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COMMENTARYclassic
Five years after 'To Err is Human': what have we learned?
Leape LL, Berwick DM. JAMA. 2005;293:2384-2390.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Medicare says it won't cover hospital errors.
Pear R. New York Times. August 19, 2007.
AWARD RECIPIENT
2005 Quest for Quality Prize.
Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2005;79:67-75.
COMMENTARY
A new frontier in patient safety.
McCannon J, Berwick DM. JAMA. 2011;305:2221-2222.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Medical mistakes no longer billable: bold steps taken by state to reduce hospital errors.
Smith S. Boston Globe. June 19, 2008;Metro section:1B
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
National Patient Safety Awareness Week.
National Patient Safety Foundation.
AWARD RECIPIENT
2006 Quest for Quality Prize.
Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006. 
STUDY
Stories from the sharp end: case studies in safety improvement.
McCarthy D, Blumenthal D. Milbank Q. 2006;84:165-200.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2009. 
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
CMS seeks to add 9 hospital-acquired conditions to no-pay list.
O'Reilly KB. American Medical News. May 12, 2008.
COMMENTARY
The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety
Gibson R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.
REVIEW
Hospital do-not-resuscitate orders: why they have failed and how to fix them.
Yuen JK, Reid MC, Fetters MD. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:791-797.
COMMENTARYclassic
Accountability measures—using measurement to promote quality improvement.
Chassin MR, Loeb JM, Schmaltz SP, Wachter RM. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:683-688.
GOVERNMENT RESOURCEclassic
Partnership for Patients.
Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Making it right.
Wright M, Nemeth K. Hosp Health Netw. December 13, 2005.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Safety in numbers.
Robeznieks A. Mod Healthc. October 16, 2006;36:41.
BOOK/REPORT
Framework for a High Performance Health System for the United States.
The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; August 2006.
AWARD RECIPIENT
2013 American Hospital Association McKesson Quest for Quality Prize.
American Hospital Association, McKesson Corporation, McKesson Foundation. 
STUDY
Preventing hospital-acquired infections: a national survey of practices reported by U.S. hospitals in 2005 and 2009.
Krein SL, Kowalski CP, Hofer TP, Saint S. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:773-779.
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