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STUDY

Identifying causes of adverse events detected by an automated trigger tool through in-depth analysis.

Muething SE, Conway PH, Kloppenborg E, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:435-439.

STUDY

Decrease in hospital-wide mortality rate after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system.

Longhurst CA, Parast L, Sandborg CI, et al. Pediatrics. 2010;126:14-21.

STUDY

The relationship between computerized physician order entry and pediatric adverse drug events: a nested matched case-control study.

Yu F, Salas M, Kim YI, Menachemi N. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009;18:751-755.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Electronic prescribing in pediatrics: toward safer and more effective medication management.

Council on Clinical Information Technology Executive Committee. Pediatrics. 2013;131:824-826.

STUDY

Medical errors in US pediatric inpatients with chronic conditions.

Ahuja N, Zhao W, Xiang H. Pediatrics. 2012;130:e786-e793.

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Early adopters of computerized physician order entry in hospitals that care for children: a picture of US health care shortly after the Institute of Medicine reports on quality.

Teufel RJ 2nd, Swanson Kazley A, Basco WT Jr. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2009;48:389-396.

STUDY

Electronic health record adoption by children's hospitals in the United States.

Nakamura MM, Ferris TG, DesRoches CM, Jha AK. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010;164:1145-1151.

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Patient safety rounds in a pediatric tertiary care center.

Rinke ML, Zimmer KP, Lehmann CU, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:5-12.

STUDY

Effects of CPOE on provider cognitive workload: a randomized crossover trial.

Avansino J, Leu MG. Pediatrics. 2012;130:e547-e552.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

The Patient Safety Group.

Boston, MA.

STUDY

Antimicrobial prescription errors in hospitalized children: role of antimicrobial stewardship program in detection and intervention.

Di Pentima MC, Chan S, Eppes SC, Klein JD. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2009;53:715-723e1.

STUDY

Sustaining and spreading the reduction of adverse drug events in a multicenter collaborative.

Tham E, Calmes HM, Poppy A, et al. Pediatrics. 2011;128:e438-e445.

REVIEW

Pediatric aspects of inpatient health information technology systems.

Kim GR, Lehmann CU, and the Council on Clinical Information Technology. Pediatrics. 2008;122:e1287-e1296.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Improving Health Care Quality.

Wisc Med J. 2006:105;1-86.

STUDY

Prevalence of polypharmacy exposure among hospitalized children in the United States.

Feudtner C, Dai D, Hexem KR, Luan X, Metjian TA. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166:9-16.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

STUDY

Family-centered rounds on pediatric wards: a PRIS network survey of US and Canadian hospitalists.

Mittal VS, Sigrest T, Ottolini MC, et al. Pediatrics. 2010;126:37-43.

STUDY

Evaluation of consistency in dosing directions and measuring devices for pediatric nonprescription liquid medications.

Yin HS, Wolf MS, Dreyer BP, Sanders LM, Parker RM. JAMA. 2010;304:2595-2602.

STUDY

Hospital admission medication reconciliation in medically complex children: an observational study.

Stone BL, Boehme S, Mundorff MB, Maloney CG, Srivastava R. Arch Dis Child. 2010;95:250-255.

STUDY

Evaluation of a Web-based education program on reducing medication dosing error: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial.

Frush K, Hohenhaus S, Luo X, Gerardi M, Wiebe RA. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006;22:62-70.

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