Nursing sensitive quality indicators for nursing home care: international review of literature, policy and practice.

Nakrem S, Vinsnes AG, Harkless GE, Paulsen B, Seim A.
Int J Nurs Stud. 2009 Jun;46(6):848-57.
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J Nurs Manag - Special Issue: This issue: Risk, Safety and Reliability

Volume 17 Issue 2 , Pages 145 - 266
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Developing the evidence base for accreditation of healthcare organisations: a call for transparency and innovation

David Greenfield and Jeffrey Braithwaite
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 162-163.
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Reducing health care hazards: lessons from the commercial aviation safety team.

Pronovost PJ, Goeschel CA, Olsen KL, Pham JC, Miller MR, Berenholtz SM, Sexton JB, Marsteller JA, Morlock LL, Wu AW, Loeb JM, Clancy CM.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 May-Jun;28(3):w479-89.
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Verbal orders and patient safety

Commentaries:
Getting your point across: verbal orders and patient safety
Karyn D Baum
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 164.
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Original research:

Are verbal orders a threat to patient safety?
D S Wakefield and B J Wakefield
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 165-168.
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An exploratory study measuring verbal order content and context
D S Wakefield, J Brokel, M M Ward, T Schwichtenberg, D Groath, M Kolb, J W Davis, and D Crandall
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 169-173.
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Getting to the heart of high-quality care

Editorial
The Lancet Volume 374, Issue 9688, Page 427
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Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary

A Perren, M Previsdomini, B Cerutti, D Soldini, D Donghi, and C Marone
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 205-208.
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Using routine intelligence to target inspection of healthcare providers in England

M Bardsley, D J Spiegelhalter, I Blunt, X Chitnis, A Roberts, and S Bharania
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 189-194.
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New World of Patient Safety: 23rd Annual Samuel Jason Mixter Lecture

Lucian L. Leape
Arch Surg. 2009;144(5):394-398.
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Systematic review of the effectiveness of integrated care pathways: what works, for whom, in which circumstances?

Davina Allen, Elizabeth Gillen, Laura Rixson

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare Volume 7 Issue 2 (p 61-74)

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Standardising care using integrated care pathways: if they seem like a solution, did we ask the right questions?
Jo Rycroft-Malone, Debra Bick
International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare Volume 7 Issue 2 (p 59-60)
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AHRQ - National Healthcare Quality Report 2008.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
2009. AHRQ Publication No. 09-0001.
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Risk, Safety and Reliability Special Issue.

editors: David Newbold and Moira Attree
J Nurs Manag. 2009;17:145-266.
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What ‘Patient-Centered’ Should Mean: Confessions Of An Extremist

Donald M. Berwick
Health Affairs, July/August 2009; 28(4): w555-w565.
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A next act for patient safety.

Viola AF, Kallem C, Bronnert J.
J AHIMA. 2009;80:30-35.
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Shop for Quality or Volume? Volume, Quality, and Outcomes of CoronaryArtery Bypass Surgery

Andrew D. Auerbach, Joan F. Hilton, Judith Maselli, Penelope S. Pekow,Michael B. Rothberg, and Peter K. Lindenauer
Ann Intern Med 2009;150 696-704
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editorial

Quality Wrapped in Volume Inside a Hospital
Peter B. Bach
Ann Intern Med 2009;150 729-730
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Quality and Performance

Health Services Research Volume 44 Issue 3 , (June 2009)

Effects of the Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration on Medicare Patient Mortality and Cost
Andrew M. Ryan
(p 821-842)
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Managed Care Quality of Care and Plan Choice in New York SCHIP
Hangsheng Liu, Charles E. Phelps, Peter J. Veazie, Andrew W. Dick, Jonathan D. Klein, Laura P. Shone, Katia Noyes, Peter G. Szilagyi
(p 843-861)
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The Relationship between Hospital Volume and Mortality in Mechanical Ventilation: An Instrumental Variable Analysis
Jeremy M. Kahn, Thomas R. Ten Have, Theodore J. Iwashyna
(p 862-879)
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Organizational and Market Influences on Physician Performance on Patient Experience Measures
Hector P. Rodriguez, Ted von Glahn, William H. Rogers, Dana Gelb Safran
(p 880-901)
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Retention, Learning by Doing, and Performance in Emergency Medical Services
Guy David, Tanguy Brachet
(p 902-925)
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Health Care Efficiency

Volume 44 Issue 3 , (June 2009)

A Systematic Review of Health Care Efficiency Measures
Peter S. Hussey, Han de Vries, John Romley, Margaret C. Wang, Susan S. Chen, Paul G. Shekelle, Elizabeth A. McGlynn
(p 784-805)
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Commentary: A Systematic Review of Health Care Efficiency Measures
Leah F. Binder, Barbara Rudolph
(p 806-811)
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Commentary: Slack Resources in Health Care Organizations—Fat to Be Trimmed or Muscle to Be Exercised?
Jacqueline Zinn, Ann Barry Flood
(p 812-820)
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Surgical team behaviors and patient outcomes.

Mazzocco K, Petitti DB, Fong KT, Bonacum D, Brookey J, Graham S, Lasky RE, Sexton JB, Thomas EJ.
Am J Surg. 2009 May;197(5):678-85.
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Quality Improvement: Science and Action

Henry H. Ting, Kaveh G. Shojania, Victor M. Montori, and Elizabeth H. Bradley Circulation. 2009;119:1962-1974,
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Alternative comorbidity adjustors for the Medicare inpatient psychiatric facility PPS.

Drozd EM, Maier J, Hales JF, Thomas FG.
Health Care Financ Rev. 2008 Winter;30(2):67-82.
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Medicare risk adjustment for the frail elderly.

Kautter J, Ingber M, Pope GC.
Health Care Financ Rev. 2008 Winter;30(2):83-93.
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Quality and safety indicators in anesthesia: a systematic review.

Haller G, Stoelwinder J, Myles PS, McNeil J.
Anesthesiology. 2009 May;110(5):1158-75.
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Global priorities for patient safety research

David W Bates, Itziar Larizgoitia, Nittita Prasopa-Plaizier, Ashish K Jha, on behalf of the Research Priority Setting Working Group of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety
BMJ 2009;338:b1775, doi: 10.1136/bmj.b1775
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Medication errors in critical care: risk factors, prevention and disclosure

Eric Camiré, Eric Moyen, and Henry Thomas Stelfox
CMAJ 2009 180: 936-943.
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Health care process modelling: which method when?

Gyuchan Thomas Jun, James Ward, Zoe Morris, and John Clarkson
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 214-224;
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Validation of a tool assessing appropriateness of hospital days in rehabilitation centres Int J Qual

Romain Guilé, Christophe Leux, Cécile Paillé, Pierre Lombrail, and Leila Moret
Health Care 2009 21: 198-205;
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Selection of indicators for continuous monitoring of patient safety: recommendations of the project ‘safety improvement for patients in Europe’

Solvejg Kristensen, Jan Mainz, and Paul Bartels
Int J Qual Health Care 2009 21: 169-175;
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