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BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

New York City puts hospital error data online.

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

BOOK/REPORT

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

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

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.

BOOK/REPORT

Consumers' Priorities for Hospital Quality Improvement and Implications for Public Reporting.

Ginsburg M, Glasmire K. Oakland, CA: California HealthCare Foundation; April 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Transparency and public reporting are essential for a safe health care system.

Leape LL. Perspect Health Reform. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; March 17, 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

More families hear apologies following medical mistakes.

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

AUDIOVISUAL

Web sites compare how hospitals measure up.

Neary L. "Talk of the Nation." National Public Radio. August 26, 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Do no harm: hospital care in Las Vegas.

Allen M, Richards A. Las Vegas Sun. June 27, 2010.

STUDY

Publicly available hospital comparison web sites: determination of useful, valid, and appropriate information for comparing surgical quality.

Leonardi MJ, McGory ML, Ko CY. Arch Surg. 2007;142:863-869.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hidden mistakes in hospitals.

Kauffman M, Altimari D. The Hartford Courant. November 15, 2009;Final:A1.

AWARD RECIPIENT

22 California hospitals earn top status for outstanding patient safety & health care quality.

San Francisco, CA: The Leapfrog Group; May 2, 2006.

STUDY

Adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project measures and the association with postoperative infections.

Stulberg JJ, Delaney CP, Neuhauser DV, Aron DC, Fu P, Koroukian SM. JAMA. 2010;303:2479-2485.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

First do no harm.

Allen M. Washington Monthly. March/April 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Driving out errors, with mom in mind.

Weinstock M. Hosp Health Netw. April 2011.

COMMENTARY

In Conversation with...Diane Rydrych, MA

Rydrych D. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. June 2007.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE classic

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

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals shine light on mistakes by publicly saying: "we're sorry."

O'Reilly KB. American Medical News. August 11, 2008;51:1.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Protecting patients: hospitals wrestle with reporting and fixing medical mistakes.

Collins LM. Deseret Morning News. July 8, 2007;A1.

NEW JERSEY LEGISLATION

Requires DHSS to make reported information about certain adverse events publicly available.

New Jersey Legislature. A4327 (2007).

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