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BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety in Canada: An Update.

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Canadian Institute for Health Information; August 14, 2007.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2009.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Do HSMRs really measure patient safety?

Leatt P, ed. Healthcare Papers. 2008;8:4-75.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Quality Study: Fourth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2007.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medicare releases patient safety ratings for hospitals.

Rau J. Kaiser Health News. October 17, 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Empowered to improve.

Gardner E. Mod Healthc. May 18, 2009;39:28-31.

STUDY

How do black-serving hospitals perform on patient safety indicators?: Implications for national public reporting and pay-for-performance.

Ly DP, Lopez L, Isaac T, Jha AK. Med Care. 2010;48:1133-1137.

STUDY

Association of a clinical knowledge support system with improved patient safety, reduced complications and shorter length of stay among Medicare beneficiaries in acute care hospitals in the United States.

Bonis PA, Pickens GT, Rind DM, Foster DA. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:745-753.

BOOK/REPORT

HSMR: A New Approach for Measuring Hospital Mortality Trends in Canada.

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Canadian Institute for Health Information; 2007. ISBN: 9781554651849.

STUDY

Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals.

Brand CA, Tropea J, Ibrahim JE, et al. Med J Aust. 2008;189:35-40.

STUDY

The objective impact of clinical peer review on hospital quality and safety.

Edwards MT. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26:110-119.

STUDY

How often are potential patient safety events present on admission?

Houchens RL, Elixhauser A, Romano PS. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:154-163.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Quality Study: Fifth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2008.

STUDY

Are Patient Safety Indicators related to widely used measures of hospital quality?

Isaac T, Jha AK. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23:1373-1378.

COMMENTARY

Hospital mortality: when failure is not a good measure of success.

Shojania KG, Forster AJ. CMAJ. 2008;179:153-157.

STUDY

Comparing measures of patient safety for inpatient care provided to veterans within and outside the VA system in New York.

Weeks WB, West AN, Rosen AK, Bagian JP. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:58-64.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2011.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

New York City puts hospital error data online.

Kershaw S. New York Times. Sepember 7, 2007;Metro Desk section:B1.

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