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BOOK/REPORT

2009 National Healthcare Quality Report.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2010. AHRQ Publication No. 10-0003.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety in Canada: An Update.

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

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.

Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2012.

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

IBEAS: A Pioneer Study on Patient Safety in Latin America: Towards Safer Hospital Care.

Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.

PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT

CMS to conduct "dry run" for reporting AHRQ indicators.

QualityNet. February 18, 2009.

BOOK/REPORT

2009 Utah Sentinel Events Data Report.

Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health, Utah Hospitals & Health Systems Association, and HealthInsight; March 10, 2010.

COMMENTARY

The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for adoption now.

Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):365-368.

BOOK/REPORT

Hospital-acquired infections in Pennsylvania.

Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council; November 2006.

STUDY

Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals.

Brand CA, Tropea J, Ibrahim JE, et al. Med J Aust. 2008;189:35-40.

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.

BOOK/REPORT

Safety in Doses.

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

COMMENTARY

Debriefing medical teams: 12 evidence-based best practices and tips.

Salas E, Klein C, King H, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:518-527.

BOOK/REPORT

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

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

AUDIOVISUAL

Battling hospital-acquired infections.

Gross T. "Fresh Air." National Public Radio. January 9, 2008.

STUDY

Hospital performance trends on national quality measures and the association with Joint Commission accreditation.

Schmaltz SP, Williams SC, Chassin MR, Loeb JM, Wachter RM. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:458-465.

STUDY

Using care bundles to reduce in-hospital mortality: quantitative survey.

Robb E, Jarman B, Suntharalingam G, Higgens C, Tennant R, Elcock K. BMJ. 2010;340:c1234.

STUDY

Large scale organisational intervention to improve patient safety in four UK hospitals: mixed method evaluation.

Benning A, Ghaleb M, Suokas A, et al. BMJ. 2011;342:d195.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medicare releases patient safety ratings for hospitals.

Rau J. Kaiser Health News. October 17, 2011.

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