of clinical decision support.

Sittig DF, Krall MA, Dykstra RH, Russell A, Chin HL. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2006;6:6.

STUDY

Patient reported receipt of medication instructions for warfarin is associated with reduced risk of serious bleeding events.

Metlay JP, Hennessy S, Localio AR, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23:1589-1594.

STUDY

Electronic health record use and the quality of ambulatory care in the United States.

Linder JA, Ma J, Bates DW, Middleton B, Stafford BS. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:1400-1405.

STUDY

Patient perceptions of mistakes in ambulatory care.

Kistler CE, Walter LC, Mitchell CM, Sloane PD. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:1480-1487.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Getting Safer Care.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

STUDY

Barriers and motivators for making error reports from family medicine offices: a report from the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN).

Elder NC, Graham D, Brandt E, Hickner J. J Am Board Fam Med. 2007;20:115-123.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

HRSA patient safety and pharmacy collaborative is off to a good start.

Drug Formulary Review. April 1, 2009.

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.

STUDY

Medication, allergy, and adverse drug event discrepancies in ambulatory care.

Stephens M, Fox B, Kukulka G, Bellamy J. Fam Medicine. 2008;40:107-110.

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