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•Device-related Complications (143)

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•Identification Errors (70)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (370)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (96)

•Medication Safety (828)

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•United States Federal Government (229)

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•Clinical Guideline (5)

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•Newspaper/Magazine Article (525)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (555)

•Active Errors (323)

•Latent Errors (204)

•Near Miss (42)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (846)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (533)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (908)

•Communication Improvement (699)

•Human Factors Engineering (326)

•Teamwork (218)

•Specialization of Care (234)

•Logistical Approaches (262)

•Culture of Safety (528)

•Technologic Approaches (575)

•Education and Training (570)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (7)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (1947)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (2548)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1335)

•Patients (349)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2300)

•Psychiatric Facilities (10)

•Residential Facilities (46)

•Ambulatory Care (277)

•Outpatient Surgery (33)

•Patient Transport (8)

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STUDY

The $17.1 billion problem: the annual cost of measurable medical errors.

Van Den Bos J, Rustagi K, Gray T, Halford M, Ziemkiewicz E, Shreve J. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:596-603.

STUDY

Effect of nonpayment for hospital-acquired, catheter–associated urinary tract infection: a statewide analysis.

Meddings JA, Reichert H, Rogers MA, Saint S, Stephansky J, McMahon LF. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157:305-312.

COMMENTARY

The economics of health care quality and medical errors.

Andel C, Davidow SL, Hollander M, Moreno DA. J Health Care Finance. 2012;39:39-50.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2009.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

STUDY

Doing well by doing good: assessing the cost savings of an intervention to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in a Hawaii hospital.

Hsu E, Lin D, Evans SJ, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2013 May 7; [Epub ahead of print].

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

NY Medicaid ups the ante: by refusing to pay for 14 'never events,' the nation's biggest Medicaid program could propel other states into action.

DerGurahian J. Mod Healthc. June 16, 2008;38:6.

STUDY

Steering patients to safer hospitals? The effect of a tiered hospital network on hospital admissions.

Scanlon DP, Lindrooth RC, Christianson JB. Health Serv Res. 2008;43:1849-1868.

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Transparency and public reporting are essential for a safe health care system.

Leape LL. Perspect Health Reform. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; March 17, 2010.

STUDY

Preventing hospital-acquired infections: a national survey of practices reported by U.S. hospitals in 2005 and 2009.

Krein SL, Kowalski CP, Hofer TP, Saint S. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:773-779.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Minnesota is first state with policy to stop billing after medical errors.

Lerner M. Star Tribune. September 18, 2007;News section:5B.

COMMENTARY

Hospital complications: linking payment reduction to preventability.

Averill RF, Hughes JS, Goldfield NI, McCullough EC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:283-285.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Many Mass. hospitals will pay for errors.

Kowalczyk L. Boston Globe. September 17, 2007;Metro section:1A.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

'Never' land.

Carpenter D. Hosp Health Netw. November 2007;81:34-38.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Driving out errors, with mom in mind.

Weinstock M. Hosp Health Netw. April 2011.

COMMENTARY

CMS changes in reimbursement for HAIs: setting a research agenda.

Stone PW, Glied SA, McNair PD, et al. Med Care. 2010;48:433-439.

BOOK/REPORT

To Err Is Human—But Don't Expect to Get Paid For It.

ASQ Quarterly Quality Report. Milwaukee, WI: American Society of Quality; October 2008.

COMMENTARY

Financial incentives to promote health care quality: the hospital acquired conditions nonpayment policy.

Kavanagh KT. Soc Work Public Health. 2011;26:524-541.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals find confession good for the bottom line.

Greene J. Crain's Detroit Business. May 10, 2009;25:18.

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