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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (338)

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•Health Care Providers (682)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1031)

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Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1250)

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REVIEW

Responsibility for quality improvement and patient safety: hospital board and medical staff leadership challenges.

Goeschel CA, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. Chest. 2010;138:171-178.

COMMENTARY

Improving heparin safety: a multidisciplinary invited conference.

Peterson C, Ham CW, Vanderveen T. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:491-497.

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.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The Role of HR in Quality and Patient Safety.

The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration. San Diego, CA: July 24, 2008.

COMMENTARY

Preparing your hospital for compliance with The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals.

Murdaugh L, Jordin R. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:728-733.

STUDY

Hospital governance and the quality of care.

Jha AK, Epstein AM. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:182-187.

AUDIOVISUAL

Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.

Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute for Technology and the Quaid Foundation; 2010.

STUDY

Workplace engagement and workers' compensation claims as predictors for patient safety culture.

Thorp J, Baqai W, Witters D, et al. J Patient Saf. 2012;8:194-201.

COMMENTARY

Physicians with multiple patient complaints: ending our silence.

Gallagher TH, Levinson W. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013 Apr 18; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length of stay: retrospective comparative analysis.

Lipitz-Snyderman A, Steinwachs D, Needham DM, Colantuoni E, Morlock LL, Pronovost PJ. BMJ. 2011;342:d219.

BOOK/REPORT

A Randomized Field Study of a Leadership WalkRounds-Based Intervention.

Tucker AL, Singer SJ. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School; June 25, 2012. HBS Working Paper No. 12-113.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Empowered to improve.

Gardner E. Mod Healthc. May 18, 2009;39:28-31.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing violence in the health care setting.

Sentinel Event Alert. June 3, 2010;(45):1-3.

COMMENTARY

A strategic approach for managing conflict in hospitals: responding to The Joint Commission leadership standard—part 1 and part 2.

Scott C, Gerardi D. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:59-69, 70-80.

STUDY

Health care workers as second victims of medical errors.

Edrees HH, Paine LA, Feroli ER, Wu AW. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2011;121:101-108.

BOOK/REPORT

Charting the Course: Launching Patient-Centric Healthcare.

Nance JJ, Bartholomew KM. Boseman, MT: Second River Healthcare Press; 2012. ISBN: 9781936406128.

COMMENTARY

A new frontier in patient safety.

McCannon J, Berwick DM. JAMA. 2011;305:2221-2222.

COMMENTARY

The Henry Ford Health System No Harm Campaign: a comprehensive model to reduce harm and save lives.

Conway WA, Hawkins S, Jordan J, Voutt-Goos MJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:318-327.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

BOOSTing Care Transitions Resource Room.

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

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

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

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