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Committed to Safety - 10 Case Studies - Commonwealth Fund Report April 2006
Compreh Unit Based Safety Prog (CUSP) by Pronovost 2006
Malpractice Reform & Pt Safety Commonwealth Fund 2004
Medical Errors 5 years after IOM Commonwealth Fund2005
Patient Safety Officer_ AHSRM Monograph_6-04
Pt Safety & Med Mal by Troy Brennan 2003
Pt Safety Guide for Leadership by James Conway RMF Forum 2001
The Checklist by Atul Gawande, The New Yorker December 10, 2007 (This is a link to another site.)
Medicare's Decision to Withhold Payment for Hospital Errors: the devil is in the details. (This is a link to another site.)
High-Alert Medications Series: Reducing the Risk of Patient Harm (Parts I, II, & III) (This is a link to another site.)
Medicare’s Decision to Withhold Payment for Hospital Errors: The Devil Is in the Details
Controversy and Quality Improvement: Lingering Questions About Ethics, Oversight, and Patient Safety Research, Kass et al 2008 (This is a link to another site.)
Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections
Improving Patient Safety Through Infection Control Oct 2008
Diagnostic Errors in Medicine: What Do Doctors and Umpires Have in Common?