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What's New for 8/13/2008
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 Book/Report

Book/Report
Practicing Medicine in Difficult Times: Protecting Physicians from Malpractice Litigation.
Thomas MO, Quinn CJ, Donohue GM. Sudbury, MA: Jones Bartlett; 2009. ISBN: 100763748560.

 Journal Article

Commentary
New patient safety organizations lower roadblocks to medical error reporting.
Clancy CM. Am J Med Qual. 2008;23:318-321.

Planning and implementing a systems-based patient safety curriculum in medical education.
Thompson DA, Cowan J, Holzmueller C, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2008;23:271-278.

Simulation in graduate medical education 2008: a review for emergency medicine.
McLaughlin S, Fitch MT, Goyal DG, et al; for SAEM Technology in Medical Education Committee and the Simulation Interest Group. Acad Emerg Med. 2008 Jul 14; [Epub ahead of print].

Review
Adopting electronic medical records in primary care: lessons learned from health information systems implementation experience in seven countries.
Ludwick DA, Doucette J. Int J Med Inform. 2008 Jul 21; [Epub ahead of print].

Requirements for the design and implementation of checklists for surgical processes.
Verdaasdonk EGG, Stassen LPS, Widhiasmara PP, Dankelman J. Surg Endosc. 2008 Jul 18; [Epub ahead of print].

Study
A prospective study of factors influencing the outcome of patients after a Medical Emergency Team review.
Calzavacca P, Licari E, Tee A, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2008 Jul 24; [Epub ahead of print].

A survey of the impact of disruptive behaviors and communication defects on patient safety.
Rosenstein AH, O'Daniel M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:464-471.

Double checking medicines: defence against error or contributory factor?
Armitage G. J Eval Clin Pract. 2008;14:513-519.

Effects of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty hour limits on sleep, work hours, and safety.
Landrigan CP, Fahrenkopf AM, Lewin D, et al. Pediatrics. 2008;122:250-258. 

Incident reporting in surgical trainees-revisited.
Sharma A, Jain P, Parmar B, Muzaffar J, Monson JRT. J Patient Saf. 25 July 2008; [Epub ahead of print]. 

Nurses' perceptions of error communication and reporting in the intensive care unit.
Elder NC, Brungs SM, Nagy M, Kudel I, Render ML. J Patient Saf. 2008 July 25; [Epub ahead of print].

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.

Successful implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in the private sector: the Patient Safety in Surgery study.
Khuri SF, Henderson WG, Daley J, et al; and Principal Investigators of the Patient Safety in Surgery Study. Ann Surg. 2008;248:329-336.

 Meeting/Conference

Texas Meeting/Conference
Just Culture Training.
Just Culture Community. October 14-15, 2008; The Hyatt Regency North Dallas, Richardson, TX.

 Newspaper/Magazine Article

Newspaper/Magazine Article
Hospitals shine light on mistakes by publicly saying: "we're sorry."
O'Reilly KB. American Medical News. August 11, 2008.

Most surgery in wrong spot done on spine: 11 such cases found in state since 2006.
Smith S. Boston Globe. July 30, 2008;Metro section:1A.

Use of tall man letters is gaining wide acceptance.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 31, 2008;13:1-3.

 Special or Theme Issue

Special or Theme Issue
Do HSMRs really measure patient safety? 
Leatt P, ed. Healthcare Papers. 2008;8:4-75.

ISMP Cheers Awards.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

Joint Commission Update: 2008-2009 Requirements Related to Medication Use.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices. August 21, 2008, 1:30-3:00 PM (Eastern).  

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