Diagnostic Error in Medicine.

Special supplement with 12 articles from a 2008 conference on Diagnostic Error.
Berner ES, Graber ML
Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2009;14(suppl 1):1-112.
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Effects of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on quality of care: a systematic review

M Lugtenberg, J S Burgers, and G P Westert
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 385-392.
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Enhancing medication use safety: benefits of learning from your peers

V A Kazandjian, S Ogunbo, K G Wicker, A J Vaida, and F Pipesh
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 331-335.
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SQUIRE after one year

David P Stevens
Qual Saf Health Care 2009; 18: 322.
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Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE) web site link

Errors in Laboratory Medicine and Patient Safety

Clinica Chimica Acta
Volume 404, Issue 1, Pages 1-86 (6 June 2009)
special issue on Laboratory Medicine and Patient Safety
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Assessing the Appropriateness of Care—Its Time Has Come

Robert H. Brook
JAMA. 2009;302(9):997-998.
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Evolving From Reductionism to Holism: Is There a Future for Systems Medicine?

Howard J. Federoff; Lawrence O. Gostin
JAMA. 2009;302(9):994-996.
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Data in health data networks

An Electronic Practice-Based Network for Observational Comparative Effectiveness Research
W. D. Pace, M. Cifuentes, R. J. Valuck, E. W. Staton, E. C. Brandt and D. R. West
Ann Intern Med 2009; 338-340.
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Design of a National Distributed Health Data Network
J. C. Maro, R. Platt, J. H. Holmes, B. L. Strom, S. Hennessy, R. Lazarus and J. S. Brown
Ann Intern Med 2009; 341-344.
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Editorial

Toward Reuse of Clinical Data for Research and Quality Improvement: The End of the Beginning?
M. G. Weiner and P. J. Embi
Ann Intern Med 2009; 359-360.
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Pediatric Quality

Pediatric Clinics of North America
Volume 56, Issue 4, Pages 731-1034 (August 2009)
special issyue on Pediatric Quality
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Hospitalists and the quality of care in hospitals.

López L, Hicks LS, Cohen AP, McKean S, Weissman JS.
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Aug 10;169(15):1389-94.
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Editorial
Do hospitalists improve quality?
Centor RM, Taylor BB.
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Aug 10;169(15):1351-2.
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Clinical handover: critical communications

a special supplement from The Medical Journal of Australia on Clinical handover
Med J Aus 2009; 190 (11 Suppl): S105-S160. www.mja.com.au/public/issues/190_11_010609/contents_suppl_010609.html

The Contribution of Longitudinal Comorbidity Measurements to Survival Analysis

Wang, C Y.; Baldwin, Laura-Mae; Saver, Barry G.; Dobie, Sharon A.; Green, Pamela K.; Cai, Yong; Klabunde, Carrie N.
Medical Care. 47(7):813-821, July 2009.
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Developing quality indicators for elderly surgical patients.

McGory ML, Kao KK, Shekelle PG, Rubenstein LZ, Leonardi MJ, Parikh JA, Fink A, Ko CY.
Ann Surg. 2009 Aug;250(2):338-47.
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Relationship Between Discharge Practices and Intensive Care Unit In-Hospital Mortality Performance: Evidence of a Discharge Bias

Vasilevskis, Eduard E.; Kuzniewicz, Michael W.; Dean, Mitzi L.; Clay, Ted; Vittinghoff, Eric; Rennie, Deborah J.; Dudley, R Adams
Medical Care. 47(7):803-812, July 2009.
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The Structure of Critical Care Transfer Networks

Iwashyna, Theodore J.; Christie, Jason D.; Moody, James; Kahn, Jeremy M.; Asch, David A.
Medical Care. 47(7):787-793, July 2009
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Geographical Distribution of Surgical Capabilities and Disparities in the Use of High-Volume Providers: The Case of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Bao, Yuhua; Kamble, Shital
Medical Care. 47(7):794-802, July 2009.
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Setting Priorities for Patient Safety: Ethics, Accountability, and Public Engagement

Peter J. Pronovost; Ruth R. Faden
JAMA. 2009;302(8):890-891.
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Medication Errors.

Brit J Clin Pharmacol. 2009;67:589-695.
special issue on medication errors
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Effects of Pay for Performance on the Quality of Primary Care in England

Campbell, Stephen M., Reeves, David, Kontopantelis, Evangelos, Sibbald, Bonnie, Roland, Martin
N Engl J Med 2009 361: 368-378
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The Shifting Mission of Health Care Delivery Organizations

Bohmer, Richard M.J., Lee, Thomas H.
N Engl J Med 2009 361: 551-553
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