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BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.

Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2013.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Distractions and their impact on patient safety.

Feil M. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2013;10:1-10.

MISSOURI MEETING/CONFERENCE

The Second Victim Experience: Train-the-Trainer Workshop.

Center for Patient Safety. June 11, 2013; University of Missouri Health System Health System, Columbia, MO.

STUDY

Health care workers as second victims of medical errors.

Edrees HH, Paine LA, Feroli ER, Wu AW. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2011;121:101-108.

STUDY

PCA safety data review after clinical decision support and smart pump technology implementation.

Prewitt J, Schneider S, Horvath M, Hammond J, Jackson J, Ginsberg B. J Patient Saf. 2013;9:103-109.

STUDY

Assessing patient safety culture in hospitals across countries.

Wagner C, Smits M, Sorra J, Huang CC. Int J Qual Health Care. 2013 Apr 9; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Identification of doctors at risk of recurrent complaints: a national study of healthcare complaints in Australia.

Bismark MM, Spittal MJ, Gurrin LC, Ward M, Studdert DM. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013 Apr 10; [Epub ahead of print].

BOOK/REPORT classic

Adverse Events in Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

Levinson DR. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General; November 2010. Report No. OEI-06-09-00090.

STUDY

Frequency of and risk factors for preventable medication-related hospital admissions in the Netherlands.

Leendertse AJ, Egberts ACG, Stoker LJ, van den Bemt PMLA, for the HARM Study Group. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168:1890-1896.

BOOK/REPORT

The Measurement and Monitoring of Safety.

Vincent C, Burnett S, Carthey J. London, UK: Health Foundation; April 2013. ISBN: 9781906461447.

STUDY

An organizational assessment of disruptive clinician behavior: findings and implications.

Walrath JM, Dang D, Nyberg D. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:110-121.

STUDY

The relationship between organizational leadership for safety and learning from patient safety events.

Ginsburg LR, Chuang YT, Berta WB, et al. Health Serv Res. 2010;45:607-632.

REVIEW

Interventions to improve team effectiveness: a systematic review.

Buljac-Samardzic M, Dekker-van Doorn CM, van Wijngaarden JDH, van Wijk KP. Health Policy. 2010;94:183-195.

STUDY

Is patient safety improving? National trends in patient safety indicators: 1998–2007.

Downey JR, Hernandez-Boussard T, Banka G, Morton JM. Health Serv Res. 2012;47:414-430.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Raising the index of suspicion: red flags that represent credible threats to patient safety.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 26, 2012;17:1-3.

STUDY

The role of patient safety culture in the causation of unintended events in hospitals.

Smits M, Wagner C, Spreeuwenberg P, Timmermans DRM, van der Wal G, Groenewegen PP. J Clin Nurs. 2012;21:3392-3401.

COMMENTARY

Culture, language, and patient safety: making the link.

Johnstone MJ, Kanitsaki O. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18:383-8.

STUDY

Smartphone use during inpatient attending rounds: prevalence, patterns and potential for distraction.

Katz-Sidlow RJ, Ludwig A, Miller S, Sidlow R. J Hosp Med. 2012;7:595-599.

STUDY

Attitude is everything?: The impact of workload, safety climate, and safety tools on medical errors: a study of intensive care units.

Steyrer J, Schiffinger M, Huber C, Valentin A, Strunk G. Health Care Manage Rev. 2012 Oct 18; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Using Lean to improve medication administration safety: in search of the "perfect dose."

Ching JM, Long C, Williams BL, Blackmore CC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:195-204.

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