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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.

BOOK/REPORT

Through the Eyes of the Workforce: Creating Joy, Meaning, and Safer Health Care.

Roundtable on Joy and Meaning in Work and Workforce Safety, The Lucian Leape Institute. Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation; 2013.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Safety in the NICU: preventing medical errors.

Stokowski LA. Highlights of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses 22nd Annual Conference [Medscape.com]. March 8, 2007.

COMMENTARY

Description and evaluation of an interprofessional patient safety course for health professions and related sciences students.

Galt KA, Paschal KA, O'Brien RL, et al. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:207-216.

REVIEW

Patient safety: Part II. Opportunities for improvement in patient safety.

Elston DM, Stratman E, Johnson-Jahangir H, et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2009;61:193-205.

BOOK/REPORT classic

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Error Reduction in Health Care: A Systems Approach to Improving Patient Safety, 2nd Edition.

Spath PL, ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2011. ISBN: 9780470502402.

STUDY

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Measuring safety culture in the ambulatory setting: The Safety Attitudes Questionnaire—Ambulatory Version.

Modak I, Sexton JB, Lux TR, Helmreich RL, Thomas EJ. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22:1-5.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety in women's health care: a framework for progress.

Gluck PA. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2007;21:525-36.

STUDY

An investigation of the relationship between safety climate and medication errors as well as other nurse and patient outcomes.

Hofmann DA, Mark B. Personnel Psychol. 2006;59:847-869.

BOOK/REPORT

Soaring to Success: Taking Crew Resource Management from the Cockpit to the Nursing Unit.

Sculli GL, Sine DM. Danvers, MA: HCPro, Inc; 2011. ISBN: 9781601467836.

STUDY

Can teaching medical students to investigate medication errors change their attitudes towards patient safety?

Dudas RA, Bundy DG, Miller MR, Barone M. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:319-325.

STUDY

Patient safety in surgery.

Makary MA, Sexton JB, Freischlag JA, et al. Ann Surg. 2006;243:628-635.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Harmful errors: how will your facility respond?

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. October 5, 2006;11:1-2.

STUDY

The safety culture in a children's hospital.

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

BOOK/REPORT

Order from Chaos: Accelerating Care Integration.

Boston, MA: Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation; October 2012.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The dawn of the robo-docs.

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

STUDY

The impact of a tele-ICU on provider attitudes about teamwork and safety climate.

Chu-Weininger MYL, Wueste L, Lucke JF, Weavind L, Mazabob J, Thomas EJ. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e39.

STUDY

It's always something: hospital nurses managing risk.

Groves PS, Finfgeld-Connett D, Wakefield BJ. Clin Nurs Res. 2012 Dec 4; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Changes in safety attitude and relationship to decreased postoperative morbidity and mortality following implementation of a checklist-based surgical safety intervention.

Haynes AB, Weiser TG, Berry WR, et al; Safe Surgery Saves Lives Study Group. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:102-107.

COMMENTARY

Passing the "Yo' Mama" test.

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

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