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What's New for 9/17/2008
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 Journal Article

Commentary
Are you listening...Are you really listening?
Denham CR, Dingman J, Foley ME, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;4:148-161.

Building physician work hour regulations from first principles and best evidence.
Volpp KG, Landrigan CP. JAMA. 2008;300:1197-1199.

Review
New perspectives on error in critical care.
Patel VL, Cohen T. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2008;14:456-459.

The effect of electronic prescribing on medication errors and adverse drug events: a systematic review.
Ammenwerth E, Schnell-Inderst P, Machan C, Siebert U. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:585-600.

Study
A multifaceted approach to safety: the synergistic detection of adverse drug events in adult inpatients.
Ferranti J, Horvath MM, Cozart H, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;4:184-190.

Association of workload of on-call medical interns with on-call sleep duration, shift duration, and participation in educational activities.
Arora VM, Georgitis E, Siddique J, et al. JAMA. 2008;300:1146-1153.

Can surveillance systems identify and avert adverse drug events? A prospective evaluation of a commercial application.
Jha AK, Laguette J, Seger A, Bates DW. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:647-653.

Characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving a medical emergency team review for respiratory distress or hypotension.
Quach JL, Downey AW, Haase M, et al. J Crit Care. 2008;23:325-331.

Consequences of inadequate sign-out for patient care.
Horwitz LI, Moin T, Krumholz HM, Wang L, Bradley EH. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168:1755-1760.

Detection, classification, and correction of defective chemotherapy orders through nursing and pharmacy oversight.
Mertens WC, Brown DE, Parisi R, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;4:195-200.

Evaluating clinical decision support systems: monitoring CPOE order check override rates in the Department of Veterans Affairs' computerized patient record system.
Lin C-P, Payne TH, Nichol WP, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:620-626.

Iatrogenesis in neonatal intensive care units: observational and interventional, prospective, multicenter study.
Kugelman A, Inbar-Sanado E, Shinwell ES, et al. Pediatrics. 2008;122:550-555.

Medication errors in pediatric inpatients: prevalence and results of a prevention program.
Otero P, Leyton A, Mariani G, Ceriani Cernadas JM; and Patient Safety Committee. Pediatrics. 2008;122:e737-e743.

Steering patients to safer hospitals? The effect of a tiered hospital network on hospital admissions.
Scanlon DP, Lindrooth RC, Christianson JB. Health Serv Res. 2008 Aug 29; [Epub ahead of print].

The use of a CPOE log for the analysis of physicians' behavior when responding to drug-duplication reminders.
Long A-J, Chang P, Li Y-C, Chiu W-T. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:499-506.

 Meeting/Conference

Europe Meeting/Conference
Patient Safety in Mental Health: Driving Seven Steps for Safer Services.
National Patient Safety Agency. November 26, 2008; Hilton Leeds City Hotel, Neville Street, Leeds, England.

Florida Meeting/Conference
11th Annual ISMP Cheers Award Reception and Dinner.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Dec 9, 2008; Maggiano's Little Italy, Pointe Orlando, Florida.

 Newspaper/Magazine Article

Newspaper/Magazine Article
Color me safe: hospitals move to standardize alert wristbands.
Weiss S. Herald Times. September 1, 2008:10A.

 Press Release/Announcement

Press Release/Announcement
Potential signals of serious risks/new safety information identified by the Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS).
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration.

 Web Resource

Multi-use Website
Keeping Kidney Patients Safe.
Renal Physicians Association.

4th International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care: Partnerships for Quality and Safety: Call for Papers.
Bethesda, MD: Institute for Family-Centered Care; July 3, 2008.

Small Grants for Patient Safety Research.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Alliance for Patient Safety, World Health Organization.

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