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Medical mistakes no longer billable: bold steps taken by state to reduce hospital errors. July 2, 2008
2012 User Comparative Database Report: Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture. June 27, 2012
These patients had to lobby for correct diabetes diagnoses. Was their race a reason? January 17, 2024
Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America. September 19, 2012
Building a Culture of Patient Safety Through Simulation: An Interprofessional Learning Model. June 10, 2015
The application of system dynamics modelling to system safety improvement: present use and future potential. September 19, 2018
Medical errors harm huge number of patients. What will it take to make America's hospitals safer? September 12, 2012
Impact of medical mistakes: navigating work–family boundaries for physicians and their families. January 24, 2007
Scathing report on Kaiser kidney program. Transplant delays assailed -- Medicare threatens to end coverage. July 12, 2006
Make no mistake about it: chain pharmacies are finding innovative ways to combat medication errors. July 25, 2007
Critical incident reports concerning anaesthetic equipment: analysis of the UK National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) data from 2006-2008. August 31, 2011
Navigating the perfect storm: balancing a culture of safety with workforce challenges. January 23, 2008
My brother's keeper: must a physician disclose another's medical error and potential negligence? January 2, 2008
Lessons learned from implementing a principled approach to resolution following patient harm. January 9, 2019
Keeping the Commitment: A Progress Report on Four Early Leaders in Patient Safety Improvement. March 30, 2011
Enhancing Patient Care: A Practical Guide to Improving Quality and Safety in Hospitals. November 4, 2009
Learning from others: legal aspects of sharing patient safety data using provider consortia. August 31, 2005
A better approach to medical malpractice claims? The University of Michigan experience. August 5, 2009
Few Adverse Events in Hospitals Were Reported to State Adverse Event Reporting Systems. August 1, 2012
Charlie Bourg was on the lookout for veterans harmed by a new VA computer system. He didn’t expect to be one of them. September 21, 2022
Senators threaten consequences after VA confirms 4 deaths tied to computer system tested in Spokane. March 29, 2023
Organizational Learning from Experience in High-Hazard Industries: Problem Investigations as Off-line Reflective Practice. March 6, 2005
Internally-developed online adverse drug reaction and medication error reporting systems. June 7, 2006
Situation, background, assessment, recommendation (SBAR) communication tool for handoff in health care- a narrative review. September 5, 2018
Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2014 User Comparative Database Report. June 25, 2014
Toward a High Performance Health System: Public-Private Efforts to Make Health Care Safer and More Effective. October 19, 2005
How health systems decide to use artificial intelligence for clinical decision support. April 6, 2022
The 2018 Gosport Independent Panel report into deaths at the National Health Service's Gosport War Memorial Hospital. Does the culture of the medical profession influence health outcomes? June 12, 2019
High-risk, high-alert medication management practices in a regional state psychiatric facility. May 9, 2007
Mid Staffs scandal: 10 years on, inquiry chair worries NHS staff too scared to speak up. January 29, 2020
Deficiencies in Facility Leaders' Response to Critical Surgical Events at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. October 25, 2023
Their kids died on the psych ward. They were far from alone, a Times investigation found. December 18, 2019
Assessment of incorrect surgical procedures within and outside the operating room. A follow-up study from US Veterans Health Administration medical centers. December 5, 2018
Despite technology, verbal orders persist, read back is not widespread, and errors continue. May 31, 2017
Rating hospitals by the stars: the feds' latest plan to measure quality is the most controversial. June 1, 2016
Patient safety in orthopedic surgery: prioritizing key areas of iatrogenic harm through an analysis of 48,095 incidents reported to a national database of errors. May 8, 2013
The occurrence of wrong-site surgery self-reported by candidates for certification by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. March 29, 2012