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STUDY

Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians.

Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Kenwood C, Benjamin EM, Auerbach AD. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:2589-2600.

STUDY

Hospitalists as Emerging Leaders in Patient Safety: lessons learned and future directions.

Flanders SA, Kaufman SR, Saint S, Parekh VI. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:3-8.

STUDY

Adopting National Quality Forum medication safe practices: progress and barriers to hospital implementation.

Rask K, Culler S, Scott T, et al. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:212-218.

STUDY

Getting doctors to clean their hands: lead the followers.

Haessler S, Bhagavan A, Kleppel R, Hinchey K, Visintainer P. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:499-502.

STUDY

Designing for distractions: a human factors approach to decreasing interruptions at a centralised medication station.

Colligan L, Guerlain S, Steck SE, Hoke TR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:939-947.

COMMENTARY

Time to sign off on signout.

Stein DM, Stetson PD. Acad Med. 2011;86:804-806.

STUDY

Medical emergency team calls in the radiology department: patient characteristics and outcomes.

Ott LK, Pinsky MR, Hoffman LA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012 Mar 2; [Epup ahead of print].

STUDY

Impact of participation in the California Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Initiative on adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices for patient safety and health care–associated infection rates in a cohort of acute care general hospitals.

Halpin HA, McMenamin SB, Simon LP, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2013;41:307-311.

COMMENTARY

Residents' duty hours—toward an empirical narrative.

Rosenbaum L, Lamas D. N Engl J Med. 2012;367:2044-2049.

STUDY

Understanding communication during hospitalist service changes: a mixed methods study.

Hinami K, Farnan JM, Meltzer DO, Arora VM. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:535-540.

COMMENTARY

Apology for errors: whose responsibility?

Leape LL. Front Health Serv Manage. 2012;28:3-12.

STUDY

The effects of a mid-day nap on the neurocognitive performance of first-year medical residents: a controlled interventional pilot study.

Amin MM, Graber M, Ahmad K, et al. Acad Med. 2012;87:1428-1433.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patients taking their own medications while in the hospital.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2012;9:50-57.

STUDY

Design and implementation of an application and associated services to support interdisciplinary medication reconciliation efforts at an integrated healthcare delivery network.

Poon EG, Blumenfeld B, Hamann C, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:581-592.

STUDY

Acceptance of recommendations by inpatient pharmacy case managers: unintended consequences of hospitalist and specialist care.

Anderegg SV, Demik DE, Carter BL, et al. Pharmacotherapy. 2013;33:11-21.

STUDY

"Learning by Doing"—resident perspectives on developing competency in high-quality discharge care.

Greysen SR, Schiliro D, Curry L, Bradley EH, Horwitz LI. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:1188-1194.

COMMENTARY classic

Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety.

Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:1401-1406.

REVIEW

Patient safety, resident education and resident well-being following implementation of the 2003 ACGME duty hour rules.

Fletcher KE, Reed DA, Arora VM. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:907-919.

STUDY

Effect of a protected sleep period on hours slept during extended overnight in-hospital duty hours among medical interns: a randomized trial.

Volpp KG, Shea JA, Small DS, et al. JAMA. 2012;308:2208-2217.

REVIEW

Clinical review: the hospital of the future—building intelligent environments to facilitate safe and effective acute care delivery.

Pickering BW, Litell JM, Herasevich V, Gajic O. Crit Care. 2012;16:220.

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