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BOOK/REPORTclassic
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
Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative: Focus on Implementation and Dissemination Evaluation Report III.
Farley DO, Damberg CL, Ridgely MS, et al. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation; 2007. ISBN: 9780833042170
MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
AHRQ 2009 Annual Conference.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; December 2009.
MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
AHRQ 2008 Annual Conference.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2009.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Still Crossing The Quality Chasm.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:554-800.
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.
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.
MULTI-USE WEBSITEclassic
Patient Safety Organizations.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
AHRQ 2010 Annual Conference.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2010.
AUDIOVISUALclassic
"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.
REGULATION
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement; Final Rule.
US Department of Health and Human Services; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Federal Register. November 21, 2008;73:70731-70814.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
The rise of patient safety organizations.
Ivill DS, Kearbey AH. New York Law J. November 2, 2009.
BOOK/REPORTclassic
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2005. AHRQ Publication Nos. 050021 (1-4).
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety Act.
Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; January 28, 2010. Publication GAO-10-281.
MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
AHRQ 2011 Annual Conference. 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. September 2011.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Patient Safety Papers 4.
Baker GR, ed. Healthc Q. 2009;12:1-198.
BOOK/REPORT
Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.
BOOK/REPORT
To Err Is Human — To Delay Is Deadly.
Jewell K, McGiffert L. Austin, TX: Consumers Union; 2009.
BOOK/REPORT
2008 Update on Consumers' Views of Patient Safety and Quality Information.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 2008.
BOOK/REPORT
Addressing the quality and safety gap—parts I-II.
Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; July 2009.
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