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COMMENTARY

Creating high reliability: a new approach for patient safety.

McGinnis L. AORN J. 2011;94:219-222.

STUDY

Sustaining and spreading the reduction of adverse drug events in a multicenter collaborative.

Tham E, Calmes HM, Poppy A, et al. Pediatrics. 2011;128:e438-e445.

COMMENTARY

An anesthesiology department leads culture change at a hospital system level to improve quality and patient safety.

Fleischut PM, Evans AS, Faggiani SL, Lazar EJ, Kerr GE. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:153-167.

REVIEW

Hospital do-not-resuscitate orders: why they have failed and how to fix them.

Yuen JK, Reid MC, Fetters MD. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:791-797.

STUDY

Nursing home administrators' opinions of the resident safety culture in nursing homes.

Castle NG, Handler S, Engberg J, Sonon K. Health Care Manage Rev. 2007;32:66-76.

STUDY

Comparing two safety culture surveys: Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and Hospital Survey on Patient Safety.

Etchegaray JM, Thomas EJ. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:490-498.

STUDY

Rethinking resident supervision to improve safety: from hierarchical to interprofessional models.

Tamuz M, Giardina TD, Thomas EJ, Menon S, Singh H. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:448-456.

STUDY

A relational leadership perspective on unit-level safety climate.

Thompson DN, Hoffman LA, Sereika SM, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:479-487.

STUDY

Perceptions of hospital safety climate and incidence of readmission.

Hansen LO, Williams MV, Singer SJ. Health Serv Res. 2011;46:596-616.

STUDY

The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire as a tool for benchmarking safety culture in the NICU.

Profit J, Etchegaray J, Petersen LA, et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2012;97:F127-F132.

COMMENTARY

A leadership initiative to improve communication and enhance safety.

Donahue M, Miller M, Smith L, Dykes P, Fitzpatrick JJ. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26:206-211.

STUDY

Lack of patient knowledge regarding hospital medications.

Cumbler E, Wald H, Kutner J. J Hosp Med. 2010;5-83-86.

TOOLKIT

A Systems Approach to Quality Improvement in Long-Term Care: Safe Medication Practices Workbook.

Waltham, MA: Masspro, Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, Massachusetts Extended Care Foundation; 2007.

STUDY

Measuring administrators' and direct care workers' perceptions of the safety culture in assisted living facilities.

Castle NG, Wagner LM, Sonon K, Ferguson-Rome JC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:375-385.

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.

BOOK/REPORT

The Patient Safety Leadership WalkRounds Guide.

Frankel AS, Grillo S, Pittman MA. Chicago, IL: Health Research and Educational Trust; 2006.

STUDY

An inpatient fall prevention initiative in a tertiary care hospital.

Weinberg J, Proske D, Szerszen A, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:317-325.

STUDY

Nurse aides' ratings of the resident safety culture in nursing homes.

Castle NG. Int J Qual Health Care. 2006;18:370-6.

STUDY

Adoption of National Quality Forum safe practices by magnet hospitals.

Jayawardhana J, Welton JM, Lindrooth R. J Nurs Adm. 2011;41:350-356.

STUDY

Achieving quality improvement in the nursing home: influence of nursing leadership on communication and teamwork.

Vogelsmeier A, Scott-Cawiezell J. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:236-242.

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