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BOOK/REPORT
Meeting the Joint Commission's 2013 National Patient Safety Goals.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012. ISBN: 9781599407555.
STUDY
Injury and death associated with incidents reported to the Patient Safety Net.
Reid M, Estacio R, Albert R. Am J Med Qual. 2009;24:520-524.
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.
COMMENTARY
2009 National Patient Safety Goals.
Saufl NM. J Perianesth Nurs. 2009;24:114-118.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.
Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2013.
STUDY
Inpatient fall prevention: use of in-room Webcams.
Hardin SR, Dienemann J, Rudisill P, Mills KK. J Patient Saf. 2013;9:29-35.
BOOK/REPORT
Back to Basics.
Gima Z, Gosselar P, Levine A, Lincoln T, Ramirez A. Washington, DC: Public Citizen; August 6, 2009.
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.
BOOK/REPORT
To Err Is Human—But Don't Expect to Get Paid For It.
ASQ Quarterly Quality Report. Milwaukee, WI: American Society of Quality; October 2008.
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.
STUDY
An inpatient fall prevention initiative in a tertiary care hospital.
Weinberg J, Proske D, Szerszen A, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:317-325.
REVIEW
Patient safety in dermatology: a review of the literature.
Cao LY, Taylor JS, Vidimos A. Dermatol Online J. 2010;16:3.
STUDY
Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial.
Dykes PC, Carroll DL, Hurley A, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1912-1918.
STUDY
The design of the SAFE or SORRY? study: a cluster randomised trial on the development and testing of an evidence based inpatient safety program for the prevention of adverse events.
van Gaal BG, Schoonhoven L, Hulscher ME, et al. BMC Health Serv Res. 2009;9:58.
COMMENTARY
Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences.
Inouye SK, Brown CJ, Tinetti ME. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:2390-2393.
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.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Elderly Falls.
J Safety Res. 2011;42:415-542.
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
Is it possible to identify risks for injurious falls in hospitalized patients?
Mion LC, Chandler AM, Waters TM, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:408-413.
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