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STUDY

Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project.

Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:346-350.

STUDY

Identifying organizational cultures that promote patient safety.

Singer SJ, Falwell A, Gaba DM, et al. Health Care Manage Rev. 2009;34:300-311.

STUDY

A case for safety leadership team training of hospital managers.

Singer SJ, Hayes J, Cooper JB, et al. Health Care Manage Rev. 2011;36:1-13.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

That’s the way we do things around here!

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 24, 2011;16:1-2.

STUDY

Effects of a multicentre teamwork and communication programme on patient outcomes: results from the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) project.

Auerbach AD, Sehgal NL, Blegen MA, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;22:118-126.

REVIEW

Reducing hospital errors: interventions that build safety culture.

Singer SJ, Vogus TJ. Annu Rev Public Health. 2013;34:373-396.

STUDY

Trainees' perceptions of patient safety practices: recounting failures of supervision.

Ross PT, McMyler ET, Anderson SG, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:88-95.

STUDY

Eradicating medical student mistreatment: a longitudinal study of one institution's efforts.

Fried JM, Vermillion M, Parker NH, Uijtdehaage S. Acad Med. 2012;87:1191-1198.

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How event reporting by US hospitals has changed from 2005 to 2009.

Farley DO, Haviland A, Haas A, Pham C, Munier WB, Battles JB. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:70-77.

BOOK/REPORT

Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care.

Nance JJ. Boseman, MT: Second River Healthcare Press; 2008. ISBN: 9780974386058.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Are we finally getting serious about medical errors?

Burns J. Managed Care Magazine. May 2011;20:23-28.

COMMENTARY

Implementing patient safety initiatives in rural hospitals.

Klingner J, Moscovice I, Tupper J, Coburn A, Wakefield M. J Rural Health. 2009;25:352-357.

STUDY

Evaluation of organizational culture among different levels of healthcare staff participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign.

Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Garcia-Williams A, Hackbarth AD, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012;33:135-143.

COMMENTARY

Frontline hospital workers and the worker safety/patient safety nexus.

Sokas R, Braun B, Chenven L, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:185-192.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The Role of HR in Quality and Patient Safety.

The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration. San Diego, CA: July 24, 2008.

COMMENTARY

How to develop a second victim support program: a toolkit for health care organizations.

Pratt S, Kenney L, Scott SD, Wu AW. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:235-240.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Case study: sustaining a culture of safety in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

Chase D, McCarthy D. Quality Matters. April/May 2010.

STUDY

Exploring relationships between patient safety culture and patients' assessments of hospital care.

Sorra J, Khanna K, Dyer N, Mardon R, Famolaro T. J Patient Saf. 2012;8:131-139.

STUDY

Comparing safety climate between two populations of hospitals in the United States.

Singer SJ, Hartmann CW, Hanchate A, et al. Health Serv Res. 2009;44:1563-1583.

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Patient safety climate in US hospitals: variation by management level.

Singer SJ, Falwell A, Gaba DM, Baker LC. Med Care. 2008;46:1149-1156.

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