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COMMENTARY
Patient safety: moving the bar in prison health care standards.
Stern MF, Greifinger RB, Mellow J. Am J Public Health. 2010;100:2103-2110.
BOOK/REPORT
The Patient Safety Initiative at America’s Public Hospitals: The Year One Overview.
Research Brief. Washington, DC: National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems; January 2011.
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Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2008. AHRQ Publication Nos. 080034 (1-4).
BOOK/REPORT
Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.
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"To Err Is Human" Report Retrospective and the Decade Ahead.
2009 NPSF Congress: Lucian Leape Institute Plenary. Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation; May 21, 2009.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Interprofessional Approaches to Patient Safety.
J Interprof Care. 2006;20:455-571.
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Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2005. AHRQ Publication Nos. 050021 (1-4).
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Still Crossing The Quality Chasm.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:554-800.
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Patient Safety, 2nd edition.
Vincent C. West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2010. ISBN: 9781405192217.
COMMENTARY
The Preventable Harm Index: an effective motivator to facilitate the drive to zero.
Brilli RJ, McClead RE Jr, Davis T, Stoverock L, Rayburn A, Berry JC. J Pediatr. 2010;157:681-683.
BOOK/REPORT
High Quality Care for All: NHS Next Stage Review Final Report.
Darzi A. National Health Service. London, England: Crown Publishing; June 2008. ISBN: 9780101743228.
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Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012.
COMMENTARY
Viewing health care delivery as science: challenges, benefits, and policy implications.
Pronovost PJ, Goeschel CA. Health Serv Res. 2010;45:1508-1522.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Patient Safety Papers 5.
Baker GR, ed. Healthc Q. 2010;13:1-136.
BOOK/REPORT
Building a Culture of Patient Safety: Report of the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance.
Dublin, Ireland: Department of Health & Children, Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance; 2008. ISBN: 9781406421835.
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MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality 2010 Annual Report.
Lansing, MI: Michigan Health & Hospital Association; October 2010.
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Improving Care Search Centre.
Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Quality of Anesthesia Care. 
Neuman MD, Martinez EA, eds. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:1-178.
BOOK/REPORT
Commission of Inquiry on Hormone Receptor Testing.
Cameron M. St. John's, NL: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; 2009. ISBN: 978551463537.
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