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BOOK/REPORT
Back to Basics.
Gima Z, Gosselar P, Levine A, Lincoln T, Ramirez A. Washington, DC: Public Citizen; August 6, 2009.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.
Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2013.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Harm Free Care.
National Health Service.
COMMENTARY
Selection of indicators for continuous monitoring of patient safety: recommendations of the project 'safety improvement for patients in Europe.'
Kristensen S, Mainz J, Bartels P. Int J Qual Health Care. 2009;21:169-175.
COMMENTARY
What is the NHS Safety Thermometer?
Power M, Stewart K, Brotherton A. Clin Risk. 2012;18:163-169.
STUDY
Racial disparities in the frequency of patient safety events: results from the National Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.
Metersky ML, Hunt DR, Kliman R, et al. Med Care. 2011;49:504-510.
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.
BOOK/REPORT
Meeting the Joint Commission's 2013 National Patient Safety Goals.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012. ISBN: 9781599407555.
BOOK/REPORT
Serious Reportable Events in Massachusetts Acute Care Hospitals: January 1, 2008–December 31, 2008.
Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Department of Public Health, Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality. Boston, MA: Commonwealth of Massachusetts; 2009.
STUDY
Patients' concerns about medical errors during hospitalization.
Burroughs TE, Waterman AD, Gallagher TH, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:5-14.
BOOK/REPORT
National Priorities and Goals: Aligning Our Efforts to Transform America's Healthcare.
National Priorities Partnership. Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2008. ISBN: 1933875194.
STUDY
Chronic kidney disease adversely influences patient safety.
Seliger SL, Zhan M, Hsu VD, Walker LD, Fink JC. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008;19:2414-2419.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
COMMENTARY
Introducing the patient safety professional: why, what, who, how, and where?
Saint S, Krein SL, Manojlovich M, Kowalski CP, Zawol D, Shojania KG. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:175-180.
COMMENTARY
Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences.
Inouye SK, Brown CJ, Tinetti ME. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:2390-2393.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Patient Safety Papers.
Baker GE, ed. Healthc Q. 2006;9:1-140.
STUDY
Effect of a pharmacist-led multicomponent intervention focusing on the medication monitoring phase to prevent potential adverse drug events in nursing homes.
Lapane KL, Hughes CM, Daiello LA, Cameron KA, Feinberg J. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59:1238-1245.
BOOK/REPORT
Inspiring Ideas and Celebrating Successes: A Guidebook to Leading Patient Safety Practices in Ontario Hospitals.
OHA Patient Safety Support Service. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Ontario Hospital Association; 2006.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Keeping Kidney Patients Safe.
Renal Physicians Association.
COMMENTARY
The clinical transformation of Ascension Health: eliminating all preventable injuries and deaths.
Pryor DB, Tolchin SF, Hendrich A, Thomas CS, Tersigni AR. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:299-308.
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