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Hospital Medicine

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (683)

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Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1252)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Cause for concern: drug shortages disrupt operations, tax hospitalists' treatment patterns.

Collins TR. The Hospitalist. July 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safe practice environment chapter proposed by USP.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. December 4, 2008;13:1-3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How has the current economy affected patient safety?

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. September 10, 2009;14:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Perfect is possible.

Berwick DM, Leape LL. Newsweek. October 16, 2006:70-71.

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.

STUDY

A review of verbal order policies in acute care hospitals.

Wakefield DS, Wakefield BJ, Despins L, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:24-33.

REVIEW

Medication safety in acute care in Australia: where are we now? Part 2: a review of strategies and activities for improving medication safety 2002-2008.

Semple SJ, Roughead EE. Aust New Zealand Health Policy. 2009;6:24.

BOOK/REPORT

Achieving an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience of Inpatient Hospital Care.

Balik B, Conway J, Zipperer L, Watson J. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Survey shows recession has weakened patient safety net.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 14, 2010;15:1-4.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing errors relating to commonly used anticoagulants.

Sentinel Event Alert. September 24, 2008;(41):1-4.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Shakespeare was on target—don't be a borrower or lender.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 19, 2009;14:1-3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

For all the right reasons.

Hagland M. Healthc Informatics. 2009;26:40-44.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Effective use of medication-related decision support in CPOE.

Metzger JB, Welebob E, Turisco F, Classen DC. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. Sept/Oct 2008;5:16-24.

AWARD RECIPIENT

Announcing 2009 Leapfrog top hospitals.

Washington, DC: Leapfrog Group; December 4, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Proper positioning of pharmacy label on Hospira PCA vials will avoid interference with scanning.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 14, 2008;13:1-3.

BOOK/REPORT

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

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

STUDY

The unintended consequences of computerized provider order entry: findings from a mixed methods exploration.

Ash JS, Sittig DF, Dykstra R, Campbell E, Guappone K. Int J Med Inform. 2009;78(suppl 1): S69-S76.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Anticoagulant safety practices call for pharmacist supervision.

Scott A. Drug Topics (Health-System Edition). November 10, 2008.

MEASUREMENT TOOL/INDICATOR

Medication Safety Self Assessment for Automated Dispensing Cabinets.

Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2009.

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