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1.   Multi-use Website: Patient Safety Organizations.
 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
 
2.   Book/Report: Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety.
 Ulmer C, Wolman DM, Johns MME, eds. Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedule to Improve Patient Safety, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2008. ISBN: 9780309127721.
 
3.   Study: Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure.
 Wachter RM, Flanders SA, Fee C, Pronovost PJ. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:29-32.
 
4.   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).
 
5.   Commentary: The wisdom and justice of not paying for "preventable complications."
 Pronovost PJ, Goeschel CA, Wachter RM. JAMA. 2008;299:2197-2199.
 
6.   Commentary: Medicare's decision to withhold payment for hospital errors: the devil is in the details.
 Wachter RM, Foster NE, Dudley RA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:116-123.
 
7.   Study: Who pays for medical errors? An analysis of adverse event costs, the medical liability system, and incentives for patient safety improvement.
 Mello MM, Studdert DM, Thomas EJ, Yoon CS, Brennan TA. J Empirical Leg Stud. 2007;4:835–860.
 
8.   Study: 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.
 
9.   Commentary: The tension between needing to improve care and knowing how to do it.
 Auerbach AD, Landefeld CS, Shojania KG. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:608-613.
 
10.   Book/Report: Serious Reportable Events in Healthcare 2006 Update: A Consensus Report.
 Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; 2007. ISBN 1933875089.
 
11.   Review: Systematic review: impact of health information technology on quality, efficiency, and costs of medical care.
 Chaudhry B, Wang J, Wu S, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:742-752.
 
12.   Study: The long road to patient safety: a status report on patient safety systems.
 Longo DR, Hewett JE, Ge B, Schubert S. JAMA. 2005;294:2858-2865.
 
13.   Commentary: Accidental deaths, saved lives, and improved quality.
 Brennan TA, Gawande A, Thomas E, Studdert D. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:1405-1409.
 
14.   Commentary: Five years after 'To Err is Human': what have we learned?
 Leape LL, Berwick DM. JAMA. 2005;293:2384-2390.
 
15.   Book/Report: Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard of Care.
 Aspden P, Corrigan JM, Wolcott J, Erickson SM, eds for the Committee for Data Standards for Patient Safety, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2004. ISBN: 030909776.
 
16.   Study: Error reduction and performance improvement in the emergency department through formal teamwork training: evaluation results of the MedTeams project.
 Morey JC, Simon R, Jay GD, et al. Health Serv Res. 2002;37:1553-1581.
 
17.   Commentary: The end of the beginning: patient safety five years after 'To Err Is Human.'
 Wachter RM. Health Aff. 2004 Jul-Dec;Suppl Web Exclusives:W4-534-545.
 
18.   Commentary: 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.
 
19.   Commentary: Structural and organizational issues in patient safety: a comparison of health care to other high-hazard industries.
 Gaba DM. Calif Manage Rev. 2000;43:1-20.
 
20.   Commentary: Risk mitigation in large scale systems: lessons from high reliability organizations.
 Grabowski M, Roberts KH. Calif Manage Rev. 1997;39:152-162.
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