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COMMENTARY
Medication reconciliation in the emergency department: opportunities for workflow redesign.
Hummel J, Evans PC, Lee H. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:531-535.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Quality of Anesthesia Care.
Neuman MD, Martinez EA, eds. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:1-178.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine.
Croskerry P, Cosby KS, Schenkel SM, Wears RL, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009. ISBN: 9780781777278.
AUDIOVISUAL
Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.
Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute for Technology and the Quaid Foundation; 2010.
REVIEW
Changing practice to improve patient safety and quality of care in perinatal medicine.
Kaplan HC, Ballard J. Am J Perinatol. 2012;29:35-42.
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Safe Practices for Better Healthcare—2010 Update.
National Quality Forum. Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2010.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Joint Policy Statement—Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department.
American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Committee; Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee. Pediatrics. 2009;124:1233-1243.
STUDY
Postdischarge adverse events for 1-day hospital admissions in older adults admitted from the emergency department.
Pines JM, Mongelluzzo J, Hilton JA, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;56:253-257.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Patient Safety in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
Frush KS, Hohenhaus SM, eds. Clin Ped Emerg Med. 2006;7:213-277.
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Overview of progress on patient safety.
Pronovost PJ, Holzmueller CG, Ennen CS, Fox HE. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:5-10.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
The English Patient Safety Programme.
J Health Serv Research Pol. 2010;15(suppl 1):S1-S91.
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Medical errors and safety systems.
Pearlman MD, ed. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2010;53:471-585.
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A comprehensive obstetrics patient safety program improves safety climate and culture.
Pettker CM, Thung SF, Raab CA, et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:216.e1-e6.
STUDY
Compliance with guidelines to prevent surgical site infections: as simple as 1-2-3?
Meeks DW, Lally KP, Carrick MM, et al. Am J Surg. 2011;201:76-83.
COMMENTARY
An anesthesiology department leads culture change at a hospital system level to improve quality and patient safety.
Fleischut PM, Evans AS, Faggiani SL, Lazar EJ, Kerr GE. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:153-167.
COMMENTARY
A check-up for safety culture in "my patient care area."
Sexton JB, Paine LA, Manfuso J, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:699-703.
BOOK/REPORT
Safer Hospital Care: Strategies for Continuous Innovation.
Raheja D. New York, NY: Productivity Press; 2011. ISBN: 9781439821022.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine.
Dallas, TX: American College of Emergency Physicians.
REVIEW
Perinatal high reliability.
Knox GE, Simpson KR. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204: 373-377.
STUDY
Using evidence, rigorous measurement, and collaboration to eliminate central catheter-associated bloodstream infections.
Sawyer M, Weeks K, Goeschel CA, et al. Crit Care Med. 2010;38(suppl 8):S292-S298.
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