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Identifying causes of adverse events detected by an automated trigger tool through in-depth analysis.

Muething SE, Conway PH, Kloppenborg E, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:435-439.

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Adverse drug events among hospitalized Medicare patients: epidemiology and national estimates from a new approach to surveillance.

Classen DC, Jaser L, Budnitz DS. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:12-21, AP1-AP9.

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Patterns in nursing home medication errors: disproportionality analysis as a novel method to identify quality improvement opportunities.

Hansen RA, Cornell PY, Ryan PB, Williams CE, Pierson S, Greene SB. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010;19:1087-1094.

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Epidemiology of medication-related adverse events in nursing homes.

Handler SM, Wright RM, Ruby CM, Hanlon JT. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2006;4:264-272.

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A comparison of voluntarily reported medication errors in intensive care and general care units.

Kane-Gill SL, Kowiatek JG, Weber RJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:55-59.

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Nursing home error and level of staff credentials.

Scott-Cawiezell J, Pepper GA, Madsen RW, Petroski G, Vogelsmeier A, Zellmer D. Clin Nurs Res. 2007;16:72-78.

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Pediatric antidepressant medication errors in a national error reporting database.

Rinke ML, Bundy DG, Shore AD, Colantuoni E, Morlock LL, Miller MR. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010;31:129-136.

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Medication administration errors in assisted living: scope, characteristics, and the importance of staff training.

Zimmerman S, Love K, Sloane PD, Cohen LW, Reed D, Carder PC; Center for Excellence in Assisted Living-University of North Carolina Collaborative. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59:1060-1068.

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Medication errors during patient transitions into nursing homes: characteristics and association with patient harm.

Desai R, Williams CE, Greene SB, Pierson S, Hansen RA. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011;9:413-422.

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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.

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Effect of computerized provider order entry with clinical decision support on adverse drug events in the long-term care setting.

Gurwitz JH, Field TS, Rochon P, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008;56:2225-2233.

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Unintentional therapeutic errors involving insulin in the ambulatory setting reported to poison centers.

Spiller HA, Borys DJ, Ryan ML, Sawyer TS, Wilson BL. Ann Pharmacother. 2011;45:17-22.

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Consistency between coded poison center data and fatality abstract narratives for therapeutic error deaths in older adults.

Hayes BD, Klein-Schwartz W. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2010;48:68-71.

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Adverse drug events in the outpatient setting: an 11-year national analysis.

Bourgeois FT, Shannon MW, Valim C, Mandl KD. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2010;19:901-910.

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Listen carefully: the risk of error in spoken medication orders.

Lambert BL, Dickey LW, Fisher WM, et al. Soc Sci Med. 2010;70:1599-1608.

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Determinants of patient-reported medication errors: a comparison among seven countries.

Lu CY, Roughead E. Int J Clin Pract. 2011;65:733-740.

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Year in review: medication mishaps in the elderly.

Peron EP, Marcum ZA, Boyce R, Hanlon JT, Handler SM. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011;9:1-10.

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Iatrogenic events resulting in intensive care admission: frequency, cause, and disclosure to patients and institutions.

Lehmann LS, Puopolo AL, Shaykevich S, Brennan TA. Am J Med. 2005;118:409-413.

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Medical errors in orthopaedics. Results of an AAOS member survey.

Wong DA, Herndon JH, Canale ST, et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91:547-557.

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Prescribing discrepancies likely to cause adverse drug events after patient transfer.

Boockvar KS, Liu S, Goldstein N, Nebeker J, Siu A, Fried T. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:32-36.

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