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Frequency of risk factors that potentially increase harm from medications in older adults receiving primary care. January 23, 2008
Seeking a safer surgery: some states crack down on doctors who perform unregulated outpatient procedures. August 5, 2009
Suspicious insulin injections, nearly a dozen deaths: inside an unfolding investigation at a VA hospital in West Virginia. October 23, 2019
Hospitals try to calm doctors' outbursts: medical road rage affecting patient safety, group says. August 27, 2008
Patient safety and health information technology conference: A newsmaker interview with Carolyn M. Clancy, MD. June 22, 2005
An Organisation with a Memory: Report of an Expert Group on Learning from Adverse Events in the NHS Chaired by the Chief Medical Officer. March 6, 2005
Interview In Conversation with...Barbara Pelletreau and John Riggi about Cybersecurity March 27, 2024
Interview In Conversation With...Stephen Hines, PhD and Monika Haugstetter, MHA, MSN, RN, CPHQ about TeamSTEPPS 3.0 February 28, 2024
Medication guides: patient medication information. A proposed rule by the Food and Drug Administration. June 28, 2023
Charlie Bourg was on the lookout for veterans harmed by a new VA computer system. He didn’t expect to be one of them. September 21, 2022
Combined impact of Medicare's hospital pay for performance programs on quality and safety outcomes is mixed. August 10, 2022
Criminalization of human error and a guilty verdict: a travesty of justice that threatens patient safety. April 20, 2022
The dollar or disease burden: caps on healthcare spending may save money, but at what "cost" to patients? March 2, 2021
Knowledge, attitudes, and expectations of medical staff toward medical error management policies in humanitarian medicine: a qualitative study. February 10, 2021
Unleash the power of patients to make care safer around the world: an essay by Helen Haskell. September 25, 2019