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•Device-related Complications (157)

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•Identification Errors (105)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (412)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (107)

•Medication Safety (1195)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (810)

•Active Errors (510)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (890)

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•Error Reporting and Analysis (1125)

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•Allied Health Services (6)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (2368)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (2927)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1245)

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•Hospitals (2500)

•Psychiatric Facilities (12)

•Residential Facilities (72)

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•Outpatient Surgery (39)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Collaboration focused on priority issues promotes safety.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. October 10, 2008;13:1-3.

REVIEW

Systematic review of medication safety assessment methods.

Meyer-Massetti C, Cheng CM, Schwappach DL, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68:227-240.

STUDY

Risk of medication errors at hospital discharge and barriers to problem resolution.

Enguidanos SM, Brumley RD. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2005;24:123-135.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Soaring to new safety heights.

Ketter P. T&D. January 2006;60:51-54.

STUDY

The safety of hospital stroke care.

Holloway RG, Tuttle D, Baird T, Skelton WK. Neurology. 2007;68:550-555.

STUDY

Medication safety program reduces adverse drug events in a community hospital.

Cohen MM, Kimmel NL, Benage MK, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:169-174.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

What pilots can teach hospitals about patient safety.

Murphy K. New York Times. October 31, 2006:F5.

COMMENTARY classic

Fixing healthcare from the inside, today.

Spear SJ. Harv Bus Rev. September 2005;83:78-91.

STUDY

Patient-reported service quality on a medicine unit.

Weingart SN, Pagovich O, Sands DZ, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2005;18:95-101.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

An overlooked condition.

Nicholas L. Modern Healthc. November 14, 2005;35:24.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Common cause analysis.

Clapper C, Crea K. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. May/June 2010;7:30-35.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Dose of technology helps Shands at UF avoid drug errors.

Chun D. Gainsville Sun. August 21, 2006.

STUDY

Iatrogenic events resulting in intensive care admission: frequency, cause, and disclosure to patients and institutions.

Lehmann LS, Puopolo AL, Shaykevich S, Brennan TA. Am J Med. 2005;118:409-413.

STUDY

Saving lives by studying deaths: using standardized mortality reviews to improve inpatient safety.

Lau H, Litman KC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:400-408.

COMMENTARY classic

Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety.

Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:1401-1406.

STUDY

Determinants of patient-reported medication errors: a comparison among seven countries.

Lu CY, Roughead E. Int J Clin Pract. 2011;65:733-740.

STUDY

Medication errors recovered by emergency department pharmacists.

Rothschild JM, Churchill W, Erickson A, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:513-521.

STUDY

Current approaches to punitive action for medication errors by boards of pharmacy.

Holdsworth M, Wittstrom K, Yeitrakis T. Ann Pharmacother. 2013;47:475-481.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Oops, sorry, wrong patient! A patient verification process is needed everywhere, not just at the bedside.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. March 10, 2011;16:1-4.

STUDY

Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians.

Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Kenwood C, Benjamin EM, Auerbach AD. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:2589-2600.

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