AHRQ Patient Safety Network

American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Committee; Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee. Pediatrics. 2009;124:1233-1243.

STUDY

Improved pain resolution in hospitalized patients through targeting of pain mismanagement as medical error.

Okon TR, Lutz PS, Liang H. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009;37:1039-1049.

STUDY

Airway carts: a systems-based approach to airway safety.

Kane BG, Bond WF, Worrilow CC, Richardson DM, on behalf of the Lehigh Valley Hospital Airway Task Force. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:154-161.

REVIEW

Crisis resource management in emergency medicine.

Carne B, Kennedy M, Gray T. Emerg Med Australas. 2012;24:7-13.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Patient safety in the pediatric emergency care setting.

Krug SE, Frush K, for the Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine and American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2007;120:1367-1375.

STUDY

A reduction in cardiac arrests and duration of clinical instability after implementation of a paediatric rapid response system.

Hanson CC, Randolph GD, Erickson JA, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:500-504.

BOOK/REPORT

Pediatric Patient Safety in the Emergency Department.

Krug SE, ed. Oak Brook, IL: Joint Commission Resources and the American Academy of Pediatrics; 2010. ISBN: 9781599402123.

STUDY

Hospitalization-associated disability: "She was probably able to ambulate, but I'm not sure."

Covinsky KE, Pierluissi E, Johnston CB. JAMA. 2011;306:1782-1793.

STUDY

Weekend versus weekday admission and mortality from myocardial infarction.

Kostis WJ, Demissie K, Marcella SW, Shao YH, Wilson AC, Moreyra AE, for the Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS 10) Study Group. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:1099-1109.

STUDY

Connected care: reducing errors through automated vital signs data upload.

Smith LB, Banner L, Lozano D, Olney CM, Friedman B. Comput Inform Nurs. 2009;27:318-323.

STUDY

A framework for evaluating the appropriateness of clinical decision support alerts and responses.

McCoy AB, Waitman LR, Lewis JB, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:346-352.

STUDY

Unplanned transfers to a medical intensive care unit: causes and relationship to preventable errors in care.

Bapoje SR, Gaudiani JL, Narayanan V, Albert RK. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:68-72.

COMMENTARY

NFL concussions and common sense: a recipe for medical errors and a lesson for physician leaders.

Lazarus A. Physician Exec. Jan-Feb 2011;37:6-9.