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What's New for 6/25/2008
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 Book/Report

Book/Report
Improving Healthcare Team Communication: Building on Lessons from Aviation and Aerospace.
Nemeth CP, ed. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing; 2008. ISBN: 9780754670254.

 Journal Article

Review
Measuring team performance in healthcare: review of research and implications for patient safety.
Jeffcott SA, Mackenzie CF. J Crit Care. 2008;23:188-196.

The effect of nurse staffing patterns on medical errors and nurse burnout. 
Garrett C. AORN J. 2008;87:1191-1192, 1194, 1196-1200, 1202-1204.

The effectiveness of root cause analysis: what does the literature tell us?
Percarpio KB, Watts BV, Weeks WB. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:391-398.

The impact of computerized physician medication order entry in hospitalized patients—a systematic review.
Eslami S, de Keizer NF, Abu-Hanna A. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:365-376.

Study
A controlled trial of a rapid response system in an academic medical center.
Rothschild JM, Woolf S, Finn KM, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:417-425.

Advanced auditory displays and head-mounted displays: advantages and disadvantages for monitoring by the distracted anesthesiologist.
Sanderson PM, Watson MO, Russell WJ, et al. Anesth Analg. 2008;106:1787-1797.

Adverse outcomes of blood transfusion in children: analysis of UK reports to the serious hazards of transfusion scheme 1996-2005.
Stainsby D, Jones H, Wells AW, Gibson B, Cohen H; for SHOT Steering Group. Br J Haematol. 2008;141:73-79.

Economic evaluations of maintaining patient safety systems in teaching hospitals.
Fukuda H, Imanaka Y, Hirose M, Hayashida K. Health Policy. 2008 May 30; [Epub ahead of print].

Electronic health records in ambulatory care—a national survey of physicians.
DesRoches CM, Campbell EG, Rao SR, et al. N Engl J Med. 2008;359:50-60.

Impact of patient communication problems on the risk of preventable adverse events in acute care settings.
Bartlett G, Blais R, Tamblyn R, Clermont RJ, MacGibbon B. CMAJ. 2008;178:1555-1562.

Improving patient safety in intensive care units in Michigan. 
Pronovost PJ, Berenholtz SM, Goeschel C, et al. J Crit Care. 2008;23:207-221.

What can we learn about patient safety from information sources within an acute hospital: a step on the ladder of integrated risk management?
Hogan H, Olsen S, Scobie S, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17:209-215.

Workplace empowerment and magnet hospital characteristics as predictors of patient safety climate.
Armstrong K, Laschinger H, Wong C. J Nurs Care Qual. 2008 Jun 3; [Epub ahead of print].

 Newspaper/Magazine Article

Newspaper/Magazine Article
National safety effort targets perinatal injuries.
O'Reilly KB. American Medical News. June 16, 2008;15:17. 

The cost of errors: Medicare's new policy could cost the average hospital $23,772: study. 
Wilson L. Mod Healthc. June 2, 2008;38:C8.

 Tools/Toolkit

Fact Sheet/FAQs
FDA 101: How to Use the Consumer Complaint System and MedWatch.
FDA Consumer Health Information. Bethesda, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; June 10, 2008.

Toolkit
The Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) Toolkit.
Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 2008.

National Patient Safety Goals.  
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; 2008.

Patient Safety Curriculum.
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management. July 14-17, 2008; Allerton Hotel: Chicago, IL. 

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