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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (364)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (337)

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•Hospitals (1282)

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COMMENTARY

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

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

STUDY

Health service accreditation as a predictor of clinical and organisational performance: a blinded, random, stratified study.

Braithwaite J, Greenfield D, Westbrook J, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:14-21.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Case study: sustaining a culture of safety in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

Chase D, McCarthy D. Quality Matters. April/May 2010.

STUDY

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.

STUDY

Organisational culture: variation across hospitals and connection to patient safety climate.

Speroff T, Nwosu S, Greevy R, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:592-596.

STUDY

Patient safety climate in 92 US hospitals: differences by work area and discipline.

Singer SJ, Gaba DM, Falwell A, Lin S, Hayes J, Baker L. Med Care. 2009;47:23-31.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing violence in the health care setting.

Sentinel Event Alert. June 3, 2010;(45):1-3.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Front-Line Ownership: Generating a Cure Mindset for Patient Safety.

Kitts J, ed. Healthcare Papers. 2013;13:1-82.

STUDY

Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project.

Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:346-350.

STUDY

The importance of leadership in preventing healthcare–associated infection: results of a multisite qualitative study.

Saint S, Kowalski CP, Banaszak-Holl J, Forman J, Damschroder L, Krein SL. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010;31:901-907.

STUDY

Analysis of staff safety concerns.

Davidson J, Lamontagne G, Burnell L, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:147-152.

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;22:532-540.

REVIEW

Promoting a culture of safety as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.

Weaver SJ, Lubomski LH, Wilson RF, Pfoh ER, Martinez KA, Dy SM. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):369-374.

COMMENTARY

Integrating CUSP and TRIP to improve patient safety.

Romig M, Goeschel C, Pronovost P, Berenholtz SM. Hosp Pract (Minneap). 2010;38:114-121.

STUDY

AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: psychometric analyses.

Blegen MA, Gearhart S, O'Brien R, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:139-144.

BOOK/REPORT

Second Victim: Error, Guilt, Trauma, and Resilience.

Dekker S. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press; 2013. ISBN: 9781466583412.

STUDY

Safety leadership: a meta-analytic review of transformational and transactional leadership styles as antecedents of safety behaviours.

Clarke S. J Occup Organ Psychol. 2013;86:22-49.

STUDY

Hospital safety climate and safety outcomes: is there a relationship in the VA?

Rosen AK, Singer S, Zhao S, Shokeen P, Meterko M, Gaba D. Med Care Res Rev. 2010;67:590-608.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

STUDY

Patient safety climate in US hospitals: variation by management level.

Singer SJ, Falwell A, Gaba DM, Baker LC. Med Care. 2008;46:1149-1156.

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