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STUDY

Medication reconciliation in ambulatory care: attempts at improvement.

Nassaralla CL, Naessens JM, Hunt VL, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:402-407.

STUDY

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.

REVIEW

Monitoring for medication errors in outpatient settings.

Balkrishnan R, Foss CE, Pawaskar M, Uhas AA, Feldman SR. J Dermatolog Treat. 2009;20:229-232.

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Can we rely on patients' reports of adverse events?

Zhu J, Stuver SO, Epstein AM, Schneider EC, Weissman JS, Weingart SN. Med Care. 2011;49:948-955.

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Medication reconciliation and hypertension control.

Persell SD, Bailey SC, Tang J, Davis TC, Wolf MS. Am J Med. 2010;123:182.e9-182.e15.

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Wrong-side/wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-patient adverse events: are they preventable?

Seiden SC, Barach P. Arch Surg. 2006;141:931-939.

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Field test results of a new ambulatory care Medication Error and Adverse Drug Event Reporting System—MEADERS.

Hickner J, Zafar A, Kuo GM, et al. Ann Fam Med. 2010;8:517-525.

REVIEW

Patient safety in dermatology: a review of the literature.

Cao LY, Taylor JS, Vidimos A. Dermatol Online J. 2010;16:3.

STUDY

Outpatient adverse drug events identified by screening electronic health records.

Gandhi TK, Seger AC, Overhage JM, et al. J Patient Saf. 2010;6;91-96.

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The safety of hospital stroke care.

Holloway RG, Tuttle D, Baird T, Skelton WK. Neurology. 2007;68:550-555.

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Medication errors in paediatric outpatients.

Kaushal R, Goldmann DA, Keohane CA, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e30.

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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 prescribing and monitoring errors in primary care: a report from the Practice Partner Research Network.

Wessell AM, Litvin C, Jenkins RG, Nietert PJ, Nemeth LS, Ornstein SM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e21.

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Preventable adverse events in infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis.

McBride SC, Chiang VW, Goldmann DA, Landrigan CP. Pediatrics. 2005;116:603-608.

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A 5-year analysis of rapid response system activation at an in-hospital haemodialysis unit.

Galhotra S, Devita MA, Dew MA, Simmons RL. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e38.

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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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Electronic prescribing improves medication safety in community-based office practices.

Kaushal R, Kern LM, Barrón Y, Quaresimo J, Abramson EL. J Gen Intern Med. 2010;25:530-536.

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The impact of resident duty hour reform on hospital readmission rates among Medicare beneficiaries.

Press MJ, Silber JH, Rosen AK, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:405-411.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: A Report on Quality and Safety.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; March 2007.

STUDY

Electronic prescribing in an ambulatory care setting: a cluster randomized trial.

Dainty KN, Adhikari NK, Kiss A, Quan S, Zwarenstein M. J Eval Clin Pract. 2012;18:761-767.

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