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COMMENTARY

Culture, language, and patient safety: making the link.

Johnstone MJ, Kanitsaki O. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18:383-8.

STUDY

Health service accreditation as a predictor of clinical and organisational performance: a blinded, random, stratified study.

Braithwaite J, Greenfield D, Westbrook J, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:14-21.

STUDY

Professionalism: a necessary ingredient in a culture of safety.

DuPree E, Anderson R, McEvoy MD, Brodman M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:447-455.

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

Organisational culture: variation across hospitals and connection to patient safety climate.

Speroff T, Nwosu S, Greevy R, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:592-596.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Empowered to improve.

Gardner E. Mod Healthc. May 18, 2009;39:28-31.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing violence in the health care setting.

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

STUDY

Health care workers as second victims of medical errors.

Edrees HH, Paine LA, Feroli ER, Wu AW. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2011;121:101-108.

STUDY

Assessing and improving safety culture throughout an academic medical centre: a prospective cohort study.

Paine LA, Rosenstein BJ, Sexton JB, Kent P, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:547-554.

STUDY

The psychometric properties of the 'Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture' in Dutch hospitals.

Smits M, Christiaans-Dingelhoff I, Wagner C, Wal G, Groenewegen PP. BMC Health Serv Res. 2008;8:230.

STUDY

Hospital safety climate and safety outcomes: is there a relationship in the VA?

Rosen AK, Singer S, Zhao S, Shokeen P, Meterko M, Gaba D. Med Care Res Rev. 2010;67:590-608.

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.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Front-Line Ownership: Generating a Cure Mindset for Patient Safety.

Kitts J, ed. Healthcare Papers. 2013;13:1-82.

STUDY

The importance of leadership in preventing healthcare–associated infection: results of a multisite qualitative study.

Saint S, Kowalski CP, Banaszak-Holl J, Forman J, Damschroder L, Krein SL. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010;31:901-907.

STUDY

Analysis of staff safety concerns.

Davidson J, Lamontagne G, Burnell L, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:147-152.

STUDY

Patient safety climate in 92 US hospitals: differences by work area and discipline.

Singer SJ, Gaba DM, Falwell A, Lin S, Hayes J, Baker L. Med Care. 2009;47:23-31.

STUDY

AHRQ's Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: psychometric analyses.

Blegen MA, Gearhart S, O'Brien R, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:139-144.

COMMENTARY

Integrating CUSP and TRIP to improve patient safety.

Romig M, Goeschel C, Pronovost P, Berenholtz SM. Hosp Pract (Minneap). 2010;38:114-121.

REVIEW

Promoting a culture of safety as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.

Weaver SJ, Lubomski LH, Wilson RF, Pfoh ER, Martinez KA, Dy SM. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):369-374.

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