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Patient whiteboards as a communication tool in the hospital setting: A survey of practices and recommendations.

Sehgal NL, Green A, Vidyarthi AR, Blegen MA, Wachter RM. J Hosp Med. 2010;5:234-239.

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A multidisciplinary teamwork training program: The Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) experience.

Sehgal NL, Fox M, Vidyarthi AR, et al; TOPS Project. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23:2053-2057.

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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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Structured interdisciplinary rounds in a medical teaching unit: improving patient safety.

O’Leary KJ, Buck R, Fligiel HM, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:678-684.

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Assessing and improving safety culture throughout an academic medical centre: a prospective cohort study.

Paine LA, Rosenstein BJ, Sexton JB, Kent P, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:547-554.

COMMENTARY

A leadership initiative to improve communication and enhance safety.

Donahue M, Miller M, Smith L, Dykes P, Fitzpatrick JJ. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26:206-211.

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Evaluation of a redesign initiative in an internal-medicine residency.

McMahon GT, Katz JT, Thorndike ME, Levy BD, Loscalzo J. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1304-1311.

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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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Development of a core drug list towards improving prescribing education and reducing errors in the UK.

Baker E, Roberts AP, Wilde K, et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2011;71:190-198.

COMMENTARY

An anesthesiology department leads culture change at a hospital system level to improve quality and patient safety.

Fleischut PM, Evans AS, Faggiani SL, Lazar EJ, Kerr GE. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:153-167.

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Rethinking resident supervision to improve safety: from hierarchical to interprofessional models.

Tamuz M, Giardina TD, Thomas EJ, Menon S, Singh H. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:448-456.

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Impact of duty-hour restriction on resident inpatient teaching.

Mazotti LA, Vidyarthi AR, Wachter RM, Auerbach AD, Katz PP. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:476-480.

COMMENTARY

Ten years after the IOM report: engaging residents in quality and patient safety by creating a house staff quality council.

Fleischut PM, Evans AS, Nugent WC, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26:89-94.

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What are covering doctors told about their patients? Analysis of sign-out among internal medicine house staff.

Horwitz LI, Moin T, Krumholz HM, Wang L, Bradley EH. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:248-255.

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Professionalism: a necessary ingredient in a culture of safety.

DuPree E, Anderson R, McEvoy MD, Brodman M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:447-455.

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Collaboration between pharmacists, physicians and nurse practitioners: a qualitative investigation of working relationships in the inpatient medical setting.

Makowsky MJ, Schindel TJ, Rosenthal M, Campbell K, Tsuyuki RT, Madill HM. J Interprof Care. 2009;23:169-84.

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Association of workload of on-call medical interns with on-call sleep duration, shift duration, and participation in educational activities.

Arora VM, Georgitis E, Siddique J, et al. JAMA. 2008;300:1146-1153.

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Improving teamwork on general medical units: when teams do not work face-to-face.

McComb SA, Henneman EA, Hinchey KT, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:471-478.

COMMENTARY

Medication reconciliation in a community, nonteaching hospital.

Wortman SB. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:2047-2054.

COMMENTARY

The Team Checkup Tool: evaluating QI team activities and giving feedback to senior leaders.

Lubomski LH, Marsteller JA, Hsu YJ, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:619-623.

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