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BOOK/REPORT
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out.
Pronovost P, Vohr E. New York, NY: Hudson Street Press; 2010. ISBN: 9781594630644.
BOOK/REPORT
Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.
COMMENTARY
Learning accountability for patient outcomes.
Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:204-205.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
BOOSTing Care Transitions Resource Room.
Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe Transitions), Society of Hospital Medicine.
REVIEW
Interdisciplinary teamwork in hospitals: a review and practical recommendations for improvement.
O'Leary KJ, Sehgal NL, Terrell G, Williams MV; High Performance Teams and the Hospital of the Future Project Team. J Hosp Med. 2011 Oct 31; [Epub ahead of print].
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine.
Croskerry P, Cosby KS, Schenkel SM, Wears RL, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009. ISBN: 9780781777278.
STUDY
Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length of stay: retrospective comparative analysis.
Lipitz-Snyderman A, Steinwachs D, Needham DM, Colantuoni E, Morlock LL, Pronovost PJ. BMJ. 2011;342:d219.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Preventing violence in the health care setting.
Sentinel Event Alert. June 3, 2010;(45):1-3.
STUDY
Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in health care settings.
Son C, Chuck T, Childers T, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2011;39:716-724.
REVIEW
Responsibility for quality improvement and patient safety: hospital board and medical staff leadership challenges.
Goeschel CA, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. Chest. 2010;138:171-178.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Are we finally getting serious about medical errors?
Burns J. Managed Care Magazine. May 2011;20:23-28.
STUDY
Evaluation of organizational culture among different levels of healthcare staff participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign.
Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Garcia-Williams A, Hackbarth AD, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012;33:135-143.
MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
The Role of HR in Quality and Patient Safety.
The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration. San Diego, CA: July 24, 2008.
BOOK/REPORT
The Patient Safety Initiative at America’s Public Hospitals: The Year One Overview.
Research Brief. Washington, DC: National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems; January 2011.
COMMENTARY
Integrating CUSP and TRIP to improve patient safety.
Romig M, Goeschel C, Pronovost P, Berenholtz SM. Hosp Pract (Minneap). 2010;38:114-121.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient-Centered Care Improvement Guide.
Frampton S, Guastello S, Brady C, et al. Derby, CT: Planetree; Camden, ME: Picker Institute; 2008.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Quality of Anesthesia Care.
Neuman MD, Martinez EA, eds. Anesthesiol Clin. 2011;29:1-178.
STUDY
Professionalism: a necessary ingredient in a culture of safety.
DuPree E, Anderson R, McEvoy MD, Brodman M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:447-455.
MEASUREMENT TOOL/INDICATOR
Medication Safety Self Assessment for Automated Dispensing Cabinets.
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2009.
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