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FEDERAL LEGISLATION
The National Medical Error Disclosure and Compensation (MEDiC) Act.
S 1784, 109th Cong, 1st Sess (2005).
FEDERAL LEGISLATION
Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act.
S 1337, 109th Cong, 1st Sess (Mt 2005).
COMMENTARY
An alternative to the clinical negligence system.
Furniss R, Ormond-Walshe S. BMJ. 2007;334:400-402.
COMMENTARY
Drill down with root cause analysis.
McDonald A, Leyhane T. Nurs Manage. 2005;36:26-32.
AWARD RECIPIENT
Translating patient safety legislation into health care practice.
Rabinowitz ABK, Clarke JR, Marella W, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:676-681.
PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT
Patient safety and quality improvement.
Federal Register. February 12, 2008;73:8112-8183.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Report: hospital errors cost 18 lives.
Rojas-Burke J. Oregonian. January 30, 2007:B01.
TOOLKIT
Patient Safety Toolbox.
Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy.
BOOK/REPORT
Hospital Reporting of Deaths Related to Restraint and Seclusion. 
Office of the Inspector General. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services; September 2006. Report No. OEI-09-04-00350.
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATION
Requires DHSS to make reported information about certain adverse events publicly available.
New Jersey Legislature. A4327 (2007).
COMMENTARY
Language barriers to health care in the United States.
Flores G. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:229-231.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
No pay for "never event" errors becoming standard.
O'Reilly KB. American Medical News. January 7, 2008.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Trial and error.
Huff C. Trustee. January 2010.
COMMENTARY
In Conversation with…Troyen A. Brennan, MD, JD, MPH
AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2005.
BOOK/REPORT
Risk Management Pearls on Disclosure of Adverse Events.
Amori G. Chicago, IL: American Society for Healthcare Risk Management; 2006.
REVIEW
Fostering rational regulation of patient safety.
Mello MM, Kelly CN, Brennan TA. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2005;30:375-426.
FEDERAL LEGISLATIONclassic
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005.
Pub L No. 109-41.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
The Criminal Edition.
The Just Culture Community. January/February 2007;1-6.  
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Preventing fatal errors.
Bailey B, Sevrens Lyons J. The Mercury News. November 27, 2005.
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