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VA Health Care: Improvements Needed in Processes Used to Address Providers' Actions That Contribute to Adverse Events. January 15, 2014
The Commonwealth Fund Quality Improvement Colloquium: Patient Safety Five Years After To Err Is Human. March 27, 2005
Keeping the Commitment: A Progress Report on Four Early Leaders in Patient Safety Improvement. March 30, 2011
Building a Culture of Candour: a Review of the Threshold for the Duty of Candour and of the Incentives for Care Organisations to Be Candid. April 2, 2014
Do panels vary when assessing intrapartum adverse events? The reproducibility of assessments by hospital risk management groups. November 22, 2006
Suicides point to gaps in treatment. Errors in psychiatric diagnoses and drugs plague strained immigration system. May 21, 2008
Promoting Patient Safety Through Effective Health Information Technology Risk Management. July 23, 2014
Selecting Quality and Resource Use Measures: A Decision Guide for Community Quality Collaboratives. August 25, 2010
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Goals and Priorities for Health Care Organizations to Improve Safety Using Health IT. Revised Report. June 29, 2016
Interview In Conversation With...Stephen Hines, PhD and Monika Haugstetter, MHA, MSN, RN, CPHQ about TeamSTEPPS 3.0 February 28, 2024
Interview In Conversation with... Cheryl Jones about Addressing Workplace Violence and Creating a Safer Workplace October 31, 2023
Interview In Conversation with... Kathleen Sanford and Sue Schuelke about Virtual Nursing August 30, 2023
Perspectives on Safety Virtual Nursing: Improving Patient Care and Meeting Workforce Challenges August 30, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer July 31, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations Remote Response Team and Customized Alert Settings Help Improve Management of Sepsis May 31, 2023
Interview In Conversation with... Susan McGrath, PhD and George Blike, MD about Surveillance Monitoring April 26, 2023
Perspective Surveillance Monitoring to Improve Patient Safety in Acute Hospital Care Units April 26, 2023
Perspectives on Safety Annual Perspective Technology as a Tool for Improving Patient Safety March 29, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations Enhancing Support for Patients’ Social Needs to Reduce Hospital Readmissions and Improve Health Outcomes March 29, 2023
Patient Safety Innovations The I-READI Quality and Safety Framework: Strong Communications Channels and Effective Practices to Rapidly Update and Implement Clinical Protocols During a Time of Crisis March 15, 2023
Interview In Conversation with... Dr. Neal Sikka and Dr. Colton Hood about Remote Patient Monitoring March 15, 2023
Knowledge, attitudes, and expectations of medical staff toward medical error management policies in humanitarian medicine: a qualitative study. February 10, 2021
The plague year. The mistakes and the struggles behind America’s coronavirus tragedy. January 13, 2021
Safety at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: how to keep our oncology patients and healthcare workers safe. May 13, 2020