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COMMENTARY
Integrating CUSP and TRIP to improve patient safety.
Romig M, Goeschel C, Pronovost P, Berenholtz SM. Hosp Pract (Minneap). 2010;38:114-121.
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.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient-Centered Care Improvement Guide.
Frampton S, Guastello S, Brady C, et al. Derby, CT: Planetree; Camden, ME: Picker Institute; 2008.
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.
BOOK/REPORT
Health Care Leader Action Guide to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions.
Osei-Anto A, Joshi M, Audet AJ, Berman A, Jencks SF. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund, The John Hartford Foundation, Health Research and Educational Trust; January 25, 2010.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Front-Line Ownership: Generating a Cure Mindset for Patient Safety.
Kitts J, ed. Healthcare Papers. 2013;13:1-82.
STUDY
Safety leadership: a meta-analytic review of transformational and transactional leadership styles as antecedents of safety behaviours.
Clarke S. J Occup Organ Psychol. 2013;86:22-49.
BOOK/REPORT
First, Do Less Harm: Confronting the Inconvenient Problems of Patient Safety.
Koppel R, Gordon S, ed. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press; 2012. ISBN: 9780801450778.
COMMENTARY
Culture, language, and patient safety: making the link.
Johnstone MJ, Kanitsaki O. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18:383-8.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Quality Study: Fourth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2007.
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Evaluation of organizational culture among different levels of healthcare staff participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign.
Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Garcia-Williams A, Hackbarth AD, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012;33:135-143.
REVIEW
Adverse events in hospitals: the patient's point of view.
Massó Guijarro P, Aranaz Andrés JM, Mira JJ, Perdiguero E, Aibar C. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:144-147.
COMMENTARY
Anatomy of an incident disclosure: the importance of dialogue.
Iedema R, Allen S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:435-442.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2011.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2011.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Raising the index of suspicion: red flags that represent credible threats to patient safety.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 26, 2012;17:1-3.
COMMENTARY
Improving heparin safety: a multidisciplinary invited conference.
Peterson C, Ham CW, Vanderveen T. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:491-497.
STUDY
Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project.
Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:346-350.
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The importance of leadership in preventing healthcare–associated infection: results of a multisite qualitative study.
Saint S, Kowalski CP, Banaszak-Holl J, Forman J, Damschroder L, Krein SL. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010;31:901-907.
STUDY
Analysis of staff safety concerns.
Davidson J, Lamontagne G, Burnell L, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:147-152.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2010.
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