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SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Frush KS, Hohenhaus SM, eds. Clin Ped Emerg Med. 2006;7:213-277.

COMMENTARY

Rolling out the rapid response team.

Gallagher-Ford L, Fineout-Overholt E, Melnyk BM, Stillwell SB. Am J Nurs. 2011;111:42-47.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

What pilots can teach hospitals about patient safety.

Murphy K. New York Times. October 31, 2006:F5.

COMMENTARY classic

Five years after 'To Err is Human': what have we learned?

Leape LL, Berwick DM. JAMA. 2005;293:2384-2390.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Nurses Transforming Care.

Am J Nurs. 2009;109(suppl 11):3-80, C3.

STUDY

Healthcare provider complaints to the emergency department: a preliminary report on a new quality improvement instrument.

Griffey RT, Bohan JS. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:344-346.

STUDY

Organizational and cultural changes for providing safe patient care.

Odwazny R, Hasler S, Abrams R, McNutt R. Qual Manag Health Care. 2005;14:132-143.

COMMENTARY classic

Forum: The 100,000 Lives Campaign: a scientific and policy review [with IHI response].

Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. [Reply: Berwick DM, Hackbarth AD, McCannon CJ]. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2006;32:621-627, 628-633.

COMMENTARY

Implementation of patient safety initiatives in US hospitals.

McFadden KL, Stock GN, Gowen CR III. Int J Operations Production Manage. 2006;26:326-347.

COMMENTARY

Development and implementation of a pediatric patient safety program.

Alton M, Frush K, Brandon D, Mericle J. Adv Neonatal Care. 2006;6:104-111.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety.

2400 Weston Parkway, Cary, NC 27514.

BOOK/REPORT

Framework for a High Performance Health System for the United States.

The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; August 2006.

REVIEW

Quality and safety in the intensive care unit.

Stockwell DC, Slonim AD. J Intensive Care Med. 2006;21:199-210.

TOOLKIT

The Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) Toolkit.

Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 2008.

COMMENTARY

Experience with family activation of rapid response teams.

Bogert S, Ferrell C, Rutledge DN. Medsurg Nurs. 2010;19:215-222.

COMMENTARY

A comprehensive collaborative patient safety residency curriculum to address the ACGME core competencies.

Singh R, Naughton B, Taylor JS, et al. Med Educ. 2005;39:1195-1204.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Maryland Patient Safety Center Emergency Department Collaborative.

Maryland Patient Safety Center.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Arresting death: saving 100,000 lives.

Meyers S. Trustee. January 2007;60:6-10.

TOOLKIT

Patient Safety Rounding Toolkit.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

COMMENTARY

A 10-Rights framework for patient care quality and safety.

Wakefield DS, Ward MM, Wakefield BJ. Am J Med Qual. 2007;22:103-111.

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