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COMMENTARY

A plan for achieving significant improvement in patient safety.

Johnson K, Maultsby CC. J Nurs Care Qual. 2007;22:164-171.

COMMENTARY

Using medical-error reporting to drive patient safety efforts.

Stow J. AORN J. 2006;84:406-408, 411-414, 417-420.

STUDY

The effect of the fit between organizational culture and structure on medication errors in medical group practices.

Kaissi A, Kralewski J, Dowd B, Heaton A. Health Care Manage Rev. 2007;32:12-21.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

If safety is your yardstick, measuring culture from the top down must be a priority.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. March 22, 2007;12:1-2.

COMMENTARY

Measuring perinatal patient safety: review of current methods.

Simpson KR. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2006;35:432-442.

STUDY

The safety culture in a children's hospital.

Grant MJC, Donaldson AE, Larsen GY. J Nurs Care Qual. 2006;21:223-229.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical errors still claiming many lives.

Weise E. USA Today. May 18, 2005.

STUDY

Adopting National Quality Forum medication safe practices: progress and barriers to hospital implementation.

Rask K, Culler S, Scott T, et al. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:212-218.

STUDY

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Evaluation of the culture of safety: survey of clinicians and managers in an academic medical center.

Pronovost PJ, Weast B, Holzmueller CG, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2003;12:405-410.

COMMENTARY

Crossing to safety: transforming healthcare organizations for patient safety.

Ralston JD, Larson EB. J Postgrad Med. 2005;51:61-67.

COMMENTARY

Passing the "Yo' Mama" test.

Blair R. Health Manage Tech. June 2006;27:16.

REVIEW

Safety in the academic medical center: transforming challenges into ingredients for improvement.

Blumenthal D, Ferris TG. Acad Med. 2006;81:817-822.

STUDY

The occurrence of wrong-site surgery self-reported by candidates for certification by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

James MA, Seiler JG 3rd, Harrast JJ, Emery SE, Hurwitz S. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2012;94:e2(1-12).

STUDY

Medication safety infrastructure in critical-access hospitals in Florida.

Winterstein AG, Hartzema AG, Johns TE, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63:442-450.

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Accidental deaths, saved lives, and improved quality.

Brennan TA, Gawande A, Thomas E, Studdert D. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:1405-1409.

STUDY

The association between EMS workplace safety culture and safety outcomes.

Weaver MD, Wang HE, Fairbanks RJ, Patterson D. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012;16:43-52.

STUDY

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The effect of executive walk rounds on nurse safety climate attitudes: a randomized trial of clinical units.

Thomas EJ, Sexton JB, Neilands TB, Frankel A, Helmreich RL. BMC Health Serv Res. 2005;5:28.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Safety in EMS.

Brice JH, Patterson PD, eds. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012;16:1-108.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The dawn of the robo-docs.

Weber DO. Hosp Health Netw. March 14, 2006.

REVIEW

Assessing patient safety culture: a review and synthesis of the measurement tools.

Singla AK, Kitch BT, Weissman JS, Campbell EG. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:105-115.

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