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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors: when pharmacy is closed.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. March 2012;9:11-17.

STUDY

Impact of attending physician workload on patient care: a survey of hospitalists.

Michtalik HJ, Yeh H, Pronovost PJ, Brotman DJ. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:375-377.

COMMENTARY

Improving heparin safety: a multidisciplinary invited conference.

Peterson C, Ham CW, Vanderveen T. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:491-497.

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

Medication administration quality and health information technology: a national study of US hospitals.

Appari A, Carian EK, Johnson ME, Anthony DL. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:360-367.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Events associated with the prescribing, dispensing, and administering of medication loading doses.

Carson SL, Gaunt MJ. PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. 2012;9:82-88.

STUDY

Contemporary evidence about hospital strategies for reducing 30-day readmissions: a national study.

Bradley EH, Curry L, Horwitz LI, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;60:607-614.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Anticoagulant safety practices call for pharmacist supervision.

Scott A. Drug Topics (Health-System Edition). November 10, 2008.

COMMENTARY

Human cognition and the dynamics of failure to rescue: the Lewis Blackman case.

Acquaviva K, Haskell H, Johnson J. J Prof Nurs. 2013;29:95-101.

STUDY

Variations in surgical outcomes associated with hospital compliance with safety practices.

Brooke BS, Dominici F, Pronovost PJ, Makary MA, Schneider E, Pawlik TM. Surgery. 2012;151:651-659.

STUDY

The care transitions intervention: translating from efficacy to effectiveness.

Voss R, Gardner R, Baier R, Butterfield K, Lehrman S, Gravenstein S. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1232-1237.

COMMENTARY

Preparing your hospital for compliance with The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals.

Murdaugh L, Jordin R. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:728-733.

STUDY

Challenges and opportunities to prevent transfusion errors: a Qualitative Evaluation for Safer Transfusion (QUEST).

Heddle NM, Fung M, Hervig T, et al; BEST Collaborative. Transfusion. 2012;52:1687-1695.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Proper positioning of pharmacy label on Hospira PCA vials will avoid interference with scanning.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 14, 2008;13:1-3.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Quality Study: Fourth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2007.

REVIEW

Hospital-initiated transitional care interventions as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.

Rennke S, Nguyen OK, Shoeb MH, Magan Y, Wachter RM, Ranji SR. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):433-440.

REVIEW

Twenty-four/seven: a mixed-method systematic review of the off-shift literature.

de Cordova PB, Phibbs CS, Bartel AP, Stone PW. J Adv Nurs. 2012;68:1454-1468.

STUDY

Racial disparities in the frequency of patient safety events: results from the National Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.

Metersky ML, Hunt DR, Kliman R, et al. Med Care. 2011;49:504-510.

STUDY

National estimates of adverse events during nonpsychiatric hospitalizations for persons with schizophrenia.

Khaykin E, Ford DE, Pronovost PJ, Dixon L, Daumit GL. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2010;32:419-425.

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