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•Health Care Providers (151)

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•Hospitals (83)

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MULTI-USE WEBSITE

BOOSTing Care Transitions Resource Room.

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

COMMENTARY

Utilizing quality improvement methods to prevent falls and injury from falls: enhancing resident safety in long-term care.

MacLaurin A, McConnell H. J Safety Res. 2011;42:525-535.

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.

AWARD RECIPIENT

The MacArthur Fellows Program: Eric Coleman.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. October 3, 2012.

STUDY

The effect of medication reconciliation in elderly patients at hospital discharge.

Midlöv P, Bahrani L, Seyfali M, Höglund P, Rickhag E, Eriksson T. Int J Clin Pharm. 2012;34:113-119.

STUDY

Using computerized provider order entry and clinical decision support to improve referring physicians' implementation of consultants' medical recommendations.

Were MC, Abernathy G, Hui SL, Kempf C, Weiner M. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:196-202.

STUDY

Older adults' perceptions of feeling safe in urban and rural acute care.

Lasiter S, Duffy J. J Nurs Adm. 2013;43:30-66.

STUDY

Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial.

Dykes PC, Carroll DL, Hurley A, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1912-1918.

STUDY

Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans.

Budnitz DS, Lovegrove MC, Shehab N, Richards CL. N Engl J Med. 2011;365:2002-2012.

CLINICAL GUIDELINE

Primary care–relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults: a systematic evidence review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

Michael YL, Whitlock EP, Lin JS, Fu R, O'Connor EA, Gold R; US Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:815-825.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Nursing homes seen deficient on basic care.

Dembner A. Boston Globe. July 3, 2006;Health Science section:A1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals may be the worst place to stay when you're sick.

Greider K. AARP Bulletin. March 2012;53:10,12,14.

STUDY

Medication reconciliation for reducing drug-discrepancy adverse events.

Boockvar KS, Carlson Lacorte H, Giambanco V, Fridman B, Siu A. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2006;4:236-243.

STUDY

Effect of medication reconciliation at hospital admission on medication discrepancies during hospitalization and at discharge for geriatric patients.

Cornu P, Steurbaut S, Leysen T, et al. Ann Pharmacother. 2012;46:484-494.

STUDY

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.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Adverse Events in Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

Levinson DR. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General; November 2010. Report No. OEI-06-09-00090.

STUDY

Prescription and transcription errors in multidose-dispensed medications on discharge from hospital: an observational and interventional study.

Alassaad A, Gillespie U, Bertilsson M, Melhus H, Hammarlund-Udenaes M. J Eval Clin Pract. 2013;19:185-191.

STUDY

Recognition of adverse drug events in older hospitalized medical patients.

Klopotowska JE, Wierenga PC, Smorenburg SM, et al; WINGS study group. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2013;69:75-85.

STUDY

Potentially inappropriate medication use in hospitalized elders.

Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Liu F, et al. J Hosp Med. 2008;3:91-102.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Staying safe during a hospital stay.

Graham J. Los Angeles Times. May 11, 2011.

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