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	Search Advanced Search 09/17/08   View more of What's New  RSS Feed Journal Articles Consequences of inadequate sign-out for patient care. Horwitz LI, Moin T, Krumholz HM, Wang L, Bradley EH. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168:1755-1760. Association of workload of on-call medical interns with on-call sleep duration, shift duration, and participation in educational activities. Arora VM, Georgitis E, Siddique J, et al. JAMA. 2008;300:1146-1153. Building physician work hour regulations from first principles and best evidence. Volpp KG, Landrigan CP. JAMA. 2008;300:1197-1199. Can surveillance systems identify and avert adverse drug events? A prospective evaluation of a commercial application. Jha AK, Laguette J, Seger A, Bates DW. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:647-653. Evaluating clinical decision support systems: monitoring CPOE order check override rates in the Department of Veterans Affairs' computerized patient record system. Lin C-P, Payne TH, Nichol WP, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:620-626. Steering patients to safer hospitals? The effect of a tiered hospital network on hospital admissions. Scanlon DP, Lindrooth RC, Christianson JB. Health Serv Res. 2008 Aug 29; [Epub ahead of print]. Medication errors in pediatric inpatients: prevalence and results of a prevention program. Otero P, Leyton A, Mariani G, Ceriani Cernadas JM; and Patient Safety Committee. Pediatrics. 2008;122:e737-e743. The effect of electronic prescribing on medication errors and adverse drug events: a systematic review. Ammenwerth E, Schnell-Inderst P, Machan C, Siebert U. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:585-600. Are you listening...Are you really listening? Denham CR, Dingman J, Foley ME, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;4:148-161. Press Releases/Announcements Potential signals of serious risks/new safety information identified by the Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS). Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration. Newspapers/Magazine Articles Color me safe: hospitals move to standardize alert wristbands. Weiss S. Herald Times. September 1, 2008:10A. Web Resources Keeping Kidney Patients Safe. Renal Physicians Association. 4th International Conference on Patient- and Family-Centered Care: Partnerships for Quality and Safety: Call for Papers. Bethesda, MD: Institute for Family-Centered Care; July 3, 2008. Small Grants for Patient Safety Research. Geneva, Switzerland: World Alliance for Patient Safety, World Health Organization. Medication Reconciliation, Patient Disclosure, Never Events, Rapid Response Systems, More... Browse by Resource Type Journal articles, Books and reports, Tools and toolkits, Upcoming meetings, More... Browse by Origin/Sponsor Federal Government, Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, United Kingdom, More... Browse by Subject Safety Target Medication errors, Diagnostic errors, Nosocomial infections, Post-operative surgical complications, More... Approach to Improving Safety Human factors engineering, Error reporting, Teamwork training, Culture of safety, Nurse staffing ratios, Regulation, More... Error Types Cognitive errors ("mistakes"), Non-cognitive errors ("slips & lapses"), Latent errors, More... Clinical Area Anesthesiology, Emergency medicine, Critical care nursing, Community pharmacy, More... Target Audience Physicians, Nurses, Risk managers, Educators, Policymakers, More... Setting of Care Intensive care units, Operating room, Children's hospitals, Ambulatory clinic or office, Residential facilities, More... Did You Know? View All DYKs Source Produced for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality by a team of editors at the University of California, San Francisco with guidance from a prominent Editorial Board. This site was designed and implemented by Silverchair. Contact AHRQ PSNet | Copyright | AHRQ PSNet Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Help
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