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BOOK/REPORT
IBEAS: A Pioneer Study on Patient Safety in Latin America: Towards Safer Hospital Care.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.
AWARD RECIPIENT
Announcing 2009 Leapfrog top hospitals.
Washington, DC: Leapfrog Group; December 4, 2009.
BOOK/REPORT
Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.
COMMENTARY
Learning accountability for patient outcomes.
Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:204-205.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety in Canada: An Update.
Ottawa, ON, Canada: Canadian Institute for Health Information; August 14, 2007.
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 multidisciplinary approach to reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections.
McMullan C, Propper G, Schuhmacher C, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:61-69.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Impact Case Studies and Knowledge Transfer Case Studies: Patient Safety.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2011.
BOOK/REPORT
Meeting the Joint Commission's 2013 National Patient Safety Goals.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012. ISBN: 9781599407555.
STUDY
Tracking rates of patient safety indicators over time: lessons from the Veterans Administration.
Rosen AK, Zhao S, Rivard P, et al. Med Care. 2006;44:850-861.
STUDY
The association between night or weekend admission and hospitalization-relevant patient outcomes.
Khanna R, Wachsberg K, Marouni A, Feinglass J, Williams MV, Wayne DB. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:10-14.
BOOK/REPORT
Health Care Leader Action Guide to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions.
Osei-Anto A, Joshi M, Audet AJ, Berman A, Jencks SF. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund, The John Hartford Foundation, Health Research and Educational Trust; January 25, 2010.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Patient safety front and center.
Terry K. Hosp Health Netw. July 2011;85:38-40, 42.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Hospital safety records, CEO pay increasingly linked.
Wilson B. Am Med News. November 26, 2007:50:16.
STUDY
Using care bundles to reduce in-hospital mortality: quantitative survey.
Robb E, Jarman B, Suntharalingam G, Higgens C, Tennant R, Elcock K. BMJ. 2010;340:c1234.
STUDY
Eradicating central line–associated bloodstream infections statewide: the Hawaii experience.
Lin DM, Weeks K, Bauer L, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2012;27:124-129.
STUDY
Comprehensive stroke centers overcome the weekend versus weekday gap in stroke treatment and mortality.
McKinney JS, Deng Y, Kasner SE, Kostis JB; Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS 15) Study Group. Stroke. 2011;42:2403-2409.
COMMENTARY
The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for adoption now.
Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):365-368.
REVIEW
Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.
Miake-Lye IM, Hempel S, Ganz DA, Shekelle PG. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):390-396.
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