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Seeking a safer surgery: some states crack down on doctors who perform unregulated outpatient procedures. August 5, 2009
Why hospitals still make serious medical errors—and how they are trying to reduce them. March 29, 2023
Frequency of risk factors that potentially increase harm from medications in older adults receiving primary care. January 23, 2008
Engineering Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology: University of North Carolina's Pursuit for High Reliability and Value Creation. May 6, 2015
Safer Delivery of Surgical Services: a Programme of Controlled Before-and-after Intervention Studies with Pre-planned Pooled Data Analysis. January 25, 2017
Suspicious insulin injections, nearly a dozen deaths: inside an unfolding investigation at a VA hospital in West Virginia. October 23, 2019
Patient safety and health information technology conference: A newsmaker interview with Carolyn M. Clancy, MD. June 22, 2005
Hospitals try to calm doctors' outbursts: medical road rage affecting patient safety, group says. August 27, 2008
An Organisation with a Memory: Report of an Expert Group on Learning from Adverse Events in the NHS Chaired by the Chief Medical Officer. March 6, 2005
Interview In Conversation with...Richard Ricciardi about Office-Based Patient Safety January 31, 2024
Patient Safety Innovations Patient and Family Centered I-PASS (Family-Centered Communication Program to Reduce Medical Errors and Improve Family Experience and Communication Processes) January 31, 2024
WebM&M Cases Hurried Team Huddle and Poor Communication: Unsafe Practice During Anesthesia for Emergency Cesarean Delivery. June 28, 2023
Journal Article Study A novel approach for engagement in team training in high-technology surgery: the robotic-assisted surgery olympics. March 29, 2023
Medical malpractice lawsuits involving trainees in obstetrics and gynecology in the USA. September 21, 2022
Impact of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist relative to its design and intended use: a systematic review and meta-meta-analysis. November 24, 2021
The nature of reported safety events related to care coordination in the operating room setting in a tertiary academic center. November 17, 2021
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Surgical safety checklists for cesarean delivery. September 22, 2021
Communication failures contributing to patient injury in anaesthesia malpractice claims. September 1, 2021
FDA Safety Communication: update--robotically-assisted surgical devices in mastectomy. August 20, 2021
WebM&M Cases Inadequate Anesthesia Preparation Leading to Difficult Intubation and Severe Hypoxemia June 30, 2021
WebM&M Cases Two Cases of Retained Vaginal Packing: When Writing an Order is Not Enough April 28, 2021
Implementation of a comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections in cesarean delivery. April 22, 2020
A safety evaluation of the impact of maternity-orientated human factors training on safety culture in a tertiary maternity unit. June 19, 2019