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AUDIOVISUAL

Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.

Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute for Technology and the Quaid Foundation; 2010.

AUDIOVISUAL

Hospital-acquired infections.

Moss-Coane M, O'Connell K, Fishman N. Radio Times. April 28, 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Disruptive behavior affects hospital financial health.

Crane M. Medscape Medical News. December 11, 2010.

AUDIOVISUAL

Obama Administration introduces plan to reduce preventable medical errors.

PBS News Hour. April 12, 2011.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

California Hospital Patient Safety Organization.

1215 K Street, Suite 800, Sacramento, CA 95814.

STUDY

Hospital governance and the quality of care.

Jha AK, Epstein AM. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:182-187.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Behind one hospital's fight against deadly infection.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal. June 5, 2012;D1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical errors harm huge number of patients. What will it take to make America's hospitals safer?

Sternberg S. US News & World Report. August 28, 2012.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing relationships, preventing errors.

McGinn P, Chabon R. HHN Magazine Online. November 25, 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

10 years, 5 voices, 1 challenge.

Larkin H. Hosp Health Netw. October 21, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

AHRQ presses on: no rule yet, but agency taps 10 safety organizations.

DerGurahain J. Mod Healthc. November 10, 2008;38:8.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals tally their avoidable mistakes.

Rein L. Washington Post. July 21, 2009:E1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

10 things your hospital won't tell you.

Kapadia R. Smart Money. October 2006;15:112-114.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The impossible workload for doctors in training.

Chen PW. New York Times. April 18, 2013.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

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

COMMENTARY

Minnesota Hospital Association Statewide Project: SAFE from FALLS.

Apold J, Quigley PA. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27:299-306.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

More families hear apologies following medical mistakes.

Greene L. St. Petersburg Times. August 19, 2008.

REVIEW

The impact of anti-infective drug shortages on hospitals in the United States: trends and causes.

Griffith MM, Gross AE, Sutton SH, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2012;54:684-691.

BOOK/REPORT

IBEAS: A Pioneer Study on Patient Safety in Latin America: Towards Safer Hospital Care.

Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Making hospitals accountable.

Peters PG Jr. Regulation. Summer 2009;32:30-36.

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