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Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (64)

•Diagnostic Errors (64)

•Identification Errors (35)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (156)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (50)

•Medication Safety (535)

•Medical Complications (147)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (27)

•Surgical Complications (140)

•Transfusion Complications (7)

•Psychological and Social Complications (96)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (3)

•Asia (15)

•Australia and New Zealand (33)

•Central and South America (3)

•Europe (144)

•North America (1565)

Resource Types

•Journal Article (1208)

•Legislation/Regulation (24)

•Meeting/Conference (23)

•Newsletter/Journal (6)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (207)

•Press Release/Announcement (8)

•Special or Theme Issue (32)

•Tools/Toolkit (17)

•Web Resource (59)

•Grant (7)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (290)

•Active Errors (225)

•Latent Errors (138)

•Near Miss (24)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (377)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (316)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (530)

•Communication Improvement (368)

•Human Factors Engineering (204)

•Teamwork (171)

•Specialization of Care (80)

•Logistical Approaches (135)

•Culture of Safety (298)

•Technologic Approaches (573)

•Education and Training (422)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (7)

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Non-Health Care Professionals

•Information Professionals (487)

•Organizational Behaviorists (357)

•Safety Scientists (183)

Setting of Care

•Psychiatric Facilities (2)

•Residential Facilities (26)

•Ambulatory Care (166)

•Outpatient Surgery (15)

•Patient Transport (7)

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AUDIOVISUAL

Health agency: drug errors still common.

Knox R. "All Things Considered." National Public Radio. July 20, 2006.

AUDIOVISUAL

Hospital Medication Errors Commonplace.

Palca J. National Public Radio. July 28, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Health literacy—a quality and patient safety imperative.

Foubister V. Quality Matters. November/December 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Inquiry into reporter's death finds multiple failures in care.

Stout D. New York Times. June 17, 2006;National desk:9.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Health for life. Keys to safer hospitals.

Berwick DM. Newsweek. December 12, 2005;46:75-78.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Piecing together medication administration.

Anderson HJ. Health Data Manage. May 1, 2009;17:22.

AWARD RECIPIENT

Improving patient safety using interactive, evidence-based decision support tools.

Quinn MM, Mannion J. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:678-683.

AWARD RECIPIENT

22 California hospitals earn top status for outstanding patient safety & health care quality.

San Francisco, CA: The Leapfrog Group; May 2, 2006.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety.

The Joint Commission, Joint Commission Resources.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Q: What scares doctors? A: Being the patient.

Gibbs N, Bower A. Time Magazine. May 1, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Maternity ward at Highland under fire from patients.

Vesely R. Inside Bay Area. December 28, 2006.

REVIEW

Year in review: medication mishaps in the elderly.

Peron EP, Marcum ZA, Boyce R, Hanlon JT, Handler SM. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011;9:1-10.

COMMENTARY

Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription for 2010.

Crane J, Crane FG. Hosp Top. Fall 2006;84:3-8.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

10 things your hospital won't tell you.

Kapadia R. Smart Money. October 2006;15:112-114.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Quality Study: Third Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: Health Grades, Inc.; April 2006.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Improving Health Care Quality.

Wisc Med J. 2006:105;1-86.

AUDIOVISUAL

Avoiding medical error.

Colvin G. "The Colvin Interview." CNN. February 5, 2007.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety beyond the hospital.

Gandhi TK, Lee TH. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:1001-1003.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When a heart attack goes undiagnosed.

Davis R. USA Today. October 25, 2006.

BOOK/REPORT

Organisational Failure: An Exploratory Study in the Steel Industry and Medical Domain.

van Vuuren W. [dissertation]. Eindhoven, The Netherlands: Eindhoven University of Technology; 1998.

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