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 Grant

Grant Recipient
AHRQ awards contract to develop criteria to assess the evidence base for patient safety practices.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Patient Safety and Health Information Technology E-Newsletter. February 20, 2009;(Issue 51).

 Journal Article

Commentary
Creative education for rapid response team implementation.
Johnson AL. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2009;40:38-42.

Medication administration process assessment: applying lessons learned from commercial aviation.
Donahue M, Brown JP, Fitzpatrick JJ. J Nurs Adm. 2009;39:77-83.

Review
Diagnostic difficulty and error in primary care—a systematic review.
Kostopoulou O, Delaney BC, Munro CW. Fam Pract. 2008;25:400-413.

Study
Assessing the performance of surgical teams.
Leach LS, Myrtle RC, Weaver FA, Dasu S. Health Care Manage Rev. 2009;34:29-41.

Collaboration between pharmacists, physicians and nurse practitioners: a qualitative investigation of working relationships in the inpatient medical setting.
Makowsky MJ, Schindel TJ, Rosenthal M, Campbell K, Tsuyuki RT, Madill HM. J Interprof Care. 2009 Feb 19; [Epub ahead of print].

Development of the pharmacy safety climate questionnaire: a principal components analysis.
Ashcroft DM, Parker D. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:28-31.

Effect of alerts for drug dosage adjustment in inpatients with renal insufficiency.
Sellier E, Colombet I, Sabatier B, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:203-210.

Feedback from incident reporting: information and action to improve patient safety.
Benn J, Koutantji M, Wallace L, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:11-21.

Patients' perceptions of safety if interpersonal continuity of care were to be disrupted.
Pandhi N, Schumacher J, Flynn KE, Smith M. Health Expect. 2008;11:400-408.

Post-discharge medication reviews for patients with heart failure: a pilot study.
Ponniah A, Shakib S, Doecke CJ, Boyce M, Angley M. Pharm World Sci. 2008;30:810-815.

Quality and strength of patient safety climate on medical–surgical units.
Hughes LC, Chang Y, Mark BA. Health Care Manage Rev. 2009;34:19-28.

The use of pharmaceuticals for dialysis patients. How well do we know our patients' allergies?
Bhandari S, Armitage J, Chintu M, Chinnappa S, Kendrew P. J Ren Care. 2008;34:213-217.

Using computerized provider order entry and clinical decision support to improve referring physicians' implementation of consultants' medical recommendations.
Were MC, Abernathy G, Hui SL, Kempf C, Weiner M. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16:196-202.

 Meeting/Conference

Illinois Meeting/Conference
The Joint Commission's Annual Conference on Quality and Patient Safety: Explore, Enhance, and Energize—Leadership for the Future.
The Joint Commission. September 14-16, 2009; Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL.

Maryland Meeting/Conference
AHRQ's 2009 Annual Conference—Research to Reform: Achieving Health System Change.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. September 13-16, 2009; North Bethesda Marriott, Bethesda, MD.

Texas Meeting/Conference
AONE 42nd Annual Meeting & Exposition.
American Organization of Nurse Executives. April 15-19, 2009; Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX.

 Newspaper/Magazine Article

Newspaper/Magazine Article
Inattentional blindness: what captures your attention?
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 26, 2009;14:1-3.

'Sorry' is still the hardest word.
Donaldson L. BBC News. Feb 26, 2009.

 Press Release/Announcement

Press Release/Announcement
CMS to conduct "dry run" for reporting AHRQ indicators.
QualityNet. February 18, 2009.

 Special or Theme Issue

Special or Theme Issue
Assessing the effectiveness of quality improvement strategies in Europe: the MARQuIS project.
Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18(Suppl 1):i1-i80.

2009 National Patient Safety Awareness Week.
National Patient Safety Foundation. March 8-14, 2009.

Post-TeamSTEPPS training activities.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. TeamSTEPPS Webinar #8. March 25, 2009; 12:00-1:30 PM (Eastern).

ISMP Safe Medication Management Fellowship.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

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