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•Noncognitive Errors ("Slips & Lapses") (64)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (183)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (569)

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•Hospitals (501)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How to avoid falling victim to a hospital mistake.

Cohen E. Empowered Patient. CNN.com. November 13, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Misdiagnosed: what to do when your doctor doesn't know.

Fischer MA. AARP The Magazine. July/August 2011;54:50-53,80.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Don't let a hospital make you sick.

Mishori R. Parade Magazine. February 8, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical mystery: alcoholism didn’t cause man’s diabetes and cirrhosis.

Boodman SG. Washington Post. June 13, 2011:E1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication mistakes that can kill.

Haiken M. Caring.com. August 17, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Inquiry into reporter's death finds multiple failures in care.

Stout D. New York Times. June 17, 2006;National desk:9.

COMMENTARY

As she lay dying: how I fought to stop medical errors from killing my mom.

Welch JR. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012;31:2817-2820.

STUDY

Errors of diagnosis in pediatric practice: a multisite survey.

Singh H, Thomas EJ, Wilson L, et al. Pediatrics. 2010;126:70-79.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Family of woman who died after a medical error joins hospital's safety panel.

Shelton DL. Chicago Tribune. October 7, 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Minnesota hospitals are testing ways to reduce return trips.

Lerner M. Star Tribune. October 11, 2012.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Baby has jaundice: is that a problem?

Zimmerman R. Wall Street Journal. February 6, 2007:A1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Entire UPMC transplant team missed hepatitis alert.

Hamill SD. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 10, 2011:A6.

STUDY

Process of care failures in breast cancer diagnosis.

Weingart SN, Saadeh MG, Simchowitz B, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:702-709.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Drug errors are dangerous but preventable.

Washington Post; August 31, 2010:HE02.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Diagnosis: doubled over in pain.

Sanders L. New York Times Magazine. March 18, 2012.

BOOK/REPORT classic

When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Adverse Events.

A Consensus Statement of the Harvard Hospitals. Burlington: Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors; 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Night shift nightmare.

Alexander M. Reader's Digest. June 2007.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals tally their avoidable mistakes.

Rein L. Washington Post. July 21, 2009:E1.

COMMENTARY

In Conversation with...Sorrel King

AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

STUDY

Missed opportunities to initiate endoscopic evaluation for colorectal cancer diagnosis.

Singh H, Daci K, Petersen LA, et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009;104:2543-2554.

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