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BOOK/REPORT
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.
BOOK/REPORT
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).
BOOK/REPORT
Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; February 2005. AHRQ Publication Nos. 050021 (1-4).
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Reducing Unnecessary Hospital Readmissions: The Role of the Patient Safety Organization (PSO).
Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research.
BOOK/REPORT
2006 National Healthcare Quality Report.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2006. AHRQ Publication No. 07-0013.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
AHRQ Quality Indicators.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
TOOLKIT
Preventing Falls in Hospitals: A Toolkit for Improving Quality of Care.
Ganz DA, Huang C, Saliba D, et al. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2013. AHRQ Publication No. 13-0015-EF.
CLINICAL GUIDELINE
Primary care–relevant interventions to prevent falling in older adults: a systematic evidence review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Michael YL, Whitlock EP, Lin JS, Fu R, O'Connor EA, Gold R; US Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:815-825.
COMMENTARY
The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for adoption now.
Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):365-368.
REVIEW
Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.
Miake-Lye IM, Hempel S, Ganz DA, Shekelle PG. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):390-396.
COMMENTARY
Is the measurement mandate diverting the patient safety revolution?
Wachter RM. National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC). March 3, 2008.
TOOLKIT
AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit for Hospitals.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2012.
TOOLKIT
Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit.
Jack B, Paasche-Orlow M, Mitchell S, Forsythe S, Martin J. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2013. AHRQ Publication No. 12(13)-0084.
BOOK/REPORT
2007 National Healthcare Quality Report.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality;2008. AHRQ Publication No. 08-0040.
REVIEW
Preventing in-facility pressure ulcers as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.
Sullivan N, Schoelles KM. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):410-416.
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.
MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
2005 Annual Patient Safety and Health Information Technology Conference: Making the Health Care System Safer through Implementation and Innovation.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 6-10, 2005.
MEASUREMENT TOOL/INDICATOR
Prevention Quality Indicators.
AHRQ Quality Indicators. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2005.
STUDY
Intensive care unit safety incidents for medical versus surgical patients: a prospective multicenter study.
Sinopoli DJ, Needham DM, Thompson DA, et al. J Crit Care. 2007;22:177-183.
BOOK/REPORT
Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes. Updated edition.
Wachter R, Shojania K. New York, NY: Rugged Land; 2005. ISBN: 1590710738.
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