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COMMENTARY classic

Risk mitigation in large scale systems: lessons from high reliability organizations.

Grabowski M, Roberts KH. Calif Manage Rev. 1997;39:152-162.

COMMENTARY classic

Organizational culture as a source of high reliability.

Weick KE. Calif Manage Rev. 1987;29:112-127.

COMMENTARY

Minnesota Hospital Association Statewide Project: SAFE from FALLS.

Apold J, Quigley PA. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27:299-306.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A long way to go.

DerGurahian J. Mod Healthc. December 7, 2009.

COMMENTARY

The role for leaders of health care organizations in patient safety.

Clarke JR, Lerner JC, Marella W. Am J Med Qual. 2007;22:311-318.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

The Criminal Edition.

The Just Culture Community. January/February 2007;1-6.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety in women's health care: a framework for progress.

Gluck PA. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2007;21:525-36.

REVIEW

Negligence, genuine error, and litigation.

Sohn DH. Int J Gen Med. 2013;6:49-56.

BOOK/REPORT

Through the Eyes of the Workforce: Creating Joy, Meaning, and Safer Health Care.

Roundtable on Joy and Meaning in Work and Workforce Safety, The Lucian Leape Institute. Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation; 2013.

COMMENTARY

The competent surgeon: individual accountability in the era of "systems" failure.

Whittemore AD. Ann Surg. 2009;250:357-362.

COMMENTARY

Do Not Disturb!

Duffy FD, Cassel CK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2007.

COMMENTARY

The Sorry Works! Coalition: making the case for full disclosure.

Wojcieszak D, Banja J, Houk C. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:344-350.

STUDY

Residents' response to duty-hour regulations—a follow-up national survey.

Drolet BC, Christopher DA, Fischer SA. N Engl J Med. 2012;366:e35.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety: where is nursing education?

Gregory DM, Guse LW, Dick DD, Russell CK. J Nurs Educ. 2007;46:79-82.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Raising the index of suspicion: red flags that represent credible threats to patient safety.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 26, 2012;17:1-3.

AUDIOVISUAL

Eye to eye: Donald Berwick.

"Eye to Eye with Katie Couric." CBS News Video. February 6, 2007.

AUDIOVISUAL

Good News: How Hospitals Heal Themselves [documentary].

Washington, DC: CCM, Inc.; 2006. Crawford-Mason C (producer), Dobyns L (reporter); Management Wisdom Video Series.

COMMENTARY

Facing ambiguous threats.

Roberto MA, Bohmer RM, Edmondson AC. Harv Bus Rev. 2006;84:106-113, 157.

COMMENTARY

Frontline hospital workers and the worker safety/patient safety nexus.

Sokas R, Braun B, Chenven L, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:185-192.

COMMENTARY

Tips to reduce dangerous interruptions by healthcare staff.

Lewis TP, Smith CB, Williams-Jones P. Nursing. 2012;42:65-67.

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