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Small patients, big consequences in medical errors.

Tarkan L. New York Times. September 14, 2008;Health section:7.

This article describes how medical errors may cause serious harm in pediatric patients and offers tips for hospitals and parents to foster safe treatment.

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MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Getting Safer Care.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Snow V, Beck D, Budnitz T, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:971-976.

STUDY

Preliminary assessment of pediatric health care quality and patient safety in the United States using readily available administrative data.

McDonald KM, Davies SM, Haberland CA, et al. Pediatrics. 2008;122:e416-e425.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals tally their avoidable mistakes.

Rein L. Washington Post. July 21, 2009:E1.

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Newspaper/Magazine Article

Setting of Care

Target Audience

Clinical Area

General Internal Medicine

Hospital Medicine

General Pediatrics

Pharmacy

Safety Target

Device-related Complications

Diagnostic Errors

Medication Safety

Approach to Improving Safety

Patient Self-Management

Bar Coding and Radiofrequency ID Tagging

Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)

Origin/Sponsor

United States of America