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ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Safely implementing health information and converging technologies.

Sentinel Event Alert. December 11, 2008;(42):1-4.

BOOK/REPORT

Inspiring Ideas and Celebrating Successes: A Guidebook to Leading Patient Safety Practices in Ontario Hospitals.

OHA Patient Safety Support Service. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Ontario Hospital Association; 2006.

STUDY

Work-arounds and artifacts during transition to a computer physician order entry: what they are and what they mean.

Schoville RR. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009;24:316-324.

STUDY

Putting the 'patient' in patient safety: a qualitative study of consumer experiences.

Rathert C, Brandt J, Williams ES. Health Expect. 2012;15:327-336.

COMMENTARY

Utilizing information technology to mitigate the handoff risks caused by resident work hour restrictions.

Bernstein J, MacCourt DC, Jacob DM, Mehta S. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2010;468:2627-2732.

STUDY

Relationships of multitasking, physicians' strain, and performance: an observational study in ward physicians.

Weigl M, Müller A, Sevdalis N, Angerer P. J Patient Saf. 2013;9:18-23.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safe practice environment chapter proposed by USP.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. December 4, 2008;13:1-3.

STUDY

Physicians-in-training attitudes on patient safety: 2003 to 2008.

Sorokin R, Riggio JM, Moleski S, Sullivan J. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:132-137.

STUDY

Do nurse and patient injuries share common antecedents? An analysis of associations with safety climate and working conditions.

Taylor JA, Dominici F, Agnew J, Gerwin D, Morlock L, Miller MR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:101-111.

STUDY

The use of "lives saved" measures in nurse staffing and patient safety research: statistical considerations.

Diya L, Van den Heede K, Sermeus W, Lesaffre E. Nurs Res. 2011;60:100-106.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing violence in the health care setting.

Sentinel Event Alert. June 3, 2010;(45):1-3.

COMMENTARY

2009 National Patient Safety Goals.

Saufl NM. J Perianesth Nurs. 2009;24:114-118.

STUDY

Safety of using a computerized rounding and sign-out system to reduce resident duty hours.

Van Eaton EG, McDonough K, Lober WB, Johnson EA, Pellegrini CA, Horvath KD. Acad Med. 2010;85:1189-1195.

STUDY

Comprehensive stroke centers overcome the weekend versus weekday gap in stroke treatment and mortality.

McKinney JS, Deng Y, Kasner SE, Kostis JB; Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS 15) Study Group. Stroke. 2011;42:2403-2409.

STUDY

Association of interruptions with an increased risk and severity of medication administration errors.

Westbrook JI, Woods A, Rob MI, Dunsmuir WTM, Day RO. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:683-690.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Ounce of prevention: to reduce errors, hospitals prescribe innovative designs.

Naik G. The Wall Street Journal. May 8, 2006:A1.

BOOK/REPORT

Safe Practices for Better Healthcare–2009 Update.

National Quality Forum. Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2009.

FACT SHEET/FAQS classic

10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Revised December 2009. AHRQ Publication No. 10-M008.

STUDY

Use of electronic health records in US hospitals.

Jha AK, Desroches CM, Campbell EG, et al. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1628-1638.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Never events: Utah hospitals saw nearly 60 serious errors in 2007.

May H. Salt Lake Tribune. August 18, 2008.

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