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STUDY
Ambulance personnel perceptions of near misses and adverse events in pediatric patients.
Cushman JT, Fairbanks RJ, O'Gara KG, et al. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2010;14:477-484.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Program encourages reporting accidents waiting to happen: the Good Catch Awards.
McCook A. Anesthesiology News. Sept 2011;37:9. 
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Fixing America's hospitals.
Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.
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Patients' concerns about medical errors during hospitalization.
Burroughs TE, Waterman AD, Gallagher TH, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:5-14.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Survive your doctor.
Holt TE. Men's Health. November 3, 2006.
BOOK/REPORT
Health Care Leader Action Guide to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions.
Osei-Anto A, Joshi M, Audet AJ, Berman A, Jencks SF. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund, The John Hartford Foundation, Health Research and Educational Trust; January 25, 2010.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Front-Line Ownership: Generating a Cure Mindset for Patient Safety.
Kitts J, ed. Healthcare Papers. 2013;13:1-82.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Patient safety front and center.
Terry K. Hosp Health Netw. July 2011;85:38-40, 42.
COMMENTARY
Back to Basics
Hellman R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
10 things your hospital won't tell you.
Kapadia R. Smart Money. October 2006;15:112-114.
COMMENTARY
Nosocomial infection, the Deficit Reduction Act, and incentives for hospitals.
Graves N, McGowan JE Jr. JAMA. 2008;300:1577-1579.
BOOK/REPORT
First, Do Less Harm: Confronting the Inconvenient Problems of Patient Safety.
Koppel R, Gordon S, ed. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press; 2012. ISBN: 9780801450778.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Can high tech save your life?
Fischman J. US News and World Report. August 1, 2005;139:45,49-50,52.
STUDY
French national survey of inpatient adverse events prospectively assessed with ward staff.
Michel P, Quenon JL, Djihoud A, Tricaud-Vialle S, de Sarasqueta AM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:369-377.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Settlement to be used for hospital training in labeling medicines.
Ostrom CM. Seattle Times. September 13, 2005;Local News:B3 
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
'Alarm fatigue’ a factor in 2nd death.
Kowalczyk L. Boston Globe. September 21, 2011.
COMMENTARY
In Conversation with...Steven J. Spear, DBA, MS, MS
AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. August 2009.
COMMENTARY
Medicare nonpayment, hospital falls, and unintended consequences.
Inouye SK, Brown CJ, Tinetti ME. N Engl J Med. 2009;360:2390-2393. 
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Fixing healthcare from the inside, today.
Spear SJ. Harv Bus Rev. September 2005;83:78-91.
STUDY
Developing and evaluating a trigger response system.
Cherry K, Martinek J, Esleck S, Ivory A, Logan R, Ward J. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:331-338.
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