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COMMENTARY classic

Five years after 'To Err is Human': what have we learned?

Leape LL, Berwick DM. JAMA. 2005;293:2384-2390.

STUDY

Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test results.

Casalino LP, Dunham D, Chin MH, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1123-1129.

COMMENTARY

Health information technology is a vehicle, not a destination: a conversation with David J. Brailer.

Milstein A. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007;26:w236-w241.

REVIEW

Addressing postdischarge adverse events: a neglected area.

Tsilimingras D, Bates DW. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:85-97.

STUDY

Medication discrepancies in integrated electronic health records.

Linsky A, Simon SR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:103-109.

COMMENTARY

Getting moving on patient safety—harnessing electronic data for safer care.

Jha AK, Classen DC. N Engl J Med 2011;365:1756-1758.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Q: What scares doctors? A: Being the patient.

Gibbs N, Bower A. Time Magazine. May 1, 2006.

STUDY

Electronic medical record availability and primary care depression treatment.

Harman JS, Rost KM, Harle CA, Cook RL. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:962-967.

COMMENTARY

Implementation of a telepharmacy service to provide round-the-clock medication order review by pharmacists.

Wakefield DS, Ward MM, Loes JL, O'Brien J, Sperry L. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67:2052-2057.

COMMENTARY

Medication Reconciliation Victory after an Avoidable Error

Cutler TW. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. February/March 2009.

REVIEW

Evaluation and certification of computerized physician order entry systems.

Classen D, Avery AJ, Bates DW. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007;14:48-55.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Multiple latent failures align to allow a serious drug interaction to harm a patient.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. May 5, 2011;16:1-3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Data docs.

Wherry R. Forbes Magazine. June 20, 2005.

STUDY

Utilising improvement science methods to optimise medication reconciliation.

White CM, Schoettker PJ, Conway PH, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:372-380.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety beyond the hospital.

Gandhi TK, Lee TH. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1001-1003.

COMMENTARY

Making inpatient medication reconciliation patient centered, clinically relevant and implementable: a consensus statement on key principles and necessary first steps.

Greenwald JL, Halasyamani L, Greene J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2010;5:477-485.

COMMENTARY

Implementing an electronic medical record with computerized prescriber order entry at a critical access hospital.

Horning R. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:2288-2292.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient safety and quality in the pediatric intensive care unit.

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2007;8(suppl):S1-S43.

STUDY

Matching identifiers in electronic health records: implications for duplicate records and patient safety.

McCoy AB, Wright A, Kahn MG, Shapiro JS, Bernstam EV, Sittig DF. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:219-224.

GRANT RECIPIENT

Improving Patient Safety Through Simulation Research.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2008.

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