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COMMENTARY

Policy and the future of adverse event detection using information technology.

Bates DW, Evans RS, Murff H, Stetson PD, Pizziferri L, Hripcsak G. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2003;10:226-228.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR, Smetzer JL. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:1062-1065.

COMMENTARY

Video technology to advance safety in the operating room and perioperative environment.

Xiao Y, Schimpff S, Mackenzie C, et al. Surg Innov. 2007;14:52-61.

STUDY

Patient readmissions, emergency visits, and adverse events after software-assisted discharge from hospital: cluster randomized trial.

Graumlich JF, Novotny NL, Nace GS, et al. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:E11-E19.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Challenges in ethics, safety, best practices, and oversight regarding HIT vendors, their customers, and patients: a report of an AMIA special task force.

Goodman KW, Berner ES, Dente MA, et al; AMIA Board of Directors. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:77-81.

COMMENTARY

Responding to large-scale testing errors.

Valenstein PN, Alpern GA, Keren DF. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010;133:440-446.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Can high tech save your life?

Fischman J. US News and World Report. August 1, 2005;139:45,49-50,52.

DATABASE/DIRECTORY

TMIT Briefing Center.

Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute of Technology [SafetyLeaders.org]; 2007.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Quality of Anesthesia Care.

Neuman MD, Martinez EA, eds. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:1-178.

STUDY

Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial.

Dykes PC, Carroll DL, Hurley A, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1912-1918.

STUDY

Field test results of a new ambulatory care Medication Error and Adverse Drug Event Reporting System—MEADERS.

Hickner J, Zafar A, Kuo GM, et al. Ann Fam Med. 2010;8:517-525.

COMMENTARY

The need for systems integration in health care.

Mathews SC, Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2011;305:934-935.

STUDY

Using a data-matrix–coded sponge counting system across a surgical practice: impact after 18 months.

Cima RR, Kollengode A, Clark J, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:51-58.

STUDY

Analysis and prioritization of near-miss adverse events in a radiology department.

Thornton RH, Miransky J, Killen AR, Solomon SB, Brody LA. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011;196:1120-1124.

STUDY

Safety of using a computerized rounding and sign-out system to reduce resident duty hours.

Van Eaton EG, McDonough K, Lober WB, Johnson EA, Pellegrini CA, Horvath KD. Acad Med. 2010;85:1189-1195.

STUDY

What ring tone should be used for patient safety? Early results with a Blackberry-based telementoring safety solution.

Parker A, Rubinfeld I, Azuh O, et al. Am J Surg. 2010;199:336-341.

BOOK/REPORT

Health Care Comes Home: The Human Factors.

Committee on the Role of Human Factors in Home Health Care. Washington, DC: National Research Council; 2011. ISBN: 9780309212366.

COMMENTARY

A vision for patient-centered health information systems.

Krist AH, Woolf SH. JAMA. 2011;305:300-301.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety event reporting in a large radiology department.

Schultz SR, Watson RE Jr, Prescott SL, et al. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011;197:684-688.

COMMENTARY

Reducing diagnostic errors through effective communication: harnessing the power of information technology.

Singh H, Naik AD, Rao R, Petersen LA. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23:489-494.

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