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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions.

Wojcieszak D. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6, 8-9.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Full disclosure and apology—an idea whose time has come.

Leape LL. Physician Exec. 2006 Mar-Apr;32:16-18.

COMMENTARY

Anatomy of an incident disclosure: the importance of dialogue.

Iedema R, Allen S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:435-442.

STUDY

Patients' concerns about medical errors during hospitalization.

Burroughs TE, Waterman AD, Gallagher TH, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:5-14.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The best medical care in the U.S.

Arnst C. Business Week. July 17, 2006.

AUDIOVISUAL

When Things Go Wrong: Voices of Patients and Families.

Cambridge, MA: CRICO/RMF; 2006.

COMMENTARY

Disclosing unanticipated outcomes to patients: the art and practice.

Gallagher TH, Denham CR, Leape LL, Amori G, Levinson W. J Patient Saf. 2007;3:158-165.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.

STUDY

Liability claims and costs before and after implementation of a medical error disclosure program.

Kachalia A, Kaufman SR, Boothman R, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:213-221.

STUDY

The many faces of error disclosure: a common set of elements and a definition.

Fein SP, Hilborne LH, Spiritus EM, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22:755-761.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals boost patients' power as advisers.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal. August 8, 2007:D1.

STUDY

Health care professionals' views of implementing a policy of open disclosure of errors.

Sorensen R, Iedema R, Piper D, Manias E, Williams A, Tuckett A. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2008;13:227-232.

BOOK/REPORT

Achieving an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience of Inpatient Hospital Care.

Balik B, Conway J, Zipperer L, Watson J. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2011.

STUDY

Patients' and family members' experiences of open disclosure following adverse events.

Iedema R, Sorensen R, Manias E, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2008;20:421-432.

STUDY

A reengineered hospital discharge program to decrease rehospitalization: a randomized trial.

Jack BW, Chetty VK, Anthony D, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:178-187.

STUDY

Rural community members' perceptions of harm from medical mistakes: a High Plains Research Network (HPRN) study.

Van Vorst RF, Araya-Guerra R, Felzien M, et al. J Am Board Fam Med. 2007;20:135-143.

BOOK/REPORT

Disclosure of unanticipated events: creating an effective patient communication policy (part 2 of 3).

Chicago, IL: American Society of Healthcare Risk Management; 2003.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

BOOK/REPORT

Talking with Patients and Families about Medical Error: A Guide for Education and Practice.

Truog RD, Browning DM, Johnson JA, Gallagher TH. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press; 2011. ISBN: 0801898048.

STUDY

The care transitions intervention: results of a randomized controlled trial.

Coleman EA, Parry C, Chalmers S, Min SJ. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1822-1828.

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