Hospital Competition, Managed Care, and Mortality after Hospitalization for Medical Conditions in California

Jeannette Rogowski, Arvind K. Jain, José J. Escarce
Health Services Research 2007 42:2 682

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Integrating Incident Reporting into an Electronic Patient Record System

Guy Haller, Paul S. Myles, Johannes Stoelwinder, Mark Langley, Hugh Anderson, and John McNeil
J Am Med Inform Assoc 2007; 14: 175-181.

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Systematic review and evaluation of physiological track and trigger warning systems for identifying at-risk patients on the ward.

Gao H, McDonnell A, Harrison DA, et al.
Intensive Care Med. 2007 Feb 22; [Epub ahead of print].

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Barriers and Strategies to Influencing Physician Behavior

Kevin T. Bain
American Journal of Medical Quality 2007 22: 5-7.
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The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005: Provisions and Potential Opportunities

Bryan A. Liang, William Riley, William Rutherford, and William Hamman
American Journal of Medical Quality 2007 22: 8-12.
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The Role of Physicians and Certification Boards to Improve Quality

Eric S. Holmboe and Christine K. Cassel
American Journal of Medical Quality 2007 22: 18-25.
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Patient Safety Rounds: Description of an Inexpensive but Important Strategy to Improve the Safety Culture

Darrell A. Campbell, Jr and Maureen Thompson
American Journal of Medical Quality 2007 22: 26-33.
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Emergency Departments in Crisis: Implications for Accessibility, Quality, and Safety

Carolyn M. Clancy
American Journal of Medical Quality 2007 22: 59-62.
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Care Patterns in Medicare and Their Implications for Pay for Performance

Pham, Hoangmai H., Schrag, Deborah, O'Malley, Ann S., Wu, Beny, Bach, Peter B.
N Engl J Med 2007 356: 1130-1139
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Editorial

Paying for Care Episodes and Care Coordination
Davis, Karen
N Engl J Med 2007 356: 1166-1168
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Weekend versus Weekday Admission and Mortality from Myocardial Infarction

Kostis, William J., Demissie, Kitaw, Marcella, Stephen W., Shao, Yu-Hsuan, Wilson, Alan C., Moreyra, Abel E., the Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS 10) Study Group
N Engl J Med 2007 356: 1099-1109
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Editorial

Weekend Worriers
Redelmeier, Donald A., Bell, Chaim M.
N Engl J Med 2007 356: 1164-1165
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Risk-adjusted rates for potentially avoidable reoperations were computed from routine hospital data

Halfon P, Eggli Y, Matter M, Kallay C, van Melle G, Burnand B
J Clin Epidemiol. 2007 Jan;60(1):56-67.

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AHRQ release Quality Indicator Version 3.1

www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/listserv_archive_2007.htm#Mar12

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announce the release of the AHRQ Quality Indicator Version 3.1 for the Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI), Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI), Patient Safety Indicators (PSI), and Pediatric Quality Indicator (PedQI) modules.

The software and documentation are now available for download from the AHRQ QI web site at: www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/software.htm

Some of the features incorporated into Version 3.1 are described in the AHRQ QI newsletter at: www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/newsletter/2007-February-AHRQ-QI-Newsletter.htm

The Pediatric Clinics of North America - Special issue on Patient Safety

Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages 1053-1276 (December 2006)
Edited by Anne Matlow, Ronald M. Laxer

Preface
Matlow A, Laxer RM
pages xv-xvi
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Patient Safety: A View From the Top
Morath JM
pages 1053-1065
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The Incidence of Adverse Events and Medical Error in Pediatrics
Sharek PJ, Classen D
pages 1067-1077
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Medical Errors: Understanding the Parent's Perspective
Keatings M, Martin M, McCallum A, Lewis J
pages 1079-1089
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Disclosure of Medical Errors
Matlow A, Stevens P, Harrison C, Laxer RM
pages 1091-1104
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Human Factors Engineering and Patient Safety
Scanlon MC, Karsh BT, Densmore EM
pages 1105-1119
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Reliability Science and Patient Safety
Luria JW, Muething SE, Schoettker PJ, Kotagal UR
pages 1121-1133
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The Impact of Fatigue on Patient Safety
Parshuram CS
pages 1135-1153
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Medication Errors in Children
Kozer E, Berkovitch M, Koren G
pages 1155-1168
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Computerized Provider Order Entry and Patient Safety
Lehmann CU, Kim GR
pages 1169-1184
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Handoffs in Care—Can We Make Them Safer?
Streitenberger K, Breen-Reid K, Harris C
pages 1185-1195
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities and Patient Safety
Flores G, Ngui E
pages 1197-1215
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Patient Safety: A View from Down Under
Dunn KL, Moulden A, McDougall P, Bowes G
pages 1217-1230
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Tailoring the Institute for Health Care Improvement 100,000 Lives Campaign to Pediatric Settings: The Example of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Curley MAQ, Schwalenstocker E, Deshpande JK, Ganser CC, Bertoch D, Brandon J, Kurtin P
pages 1231-1251
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Blueprint for Patient Safety
Stevens P, Matlow A, Laxer RM
pages 1253-1267
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Continuity of care and quality care outcomes for people experiencing chronic conditions: A literature review

Gwen van Servellen , Marie Fongwa , Ellen Mockus D'Errico (cand)
Nursing & Health Sciences (2006) 8 (3), 185–195.

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Comparing health system performance assessment and management approaches in the Netherlands and Ontario, Canada

Ali R Tawfik-Shukor , Niek S Klazinga and Onyebuchi A Arah
BMC Health Services Research 2007, 7:25

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Identifying potentially preventable complications using a present on admission indicator.

Hughes JS, Averill RF, Goldfield NI, Gay JC, Muldoon J, McCullough E, Xiang J.
Health Care Financ Rev. 2006 Spring;27(3):63-82.

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Surgeon information transfer and mmunication: factors affecting quality and efficiency of inpatient care.

Williams RG, Silverman R, Schwind C, Fortune JB, Sutyak J, Horvath KD, Van Eaton EG, Azzie G, Potts JR 3rd, Boehler M, Dunnington GL.
Ann Surg. 2007 Feb;245(2):159-69.

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Editorials

Communication Strategies From High-reliability Organizations: Translation is Hard Work.
Emily S. Patterson
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Communication, Teams, and Medical Mistakes.
Donald W. Moorman
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Summarizing benchmarks in the national database of nursing quality indicators using bootstrap confidence intervals.

Byron Gajewski , Matthew Hall , Nancy Dunton
Res Nurs Health. 2007 Feb;30(1):112-9.

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Designing and evaluating complex interventions to improve health care

Neil C Campbell, Elizabeth Murray, Janet Darbyshire, Jon Emery, Andrew Farmer, Frances Griffiths, Bruce Guthrie, Helen Lester, Phil Wilson, Ann Louise Kinmonth
BMJ 2007;334:455-459

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Improving the Management of Chronic Disease at Community Health Centers

Landon, Bruce E., Hicks, LeRoi S., O'Malley, A. James, Lieu, Tracy A., Keegan, Thomas, McNeil, Barbara J., Guadagnoli, Edward
N Engl J Med 2007 356: 921-934

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Editorial

Performance Measurement in Search of a Path
Hayward, Rodney A.
N Engl J Med 2007 356: 951-953

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www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2007/cdmqipr.htm