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•Device-related Complications (166)

•Diagnostic Errors (166)

•Identification Errors (119)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (352)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (88)

•Medication Safety (950)

•Medical Complications (406)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (86)

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•Special or Theme Issue (61)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (616)

•Active Errors (542)

•Latent Errors (248)

•Near Miss (57)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (1065)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (533)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (1023)

•Communication Improvement (879)

•Human Factors Engineering (433)

•Teamwork (273)

•Specialization of Care (223)

•Logistical Approaches (243)

•Culture of Safety (556)

•Technologic Approaches (623)

•Education and Training (714)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (12)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (2642)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (2747)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (1422)

•Patients (653)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (2091)

•Psychiatric Facilities (13)

•Residential Facilities (63)

•Ambulatory Care (342)

•Outpatient Surgery (50)

•Patient Transport (22)

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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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Get me out alive.

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

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

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

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

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.

AUDIOVISUAL

Hospital Medication Errors Commonplace.

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

BOOK/REPORT

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

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

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.

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

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.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

When a heart attack goes undiagnosed.

Davis R. USA Today. October 25, 2006.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Improving Health Care Quality.

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

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