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Bias in the ER. Doctors suffer from the same cognitive distortions as the rest of us. February 22, 2017
The next generation of doctors may be learning bad habits at teaching hospitals with many safety violations. May 2, 2018
Safety in the NICU: preventing medication errors with computerized provider order entry. January 9, 2008
How hepatitis probe led to clinic: old-fashioned legwork yielded clues that came together. March 12, 2008
Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement, Third Edition. June 22, 2016
Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won't Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care. September 26, 2012
Dangerous connections: health care community tackles tubing risks, small-bore connector standards. July 11, 2012
Using patient safety science to explore strategies for improving safety in intravenous medication administration. November 1, 2006
Medication errors affecting pediatric patients: unique challenges for this special population. October 7, 2015
Wrong-patient medication errors: an analysis of event reports in Pennsylvania and strategies for prevention. June 12, 2013
Designing for Patient Safety: Developing Methods to Integrate Patient Safety Concerns in the Design Process. October 24, 2012
2012 User Comparative Database Report: Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture. June 27, 2012
More than an apple a day: factors associated with avoidance of doctor visits among transgender, gender nonconforming, and nonbinary people in the USA. September 23, 2020
Lyme disease is baffling, even to experts, but new insights are at last accumulating. September 18, 2019
'They were his best shot. And they failed to help’: why did EMS workers neglect Tyre Nichols? February 15, 2023
'There is a real cost’: as Covid shows, barring bedside visitors from ICU deprives patients of the best care. August 11, 2021
'We had such trust, we feel such fools’: how shocking hospital mistakes led to our daughter’s death. September 14, 2022
AHRQ Nursing Home Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2014 User Comparative Database Report. November 19, 2014
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Surgical safety checklists for cesarean delivery. September 22, 2021
FDA Safety Communication: update--robotically-assisted surgical devices in mastectomy. August 20, 2021
Assessment of incorrect surgical procedures within and outside the operating room. A follow-up study from US Veterans Health Administration medical centers. December 5, 2018
Structured patient handoffs: the movement toward adverse event reduction in the perioperative unit. August 30, 2017