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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Health literacy—a quality and patient safety imperative.

Foubister V. Quality Matters. November/December 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Get me out alive.

Feldman R. The Washington Post. May 2, 2006:HE01.

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

Health-care industry agrees on patient safety rules.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition). November 1, 2006:D1. [reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals move to cut dangerous lab errors.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). June 14, 2006:D1. [Reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The best medical care in the U.S.

Arnst C. Business Week. July 17, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

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

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

BOOK/REPORT

The Best Practice: How the New Quality Movement Is Transforming Medicine.

Kenney C. New York, NY: Public Affairs; 2008. ISBN: 9781586486198.

BOOK/REPORT

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota: Ninth Annual Public Report.

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health; January 2013.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Technology has transformed the VA.

Stires D. Fortune Magazine. May 15, 2006:130-132, 134, 136.

AUDIOVISUAL

Hospital Medication Errors Commonplace.

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

AUDIOVISUAL

Health agency: drug errors still common.

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

AUDIOVISUAL

Avoiding medical error.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals' bid to heal selves saves thousands.

P-I Staff and News Services. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. June 15, 2006:A1.

COMMENTARY

Improving health care quality and safety for people with disabilities: an interview with Lisa Iezzoni.

Berman S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:400-406.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

In a crisis, do-not-revive requests don't always work.

Parker L. USA Today. December 19, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When a heart attack goes undiagnosed.

Davis R. USA Today. October 25, 2006.

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