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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (401)

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General Internal Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (831)

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•Hospitals (1282)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Ingestion or aspiration of foreign objects or toxic substances is not just a safety concern with children.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 3, 2011;16:1-2.

STUDY

Comprehensive stroke centers overcome the weekend versus weekday gap in stroke treatment and mortality.

McKinney JS, Deng Y, Kasner SE, Kostis JB; Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS 15) Study Group. Stroke. 2011;42:2403-2409.

STUDY

Costs and benefits of an early-alert surveillance system for hospital inpatients.

Marchetti A, Jacobs J, Young M, Martin J, Rossiter R. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007;23:9-16.

REVIEW

Accountability for medical error: moving beyond blame to advocacy.

Bell SK, Delbanco T, Anderson-Shaw L, McDonald TB, Gallagher TH. Chest. 2011;140:519-526.

STUDY

Improving situation awareness to reduce unrecognized clinical deterioration and serious safety events.

Brady PW, Muething S, Kotagal U, et al. Pediatrics. 2013;131:e298-e308.

STUDY

Triangulating case-finding tools for patient safety surveillance: a cross-sectional case study of puncture/laceration.

Taylor JA, Gerwin D, Morlock L, Miller MR. Inj Prev. 2011;17:388-393.

STUDY

Venous thromboembolism after trauma: a never event?

Thorson CM, Ryan ML, Van Haren RM, et al. Crit Care Med. 2012;40:2967-2973.

STUDY

The impact of resident duty hour reform on hospital readmission rates among Medicare beneficiaries.

Press MJ, Silber JH, Rosen AK, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:405-411.

STUDY

The costs of adverse drug events in community hospitals.

Hug BL, Keohane C, Seger DL, Yoon C, Bates DW. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:120-126.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Massachusetts hospitals launch patient apology program.

Gallegos A. American Medical News. May 21, 2012.

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.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:654-657.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety in Canada: An Update.

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Canadian Institute for Health Information; August 14, 2007.

BOOK/REPORT

Saving Lives, Saving Money: The Imperative for Computerized Physician Order Entry in Massachusetts Hospitals.

Adams M, Bates D, Coffman G, Everett W. Westborough, MA: Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and New England Healthcare Institute; 2008.

STUDY

Thirty-day, all-cause readmissions for elderly patients who have an injury-related inpatient stay.

Spector WD, Mutter R, Owens P, Limcangco R. Med Care. 2012;50:863-869.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medicare says it won't cover hospital errors.

Pear R. New York Times. August 19, 2007.

STUDY

Adverse drug events caused by serious medication administration errors.

Kale A, Keohane CA, Maviglia S, Gandhi TK, Poon EG. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:933-938.

STUDY

Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length of stay: retrospective comparative analysis.

Lipitz-Snyderman A, Steinwachs D, Needham DM, Colantuoni E, Morlock LL, Pronovost PJ. BMJ. 2011;342:d219.

AWARD RECIPIENT

Announcing 2009 Leapfrog top hospitals.

Washington, DC: Leapfrog Group; December 4, 2009.

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