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STUDY

Timely follow-up of abnormal outpatient test results: perceived barriers and impact on patient safety.

Moore C, Saigh O, Trikha A, Lin JJ. J Patient Saf. 2008;4:241-244.

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Safety of using a computerized rounding and sign-out system to reduce resident duty hours.

Van Eaton EG, McDonough K, Lober WB, Johnson EA, Pellegrini CA, Horvath KD. Acad Med. 2010;85:1189-1195.

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Lessons learned from implementation of a computerized application for pending tests at hospital discharge.

Dalal AK, Poon EG, Karson AS, Gandhi TK, Roy CL. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:16-21.

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Improving follow-up of abnormal cancer screens using electronic health records: trust but verify test result communication.

Singh H, Wilson L, Petersen LA, et al. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2009;9:49.

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A human factors and survey methodology-based design of a web-based adverse event reporting system for families.

Daniels JP, King AD, Cochrane DD, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2010;79:339-348.

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Management of test results in family medicine offices.

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

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Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissions.

van Walraven C, Jennings A, Taljaard M, et al. CMAJ. 2011;183:E1067-E1072.

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Dropping the baton during the handoff from emergency department to primary care: pediatric asthma continuity errors.

Hsiao AL, Shiffman RN. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:467-474.

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Communication discrepancies between physicians and hospitalized patients.

Olson DP, Windish DM. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:1302-1307.

COMMENTARY

Implementing patient safety initiatives in rural hospitals.

Klingner J, Moscovice I, Tupper J, Coburn A, Wakefield M. J Rural Health. 2009;25:352-357.

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Improving teamwork: impact of structured interdisciplinary rounds on a medical teaching unit.

O'Leary KJ, Wayne DB, Haviley C, Slade ME, Lee J, Williams MV. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:826-832.

COMMENTARY

Lost in the Black Hole.

Wachter RM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2003.

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Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary.

Perren A, Previsdomini M, Cerutti B, Soldini D, Donghi D, Marone C. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:205-208.

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Samoy LJ, Zed PJ, Wilbur K, Balen RM, Abu-Laban RB, Roberts M. Pharmacotherapy. 2006;26:1578-1586.

COMMENTARY

The Result Stopped Here.

Astion M. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2004.

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Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test results.

Casalino LP, Dunham D, Chin MH, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1123-1129.

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Early readmissions to the department of medicine as a screening tool for monitoring quality of care problems.

Balla U, Malnick S, Schattner A. Medicine (Baltimore). 2008;87:294-300.

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Timely follow-up of abnormal diagnostic imaging test results in an outpatient setting: are electronic medical records achieving their potential?

Singh H, Thomas EJ, Mani S, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1578-1586.

COMMENTARY

Beyond the prescription: medication monitoring and adverse drug events in older adults.

Steinman MA, Handler SM, Gurwitz JH, Schiff GD, Covinsky KE. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59:1513-1520.

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Teamwork on inpatient medical units: assessing attitudes and barriers.

O'Leary KJ, Ritter CD, Wheeler H, Szekendi MK, Brinton TS, Williams MV. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:117-121.

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