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Critical Thinking.

June 1, 2011

Theor Issues Ergon Sci. 2011;12:204-272.

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Articles in this issue explore critical thinking and how it can reduce errors in medicine.

Table of contents

Introduction

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The application of system dynamics modelling to system safety improvement: present use and future potential.

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Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit.

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Opioids and Dentistry.

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Evaluation of postoperative handover using a tool to assess information transfer and teamwork.

May 4, 2011

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses.

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Safety in Anaesthesia.

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Human Factors in Anaesthesia and Critical Care.

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Special Section on Human Factors and Ergonomics in the Operating Room: Contributions That Advance Surgical Practice.

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Keeping the Commitment: A Progress Report on Four Early Leaders in Patient Safety Improvement.

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Implementing the 2009 Institute of Medicine recommendations on resident physician work hours, supervision, and safety.

July 6, 2011

A Call for Change: The 2011 Commonwealth Fund Survey of Public Views of the U.S. Health System.

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Enhancing Surgical Systems.

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Delivering high reliability in maternity care: in situ simulation as a source of organisational resilience.

July 10, 2019

Adverse Events: Expecting too Much of Nurses and too Little of Nursing Research.

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Patient Safety Papers.

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Can positivity promote safety? Psychological capital development combats cynicism and unsafe behavior.

July 10, 2019

Non-technical Skills and the Future of Teamwork in Healthcare Settings.

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Elderly Falls.

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The Failure Issue.

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Learning from incidents in health care: critique from a Safety-II perspective.

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Patient Safety Papers 4.

September 2, 2009

Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions.

March 6, 2005

Still Crossing The Quality Chasm.

April 20, 2011

Knowledge for Improvement.

April 27, 2011

50 Years of Inquiries in the National Health Service.

July 24, 2019

Resident Projects for Improvement.

June 19, 2013

Achieving an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience of Inpatient Hospital Care.

March 23, 2011

2017 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.

July 18, 2018

Minimising treatment-associated risks in systemic cancer therapy.

July 2, 2008

2010 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.

May 4, 2011

Patient Safety and Adverse Events.

September 23, 2009

Patient Safety Papers 3.

April 23, 2008

Interprofessional Approaches to Patient Safety.

October 11, 2006

Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety.

February 4, 2009

Simulation in Anaesthesia and Surgery.

May 13, 2015

Biomedical Complexity and Error.

July 13, 2011

Technical Series on Safer Primary Care.

January 11, 2017

Using clinical decision support to improve medication reconciliation.

December 13, 2006

2012 User Comparative Database Report: Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

June 27, 2012

Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2018 User Database Report.

April 4, 2018

Quality of Anesthesia Care.

February 23, 2011

The English Patient Safety Programme.

February 10, 2010

Iatrogenesis in Pediatrics.

September 20, 2017

The Silent Treatment: Why Safety Tools and Checklists Aren't Enough to Save Lives.

April 6, 2011

Impact of the Care Quality Commission on Provider Performance: Room for Improvement?

November 21, 2018

Canadian Disclosure Guidelines: Being Open and Honest with Patients and Families.

April 2, 2011

2009 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.

November 25, 2009

An E.R. kicks the habit of opioids for pain.

December 14, 2016

WebM&M Cases

Hyperbilirubinemia Refractory to Phototherapy

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National Cancer Institute–American Society of Clinical Oncology Teams in Cancer Care Project.

December 14, 2016

Magnet in Support of Patient Safety.

November 26, 2014

The last person you'd expect to die in childbirth.

May 24, 2017

Patient Safety.

December 19, 2007

Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report.

April 6, 2011

Risk, Safety and Reliability Special Issue.

May 20, 2009

Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America.

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The Foundations of Safety Science.

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Special Issue on Teamwork.

May 1, 2013

Internal Bleeding: The Truth Behind America's Terrifying Epidemic of Medical Mistakes. Updated edition.

March 27, 2005

Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2011 User Comparative Database Report.

September 14, 2011

Safety considerations for IMRT.

August 10, 2011

HealthGrades Eighth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

March 23, 2011

Special Issue on Simulation.

June 5, 2013

Deprescribing Guidelines: Special Section on Symposium Results.

June 26, 2019

Safety in Numbers: Evidence-based Development of a Medicine Management Learning Tool.

May 22, 2013

Oops! I did it again: the psychology of everyday action slips.

August 11, 2021

Safety culture across cultures.

January 8, 2020

Patient Safety Papers 5.

November 10, 2010

Learning from samples of one or fewer.

March 6, 2005

Leadership Guide to Patient Safety: Resources and Tools for Establishing and Maintaining Patient Safety.

September 28, 2005

Advancing Patient Safety: Reviews From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Making Healthcare Safer III Report.

September 2, 2020

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October 9, 2013

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January 17, 2018

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Focus On: Health Care Policy and Quality.

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Simulation in Otolaryngology.

September 27, 2017

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2010 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award Recipients.

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May 18, 2011

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