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| 1. | Study: Medical diagnoses commonly associated with pediatric malpractice lawsuits in the United States. |
| | McAbee GN, Donn SM, Mendelson RA, McDonnell WM, Gonzalez JL, Ake JK. Pediatrics. 2008;122:e1282-1286. |
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| 2. |  Commentary: The wisdom and justice of not paying for "preventable complications." |
| | Pronovost PJ, Goeschel CA, Wachter RM. JAMA. 2008;299:2197-2199. |
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| 3. | Commentary: Medicare's decision to withhold payment for hospital errors: the devil is in the details. |
| | Wachter RM, Foster NE, Dudley RA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:116-123. |
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| 4. | Commentary: Effectiveness and efficiency of root cause analysis in medicine. |
| | Wu AW, Lipshutz AKM, Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2008;299:685-687. |
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| 5. | Study: Outcomes of care by hospitalists, general internists, and family physicians. |
| | Lindenauer PK, Rothberg MB, Pekow PS, Kenwood C, Benjamin EM, Auerbach AD. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:2589-2600. |
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| 6. | Review: Effects of rapid response systems on clinical outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis. |
| | Ranji SR, Auerbach AD, Hurd CJ, O'Rourke K, Shojania KG. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:422-432. |
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| 7. | Study: Who pays for medical errors? An analysis of adverse event costs, the medical liability system, and incentives for patient safety improvement. |
| | Mello MM, Studdert DM, Thomas EJ, Yoon CS, Brennan TA. J Empirical Leg Stud. 2007;4:835–860. |
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| 8. | Study: Costs of adverse events in intensive care units. |
| | Kaushal R, Bates DW, Franz C, Soukup JR, Rothschild JM. Crit Care Med. 2007;35:2479-2483. |
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| 9. | Study: Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery. |
| | Makary MA, Mukherjee A, Sexton BJ, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204:236-243. |
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| 10. | Study: Effects of teamwork training on adverse outcomes and process of care in labor and delivery: a randomized controlled trial. |
| | Nielsen PE, Goldman MB, Mann S, et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2007;109:48-55. |
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| 11. | Study: The effect of workload on infection risk in critically ill patients. |
| | Hugonnet S, Chevrolet JC, Pittet D. Crit Care Med. 2007;35:76-81. |
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| 12. | Commentary: Disclosure of medical injury to patients: an improbable risk management strategy. |
| | Studdert DM, Mello MM, Gawande AA, Brennan TA, Wang YC. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007;26:215-226. |
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| 13. | Study: An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. |
| | Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:2725-2732. |
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| 14. | Study: Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. |
| | Davis TC, Wolf MS, Bass PF III, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145:887-94. |
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| 15. | Study: Missed and delayed diagnoses in the ambulatory setting: a study of closed malpractice claims. |
| | Gandhi TK, Kachalia A, Thomas EJ, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145:488-496. |
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| 16. | Book/Report: When Things Go Wrong: Responding to Adverse Events. |
| | A Consensus Statement of the Harvard Hospitals. Burlington: Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors; 2006. |
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| 17. | Study: Unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system. |
| | Han YY, Carcillo JA, Venkataraman ST, et al. Pediatrics. 2005;116:1506-1512. |
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| 18. | Study: Disciplinary action by medical boards and prior behavior in medical schools. |
| | Papadakis MA, Teherani A, Banach MA, et al. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:2673-2682. |
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| 19. | Study: Clinical impact and frequency of anatomic pathology errors in cancer diagnoses. |
| | Raab SS, Grzybicki DM, Janosky JE, et al. Cancer. 2005;104:2205-2213. |
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| 20. | Study: Posthospital medication discrepancies: prevalence and contributing factors. |
| | Coleman EA, Smith JD, Raha D, Min S. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165:1842-1847. |
