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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The best medical care in the U.S.

Arnst C. Business Week. July 17, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Technology has transformed the VA.

Stires D. Fortune Magazine. May 15, 2006:130-132, 134, 136.

AUDIOVISUAL

Health agency: drug errors still common.

Knox R. "All Things Considered." National Public Radio. July 20, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Wrist tag 'offers drug warning.'

BBC News. August 9, 2005.

COMMENTARY

In Conversation with…Eric G. Poon, MD, MPH

AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Preventing errors relating to commonly used anticoagulants.

Sentinel Event Alert. September 24, 2008;(41):1-4.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Pediatric safety.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. May 2009.

STUDY

Intravenous infusion safety technology: return on investment.

Danello SH, Maddox RR, Schaack GJ. Hosp Pharm. 2009;44:680-687, 696.

STUDY

Using a bar-coded medication administration system to prevent medication errors in a community hospital network.

Sakowski J, Leonard T, Colburn S, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62:2619-2625.

COMMENTARY

The Role of Bar Coding and Smart Pumps in Safety

Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH; Carol Keohane, RN, BSN AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.

COMMENTARY

Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription for 2010.

Crane J, Crane FG. Hosp Top. Fall 2006;84:3-8.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Misprogramming PCA concentration leads to dosing errors.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 28, 2008;13:1-3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Manic for medication safety: bar codes and drug information databases are helping to reduce medication errors.

Rogoski RR. Health Manage Technol. February 2007;28:14, 16-18.

AUDIOVISUAL

Hospitals bar code babies to prevent medical mistakes.

Randles T. WSMV.com. July 18, 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Proper positioning of pharmacy label on Hospira PCA vials will avoid interference with scanning.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. August 14, 2008;13:1-3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Surgical mistakes persist in Bay State: still a tiny fraction of total procedures.

Kowalczyk L. Boston Globe. October 26, 2007;Metro section:1A.

AUDIOVISUAL

Kaiser learns from tragic medical errors.

Rusk K. Assignment 7. ABC7news.com. May 26, 2008.

REVIEW

Safety issues related to the electronic medical record (EMR): synthesis of the literature from the last decade, 2000–2009.

Harrington L, Kennerly D, Johnson C. J Healthc Manag. 2011;56:31-43.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medication errors occurring with the use of bar-code administration technology.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. December 2008;5:122-126.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fatal drug mix-up exposes hospital flaws.

Davies T. Washington Post. September 22, 2006.

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