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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (377)

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General Internal Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (781)

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•Hospitals (1255)

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BOOK/REPORT

Improving Patient and Worker Safety—Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission; 2012.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The best medicine for fixing the modern hospital.

Mitchell R. Kaiser Health News and Fast Company. November 26, 2012.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Disruptive behavior affects hospital financial health.

Crane M. Medscape Medical News. December 11, 2010.

STUDY

Patient safety begins with proper planning: a quantitative method to improve hospital design.

Birnbach DJ, Nevo I, Scheinman SR, Fitzpatrick M, Shekhter I, Lombard JL. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:462-465.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing violence in the health care setting.

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

COMMENTARY

The ongoing quality improvement journey: next stop, high reliability.

Chassin MR, Loeb JM. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:559-568.

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

Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in health care settings.

Son C, Chuck T, Childers T, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2011;39:716-724.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

BOOSTing Care Transitions Resource Room.

Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe Transitions), Society of Hospital Medicine.

COMMENTARY

Sharkey JE, Van Leuven K, Radovich P. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27:346-351.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

For all the right reasons.

Hagland M. Healthc Informatics. 2009;26:40-44.

TOOLKIT

Wristband Standardization Initiative.

Austin, TX: Texas Hospital Association; October 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Effective use of medication-related decision support in CPOE.

Metzger JB, Welebob E, Turisco F, Classen DC. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. Sept/Oct 2008;5:16-24.

STUDY

Predictive combinations of monitor alarms preceding in-hospital code blue events.

Hu X, Sapo M, Nenov V, et al. J Biomed Inform. 2012;45:913-921.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safe practice environment chapter proposed by USP.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. December 4, 2008;13:1-3.

BOOK/REPORT

Speaking Up Constructively: Managerial Practices that Elicit Solutions from Front-Line Employees.

Adler-Milstein JR, Singer SJ, Toffel MW. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School; August 25, 2010. HBS Working Paper No. 11-005.

BOOK/REPORT

Achieving an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience of Inpatient Hospital Care.

Balik B, Conway J, Zipperer L, Watson J. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2011.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The 2012 Fifth International High Reliability Conference Proceedings.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission; May 21–23, 2012.

COMMENTARY

The competitive imperative of learning.

Edmondson AC. Harv Bus Rev. 2008;86:60-67, 160.

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