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What's New for 5/6/2009
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 Journal Article

Commentary
Hospital complications: linking payment reduction to preventability.
Averill RF, Hughes JS, Goldfield NI, McCullough EC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:283-285.

Linking Joint Commission inpatient core measures and National Patient Safety Goals with evidence.
Masica AL, Richter KM, Convery P, Haydar Z. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2009;22:103-111. 

Tubing safety in the obstetric setting: preventing medication errors.
Broussard BS. Nurs Womens Health. 2009;13:155-158.  

Review
Developing a team performance framework for the intensive care unit.
Reader TW, Flin R, Mearns K, Cuthbertson BH. Crit Care Med. 2009;37:1787-1793.

Study
Assessing controlled substance prescribing errors in a pediatric teaching hospital: an analysis of the safety of analgesic prescription practice in the transition from the hospital to home.
Lee BH, Lehmann CU, Jackson EV, et al. J Pain. 2009;10:160-166.  

Cost and workforce implications of subjecting all physicians to aviation industry work-hour restrictions.  
Payette M, Chatterjee A, Weeks WB. Am J Surg. 2009 Apr 15; [Epub ahead of print].   

Creating a better discharge summary: improvement in quality and timeliness using an electronic discharge summary.
O'Leary KJ, Liebovitz SM, Feinglass J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:219-225.

Effect of a pharmacist on adverse drug events and medication errors in outpatients with cardiovascular disease.
Murray MD, Ritchey ME, Wu J, Tu W. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:757-763.

Framing family conversation after early diagnosis of iatrogenic injury and incidental findings.
Barrios L, Tsuda S, Derevianko A, et al. Surg Endosc. 2009 Apr 3; [Epub ahead of print].

Implementation of a patient safety incident management system as viewed by doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.
Travaglia JF, Westbrook MT, Braithwaite J. Health (London). 2009;13:277-296.

Improved operating room teamwork via SAFETY prep: a rural community hospital's experience.
Paige JT, Aaron DL, Yang T, Howell DS, Chauvin SW. World J Surg. 2009 Apr 7; [Epub ahead of print].

Medication errors resulting from computer entry by nonprescribers.  
Santell JP, Kowiatek JG, Weber RJ, Hicks RW, Sirio CA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:843-853.

Safety on an inpatient pediatric otolaryngology service: many small errors, few adverse events.
Shah RK, Lander L, Forbes P, Jenkins K, Healy GB, Roberson DW. Laryngoscope. 2009;119:871-879.

The association between transfer of emergency department boarders to inpatient hallways and mortality: a 4-year experience.
Viccellio A, Santora C, Singer AJ, Thode HC Jr, Henry MC. Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Apr 2; [Epub ahead of print].

What does nursing teamwork look like? A qualitative study.
Kalisch BJ, Weaver SJ, Salas E. J Nurs Care Qual. 2009 Apr 1; [Epub ahead of print].

 Newspaper/Magazine Article

Newspaper/Magazine Article
Creating a safer anticoagulant therapy system through communication.
Jt Comm Perspect Patient Saf. May 2009;9:9-11.

Failed check system for chemotherapy leads to pharmacist's "no contest" plea for involuntary manslaughter.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. April 23, 2009;14:1-2.

 Press Release/Announcement

Press Release/Announcement
Call for participants: AHRQ QI validation pilot phase II.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. April 2009.

 Web Resource

Multi-use Website
Getting Safer Care.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Patient Safety Toolkits & E-learning Packages.
National Patient Safety Agency.

2009 Leadership Standards and Patient Safety.
Joint Commission. May 19, 2009; Joint Commission Conference Center, Oakbrook Terrace, IL.

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.

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