AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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General Internal Medicine

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Identifying causes of adverse events detected by an automated trigger tool through in-depth analysis.

Muething SE, Conway PH, Kloppenborg E, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:435-439.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors occurring with the use of bar-code administration technology.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2008;5:122-126.

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Analysis of overridden alerts in a drug–drug interaction detection system.

Mille F, Schwartz C, Brion F, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2008 Dec; 20:400-5.

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Sustaining and spreading the reduction of adverse drug events in a multicenter collaborative.

Tham E, Calmes HM, Poppy A, et al. Pediatrics. 2011;128:e438-e445.

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Effects of CPOE on provider cognitive workload: a randomized crossover trial.

Avansino J, Leu MG. Pediatrics. 2012;130:e547-e552.

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Clinical and safety impact of an inpatient pharmacist-directed anticoagulation service.

Schillig J, Kaatz S, Hudson M, Krol GD, Szandzik EG, Kalus JS. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:322-328.

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Results of the Medications At Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) study: an analysis of medication reconciliation errors and risk factors at hospital admission.

Gleason KM, McDaniel MR, Feinglass J, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:441-447.

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What’s past is prologue: organizational learning from a serious patient injury.

Tamuz M, Franchois KE, Thomas EJ. Safety Sci. 2011;49:75-82.

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Saving lives by studying deaths: using standardized mortality reviews to improve inpatient safety.

Lau H, Litman KC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:400-408.

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A multifaceted approach to safety: the synergistic detection of adverse drug events in adult inpatients.

Ferranti J, Horvath MM, Cozart H, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;4:184-190.

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Developing a programme for medication reconciliation at the time of admission into hospital.

Manzorro AG, Zoni AC, Rieiro CR, et al. Int J Clin Pharm. 2011;33:603-609.

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Unit-based clinical pharmacists' prevention of serious medication errors in pediatric inpatients.

Kaushal R, Bates DW, Abramson EL, Soukup JR, Goldmann DA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65:1254-1260.

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Medicines reconciliation using a shared electronic health care record.

Moore P, Armitage G, Wright J, Dobrzanski S, Ansari N, Hammond I, Scally A. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:147-153.

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Evaluation of an anonymous system to report medical errors in pediatric inpatients.

Taylor JA, Brownstein D, Klein EJ, Strandjord TP. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:226-33.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Collaboration focused on priority issues promotes safety.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. October 10, 2008;13:1-3.

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Family-centered rounds on pediatric wards: a PRIS network survey of US and Canadian hospitalists.

Mittal VS, Sigrest T, Ottolini MC, et al. Pediatrics. 2010;126:37-43.

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Preventing potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized older patients with a computerized provider order entry warning system.

Mattison MLP, Afonso KA, Ngo LH, Mukamal KJ. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:1331-1336.

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Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration.

Poon EG, Keohane CA, Yoon CS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1698-1707.

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Parenteral nutrition prescribing processes using computerized prescriber order entry: opportunities to improve safety.

Hilmas E, Peoples JD. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2012;36(suppl 2):32S-35S.

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Does the implementation of an electronic prescribing system create unintended medication errors? A study of the sociotechnical context through the analysis of reported medication incidents.

Redwood S, Rajakumar A, Hodson J, Coleman JJ. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2011;11:29.

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