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•Book/Report (2)

•Journal Article (66)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (22)

•Active Errors (60)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (28)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (20)

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•Human Factors Engineering (7)

•Teamwork (3)

•Specialization of Care (5)

•Logistical Approaches (2)

•Culture of Safety (3)

•Technologic Approaches (7)

•Education and Training (16)

Clinical Areas

•Dentistry (1)

•Medicine (74)

•Nursing (2)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (74)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (44)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (15)

•Patients (11)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (41)

•Psychiatric Facilities (2)

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COMMENTARY

Crushing Chest Pain: A Missed Opportunity.

Graber M. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2004.

COMMENTARY

Delay in Initiating Antibiotics Leads to Fatal Error.

Bellini LM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2004.

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Autopsy Revelation.

Shojania KG. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

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The Worst Headache.

Edlow JA. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2004.

COMMENTARY

Failure to Latch

Rodriguez M., Mannel R., Frye D. MN AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

COMMENTARY

Doctor, Don't Treat Thyself.

Rosvold EO. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2004.

COMMENTARY

Inadvertent Castration.

Calland JF. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2004.

COMMENTARY

Pregnant with Danger.

Pearlman MD, Desmond JS. WebM&M [serial online]. May 2005.

BOOK/REPORT

Breast Cancer Services in Trafford and North Manchester. An Investigation Into The Circumstances Surrounding A Serious Clinical Incident In Symptomatic Breast Services – The Baker Report.

Baker M. Manchester, England: NHS North West; February 2007.

COMMENTARY

Hidden Mystery.

Brunette DD. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2005.

STUDY

Quality of clinical aspects of call handling at Dutch out of hours centres: cross sectional national study.

Derkx HP, Rethans JE, Muijtjens AM, et al. BMJ. 2008;337:a1264.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When a heart attack goes undiagnosed.

Davis R. USA Today. October 25, 2006.

BOOK/REPORT

The Rebecca O'Malley Report.

Cork, Ireland: Health Information and Quality Authority; March 21, 2008.

COMMENTARY

Missing Trauma.

Jurkovich GJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2009.

COMMENTARY

Hiding in Plain Sight

Weinberg JM. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. August 2009.

STUDY

The impact of clinically undiagnosed injuries on survival estimates.

Gedeborg R, Thiblin I, Byberg L, Wernroth L, Michaëlsson K. Crit Care Med. 2009;37:449-455.

COMMENTARY

Lost in Transition

Beach C. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. Febuary 2006.

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Coming Up Short

Hochberg Z. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2008.

COMMENTARY

When “Psychiatric” Symptoms are Not.

Goldberg RJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February 2003.

COMMENTARY

An Outpatient “Zebra”

Berkowitz L. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. January 2006.

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