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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions.

Wojcieszak D. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6, 8-9.

BOOK/REPORT

A Call for Change: The 2011 Commonwealth Fund Survey of Public Views of the U.S. Health System.

Stremikis K, Schoen C, Fryer AK. 2011;6:1492.

COMMENTARY

Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences.

Inouye SK, Brown CJ, Tinetti ME. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:2390-2393.

COMMENTARY

Setting priorities for patient safety: ethics, accountability, and public engagement.

Pronovost PJ, Faden RR. JAMA. 2009;302:890-891.

STUDY

Beyond negligence: avoidability and medical injury compensation.

Kachalia AB, Mello MM, Brennan TA, Studdert DM. Soc Sci Med. 2008;66:387-402.

COMMENTARY

Building accountability through patient safety organizations.

Ross J. J Perianesth Nurs. 2007;22:346-348.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Challenges in ethics, safety, best practices, and oversight regarding HIT vendors, their customers, and patients: a report of an AMIA special task force.

Goodman KW, Berner ES, Dente MA, et al; AMIA Board of Directors. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:77-81.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

ACOG Committee Opinion #520: disclosure and discussion of adverse events.

ACOG Committee on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement and Committee on Professional Liability. Obstet Gynecol. 2012;119:686-689.

REVIEW

Disclosing harmful medical errors to patients.

Gallagher TH, Studdert D, Levinson W. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:2713-2719.

COMMENTARY

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

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

COMMENTARY

The Perruche case and the issue of compensation for the consequences of medical error.

Costich JF. Health Policy. 2006;78:8-16.

COMMENTARY

The partnership with patients: a call to action for leaders.

Denham CR. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:113-121.

STUDY

How valid is the ICD-9-CM based AHRQ Patient Safety Indicator for postoperative venous thromboembolism?

White RH, Sadeghi B, Tancredi DJ, et al. Med Care. 2009;47:1237-1243.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

In a crisis, do-not-revive requests don't always work.

Parker L. USA Today. December 19, 2006.

COMMENTARY

Liability reform should make patients safer: "Avoidable classes of events" are a key improvement.

Bovbjerg RR, Tancredi LR. J Law Med Ethics. 2005;33:478-500.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctors fear criminalization of medical mistakes.

Sorrel AL. American Medical News. November 27, 2006.

COMMENTARY

Ending extra payment for "never events"—stronger incentives for patients' safety.

Milstein A. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:2388-2390.

COMMENTARY classic

The wisdom and justice of not paying for "preventable complications."

Pronovost PJ, Goeschel CA, Wachter RM. JAMA. 2008;299:2197-2199.

REVIEW

Narrative review: do state laws make it easier to say "I'm sorry?"

McDonnell WM, Guenther E. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:811-815.

AUDIOVISUAL classic

"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.

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