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•Device-related Complications (112)

•Diagnostic Errors (126)

•Identification Errors (93)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (278)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (55)

•Medication Safety (700)

•Medical Complications (281)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (70)

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•Newspaper/Magazine Article (525)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (446)

•Active Errors (451)

•Latent Errors (141)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (596)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (388)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (709)

•Communication Improvement (822)

•Human Factors Engineering (317)

•Teamwork (200)

•Specialization of Care (143)

•Logistical Approaches (152)

•Culture of Safety (324)

•Technologic Approaches (375)

•Education and Training (528)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (9)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (2207)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (1727)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (877)

•Patients (657)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1447)

•Psychiatric Facilities (13)

•Residential Facilities (47)

•Ambulatory Care (293)

•Outpatient Surgery (37)

•Patient Transport (18)

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BOOK/REPORT classic

When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Adverse Events.

A Consensus Statement of the Harvard Hospitals. Burlington: Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors; 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When doctors say, "We're sorry."

Eisenberg D. Time Magazine. August 15, 2005;166:50.

STUDY

Patients' and physicians' attitudes regarding the disclosure of medical errors.

Gallagher TH, Waterman AD, Ebers AG, Fraser VJ, Levinson W. JAMA. 2003;289:1001-1007.

STUDY

Patient perspectives of patient–provider communication after adverse events.

Duclos CW, Eichler M, Taylor L, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2005;17:479-86.

STUDY

How experiencing preventable medical problems changed patients' interactions with primary health care.

Elder NC, Jacobson CJ, Zink T, Hasse L. Ann Fam Med. 2005;3:537-544.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions.

Wojcieszak D. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6, 8-9.

STUDY

Patients' concerns about medical errors during hospitalization.

Burroughs TE, Waterman AD, Gallagher TH, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:5-14.

COMMENTARY

Disclosing harmful pathology errors to patients.

Dintzis SM, Gallagher TH. Am J Clin Pathol. 2009;131:463-465.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The best medical care in the U.S.

Arnst C. Business Week. July 17, 2006.

AUDIOVISUAL

When Things Go Wrong: Voices of Patients and Families.

Cambridge, MA: CRICO/RMF; 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

"Sorry" works.

Murdock D. National Review Online. August 29, 2005.

REVIEW

Narrative review: do state laws make it easier to say "I'm sorry?"

McDonnell WM, Guenther E. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:811-815.

COMMENTARY classic

Healthcare in a land called PeoplePower: nothing about me without me.

Delbanco T, Berwick DM, Boufford JI, et al. Health Expect. 2001;4:144-150.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

More families hear apologies following medical mistakes.

Greene L. St. Petersburg Times. August 19, 2008.

COMMENTARY

Unexpected intraoperative patient death: the imperatives of family- and surgeon-centered care.

Taylor D, Hassan MA, Luterman A, Rodning CB. Arch Surg. 2008;143:87-92.

STUDY

Peer support: healthcare professionals supporting each other after adverse medical events.

van Pelt F. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:249-252.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Noah's story: please listen.

Lord T. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. March/April 2012;9:38-41,44.

STUDY

The care transitions intervention: results of a randomized controlled trial.

Coleman EA, Parry C, Chalmers S, Min SJ. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1822-1828.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Suit filed over Virginia Mason Medical Center's error.

Ostrom CM. Seattle Times. March 23, 2005.

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