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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safety in ASCs: putting patients first.

Dix K. Today's Surgicenter. December 1, 2006.

COMMENTARY

Right? Left? Neither!

Howell EA, Chassin MR. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2006.

COMMENTARY

The challenge of medication reconciliation.

Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare. May 10, 2006.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety in the dialysis facility.

Kliger AS. Blood Purif. 2006;24:19-21.

STUDY

The impact of the 80-hour resident workweek on surgical residents and attending surgeons.

Hutter MM, Kellogg KC, Ferguson CM, Abbott WM, Warshaw AL. Ann Surg. 2006;243:864-871; discussion 871-875.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Family of woman who died after a medical error joins hospital's safety panel.

Shelton DL. Chicago Tribune. October 7, 2011.

COMMENTARY

Partners in safety: implementing a community-based patient safety advisory council.

Leonhardt KK, Bonin D, Pagel P. Wisc Med J. 2006;105;54-59.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patients taking their own medications while in the hospital.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2012;9:50-57.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Quality & Safety Research Group.

Johns Hopkins University, Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

REVIEW

Ethical and practical aspects of disclosing adverse events in the emergency department.

Stokes SL, Wu AW, Pronovost PJ. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2006;24:703-714.

BOOK/REPORT

The Patients' View: 2004 ISQSH National Survey.

Dublin, Ireland: Irish Society for Quality & Safety in Healthcare; 2005.

STUDY

Improving medication reconciliation in the outpatient setting.

Varkey P, Cunningham J, Bisping S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:286-292.

TOOLKIT

Partnering with Patients and Families to Enhance Safety and Quality: A Mini Toolkit.

Bethesda, MD: Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care; 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Non-English speakers find ERs hard to reach.

Hua V. San Francisco Chronicle. February 17, 2006:B6.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

A Hospital Accident: Lessons Learned – A Death, A Conviction, and A Healing.

Texas Medical Institute of Technology. June 16, 2011.

STUDY

Patient-reported service quality on a medicine unit.

Weingart SN, Pagovich O, Sands DZ, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2005;18:95-101.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

10 ways to guarantee a lawsuit.

Rice B. Med Econ. 2005 Jul 8;82:66-69

COMMENTARY

DNR in the OR and Afterwards

Lo B. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2006.

COMMENTARY

Drug errors, qualitative research and some reflections on ethics.

Armitage G. J Clin Nurs. 2005;14:869-875.

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