The relationship between electronic health record use and quality of care over time.

Zhou L, Soran CS, Jenter CA, Volk LA, Orav EJ, Bates DW, Simon SR.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009 Jul-Aug;16(4):457-64.
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Quality of Care Provided to Individual Patients in US Hospitals: Results From an Analysis of National Hospital Quality Alliance Data

Vogeli, Christine; Kang, Raymond; Landrum, Mary Beth; Hasnain-Wynia, Romana; Weissman, Joel S.
Medical Care. 47(5):591-599, May 2009
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Do Patient Safety Events Increase Readmissions?

Friedman, Bernard; Encinosa, William; Jiang, H Joanna; Mutter, Ryan
Medical Care. 47(5):583-590, May 2009.
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Quality of Care and Length of Hospital Stay Among Patients With Stroke

Svendsen, Marie Louise; Ehlers, Lars Holger; Andersen, Grethe; Johnsen, Søren Paaske
Medical Care. 47(5):575-582, May 2009.
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The Use of Patient Satisfaction Surveys and Alternative Coding Procedures to Predict Malpractice Risk

Fullam, Francis; Garman, Andrew N.; Johnson, Tricia J.; Hedberg, Eric C.
Medical Care. 47(5):553-559, May 2009.
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Causes, consequences, detection, and prevention of identification errors in laboratory diagnostics.

Lippi G, Blanckaert N, Bonini P, Green S, Kitchen S, Palicka V, Vassault AJ, Mattiuzzi C, Plebani M.
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2009;47:143-153.
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Practising safely in the foundation years.

Long S, Neale G, Vincent C.
BMJ. 2009;338:1046.
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Development of an online morbidity, mortality, and near-miss reporting system to identify patterns of adverse events in surgical patients.

Bilimoria KY, Kmiecik TE, DaRosa DA, Halverson A, Eskandari MK, Bell RH Jr, Soper NJ, Wayne JD.
Arch Surg. 2009;144:305-311.
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Continuous monitoring of adverse events: influence on the quality of care and the incidence of errors in general surgery.

Rebasa P, Mora L, Luna A, Montmany S, Vallverdú H, Navarro S.
World J Surg. 2009 Feb;33(2):191-8.
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Safety in obstetric critical care.

Scholefield H.
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2008 Oct;22(5):965-82.
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Quality in primary health care: a multidimensional approach to complexity.

Heath I, Rubinstein A, Stange KC, Driel ML.

BMJ 2009;338:b1242.

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Stimulating the Adoption of Health Information Technology

Blumenthal, David
N Engl J Med 2009 360: 1477-1479
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Measurement of quality and assurance of safety in the critically ill.

Pronovost PJ, Sexton JB, Pharn JC, Goeschel CA, Winters BD, Miller MR.
Clin Chest Med. 2009;30:169-179.
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Quality in primary health care: a multidimensional approach to complexity

Iona Heath, Adolfo Rubinstein, Kurt C Stange, and Mieke L van Driel
BMJ 2009;338:b1242, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b1242
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Effect of smoking cessation advice on cardiovascular disease.

Eddy DM, Peskin B, Shcheprov A, Pawlson G, Shih S, Schaaf D.
Am J Med Qual. 2009 May-Jun;24(3):241-9.
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A systematic review of outcomes and quality measures in adult patients cared for by hospitalists vs nonhospitalists.

Peterson MC.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2009 Mar;84(3):248-54.
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Assessing Authority

Drummond Rennie; Iain Chalmers
JAMA. 2009;301(17):1819-1821.
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Improving the simple, complicated and complex realities of community-acquired pneumonia

S K Liu, K Homa, J R Butterly, K B Kirkland, and P B Batalden
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 93-98.
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Patient- and procedure-specific risk factors for postoperative complications in peripheral vascular surgery

C P E Lange, A J Ploeg, J-W H P Lardenoye, and P J Breslau
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 131-136.
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The influence of standardisation and task load on team coordination patterns during anaesthesia inductions

E Zala-Mezö, J Wacker, B Künzle, M Brüesch, and G Grote
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 127-130.
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Development and validation of the SURgical PAtient Safety System (SURPASS) checklist

E N de Vries, M W Hollmann, S M Smorenburg, D J Gouma, and M A Boermeester
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 121-126.
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Factors influencing incident reporting in surgical care

S Kreckler, K Catchpole, P McCulloch, and A Handa
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 116-120.
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