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Estimating the hospital costs of inpatient harms.

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Best Practices for Safe Medication Administration During Anesthesia Care.

APSF Committee on Technology. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation.

Patient Safety in the Context of Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Care.

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Making Health Care Safer in Ambulatory Care Settings and Long Term Care Facilities (R18).

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 10, 2018. PA-18-750.

2017 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award Recipients Announced.

Joint Commission. March 12, 2018.

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Cohen CC, Liu J, Cohen B, Larson EL, Glied S. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018;39:509-515

Patient Safety Learning Laboratories: Pursuing Safety in Diagnosis and Treatment at the Intersection of Design, Systems Engineering, and Health Services Research (R18).

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. RFA-HS-19-001.

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The business case for investing in physician well-being.

Shanafelt T, Goh J, Sinsky C. JAMA Intern Med. 2017;177:1826-1832.

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Notice of Intent to Publish Funding Opportunity Announcements to Promote Implementation Science (R01) and Dissemination and Implementation Studies (R18).

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 25, 2016. AHRQ Publication No. NOT-HS-17-002.

Funding Announcement for Projects Targeting the Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 13, 2016. PA-17-007 and PA-17-008.