Special or Theme Issue Communicating Critical Test Results. Citation Text: Schiff GD, Bates DW, Leape LL, eds. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31(2):62-119. Copy Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL March 6, 2005 Schiff GD, Bates DW, Leape LL, eds. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31(2):62-119. View more articles from the same authors. PubMed citations Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Schiff GD, Bates DW, Leape LL, eds. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31(2):62-119. Copy Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Communicating critical test results: safe practice recommendations. April 3, 2005 Developing and implementing new safe practices: voluntary adoption through statewide collaboratives. August 16, 2006 Effects of weekend admission and hospital teaching status on in-hospital mortality. 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Developing and implementing new safe practices: voluntary adoption through statewide collaboratives. August 16, 2006
A complementary approach to promoting professionalism: identifying, measuring, and addressing unprofessional behaviors. November 14, 2007
Failure to recognize newly identified aortic dilations in a health care system with an advanced electronic medical record. July 22, 2009
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"Chance favors only the prepared mind": preparing minds to systematically reduce hazards in the testing process in primary care. March 5, 2014
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Laboratory medicine handoff gaps experienced by primary care practices: a report from the Shared Networks of Collaborative Ambulatory Practices and Partners (SNOCAP). December 3, 2014
Learning from different lenses: reports of medical errors in primary care by clinicians, staff, and patients: a project of the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network. November 1, 2006
Evaluating ambulatory practice safety: the PROMISES Project administrators and practice staff surveys. December 17, 2014
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A systematic review of interventions to follow-up test results pending at discharge. February 7, 2018
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ACR White Paper on Magnetic Resonance (MR) Safety: Combined Papers of 2002 and 2004. November 16, 2005
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The effect of a clinical decision support for pending laboratory results at emergency department discharge. February 13, 2019
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