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The effect of the fit between organizational culture and structure on medication errors in medical group practices.
Kaissi A, Kralewski J, Dowd B, Heaton A. Health Care Manage Rev. 2007;32:12-21.

In this AHRQ–funded study, the investigators analyzed medication error and culture survey data from 78 medical group practices to assess organizational culture factors that contribute to error.
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