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BOOK/REPORTclassic
Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2008. AHRQ Publication Nos. 080034 (1-4).
COMMENTARY
New patient safety organizations lower roadblocks to medical error reporting.
Clancy CM. Am J Med Qual. 2008;23:318-321.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Speaking the same language. AHRQ seeks common method of safety reporting.
Conn J. Mod Healthc. August 15, 2005;35:22-23.
COMMENTARY
Creating the web-based intensive care unit safety reporting system. 
Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ, Dickman F, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005;12:130-139.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
AHRQ's Quality Challenge.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2005.
BOOK/REPORTclassic
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2005. AHRQ Publication Nos. 050021 (1-4).
BOOK/REPORT
Medication-Related Adverse Outcomes in U.S. Hospitals and Emergency Departments, 2008.
Lucado J, Paez K, Elixhauser A. HCUP Statistical Brief #109. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2011.
STUDY
Hospital financial condition and the quality of patient care.
Bazzoli GJ, Chen HF, Zhao M, Lindrooth RC. Health Econ. 2008;17:977-995.
BOOK/REPORT
Advancing Patient Safety: A Decade of Evidence, Design, and Implementation.
Rockville, MD; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2009. AHRQ Publication No. 09(10)-0084.
BOOK/REPORT
Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology.
Shekelle PG, Morton SC, Keeler EB. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 132 (Prepared by the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0003.)  Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 2006. AHRQ Publication No. 06-E006.
GRANT RECIPIENT
AHRQ Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2005.
BOOK/REPORT
Eliminating CLABSI: A National Patient Safety Imperative.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0037-1-EF.
REGULATION
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement; Final Rule.
US Department of Health and Human Services; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Federal Register. November 21, 2008;73:70731-70814.
COMMENTARY
Patient safety organizations ready for action.
Clancy CM. AORN J. 2009;89:385-387.
STUDYclassic
Effective implementation of work-hour limits and systemic improvements.
Landrigan CP, Czeisler CA, Barger LK, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(suppl 1):19-29.
PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT
Patient safety and quality improvement.
Federal Register. February 12, 2008;73:8112-8183.
BOOK/REPORTclassic
Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices.
Shojania KG, Duncan BW, McDonald KM, Wachter RM, eds. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2001. AHRQ Publication No. 01-E058.
GRANT RECIPIENT
Improving Patient Safety Through Simulation Research.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2008.
MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
AHRQ 2008 Annual Conference.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2009.
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