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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

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

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota: Ninth Annual Public Report.

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

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals' bid to heal selves saves thousands.

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

BOOK/REPORT

Keeping the Commitment: A Progress Report on Four Early Leaders in Patient Safety Improvement.

McCarthy D, Klein S. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; March 15, 2011.

COMMENTARY

Patient-physician racial and ethnic concordance and perceived medical errors.

Stepanikova I. Soc Sci Med. 2006;63:3060-3066.

BOOK/REPORT

The Patient Safety Initiative at America’s Public Hospitals: The Year One Overview.

Research Brief. Washington, DC: National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems; January 2011.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Improving Care Search Centre.

Canadian Patient Safety Institute.

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

Good News: How Hospitals Heal Themselves [documentary].

Washington, DC: CCM, Inc.; 2006. Crawford-Mason C (producer), Dobyns L (reporter); Management Wisdom Video Series.

BOOK/REPORT

Promoting Patient Safety: An Ethical Basis for Policy Deliberation.

Sharpe VA. Hasting Center Rep. 2003;33(suppl):S1-S20.

BOOK/REPORT

Hospital-acquired infections in Pennsylvania.

Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council; November 2006.

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