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COMMENTARY

The association between culture, climate and quality of care in primary health care teams.

Hann M, Bower P, Campbell S, Marshall M, Reeves D. Fam Pract. 2007;24:323-329.

REVIEW

Quality of medication use in primary care—mapping the problem, working to a solution: a systematic review of the literature.

Garfield S, Barber N, Walley P, Willson A, Eliasson L. BMC Med. 2009;7:50.

REVIEW

Routinely recorded patient safety events in primary care: a literature review.

Tsang C, Majeed A, Aylin P. Fam Pract. 2012;29:8-15.

BOOK/REPORT

Safety in Doses.

London, UK: National Patient Safety Agency; 2009. ISBN: 9781906624088.

STUDY

Identifying unintended consequences of quality indicators: a qualitative study.

Lester HE, Hannon KL, Campbell SM. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:1057-1061.

BOOK/REPORT

Managing Patients' Medicines after Discharge from Hospital.

London, UK: Care Quality Commission; October 2009. CQC-039-500-ESP-102009. ISBN: 9781845622442.

STUDY

Working conditions in primary care: physician reactions and care quality.

Linzer M, Manwell LB, Williams ES, et al; MEMO Investigators. Ann Intern Med. 2009;151:28-36.

BOOK/REPORT

Safety First: Top of Your Board's Agenda: 100 Day Challenge Survey Report.

The Patients Association. Harrow, Middlesex, UK: The Patients Association; June 2009.

BOOK/REPORT

A Guide to Patient Safety in the Medical Practice.

Vance JE. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association; 2008. ISBN: 9781579476748.

COMMENTARY

Intentionally harmful violations and patient safety: the example of Harold Shipman.

Baker R, Hurwitz B. J R Soc Med. 2009;102:223-227.

BOOK/REPORT

Investigating the prevalence and causes of prescribing errors in general practice: The PRACtICe Study.

Avery T, Barber N, Ghaleb M, et al. London, UK: General Medical Council; May 2, 2012.

STUDY

Patients' perceptions of safety if interpersonal continuity of care were to be disrupted.

Pandhi N, Schumacher J, Flynn KE, Smith M. Health Expect. 2008;11:400-408.

STUDY

Receptionist input to quality and safety in repeat prescribing in UK general practice: ethnographic case study.

Swinglehurst D, Greenhalgh T, Russell J, Myall M. BMJ. 2011;343:d6788.

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.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Snow V, Beck D, Budnitz T, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:971-976.

STUDY

The relationship of self-report of quality to practice size and health information technology.

Gorman PN, O'Malley JP, Fagnan LJ. J Am Board Fam Med. 2012;25:614-624.

STUDY

Barriers and motivators for making error reports from family medicine offices: a report from the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN).

Elder NC, Graham D, Brandt E, Hickner J. J Am Board Fam Med. 2007;20:115-123.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

HRSA patient safety and pharmacy collaborative is off to a good start.

Drug Formulary Review. April 1, 2009.

STUDY

Patient safety climate in primary care: age matters.

Holden LM, Watts DD, Hinton WP. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:23-28.

STUDY

Exploring situational awareness in diagnostic errors in primary care.

Singh H, Davis Giardina T, Petersen LA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:30-38.

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