Selected publications from research organizations and the professional literature related to performance measurement and improvement.
A model for medication safety event detection
R.A. Snyder and W. Fields
International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2010 22(3):179-186
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A Review of Patient Safety Measures Based on Routinely Collected Hospital Data
Adopting A Surgical Safety Checklist Could Save Money And Improve The Quality Of Care In U.S. Hospitals
M.E. Semel, S. Resch, A.B. Haynes et al.
Health Affairs, Sept. 2010 29(9): 1593-99
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Are Verbal Orders a Threat to Patient Safety?
D.S. Wakefield and B.J. Wakefield
Quality and Safety in Health Care, June 2009 18(3):165
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Bloodstream Infections--A National Survey of State Hospital Associations
D.J. Murphy, D.M. Needham, C. Goeschel et al.
American Journal of Medical Quality, Vol. 25, No. 4, 255-260 (2010)
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Costs Attributable to Healthcare-Acquired Infection in Hospitalized Adults and a Comparison of Economic Methods
R.R. Roberts, R.D. Scott, B. Hota et al.
Medical Care, November 2010 48(11):1026-35.
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Do Patient Safety Events Increase Readmissions?
B. Friedman, W. Encinosa, H. J. Jiang et al.
Medical Care, May 2009 47(5):583–90
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Effect of a Comprehensive Surgical Safety System on Patient Outcomes
E.N. de Vries, H.A. Prins, INITIAL Rogier et al.
New England Journal of Medicine, November 2010 363(20):1928-37.
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Effect of Bar-Code Technology on the Safety of Medication Administration
E.G. Poon, C.A. Keohane, C.S. Yoon et al.
New England Journal of Medicine, May 2010 362(18)1698-1707.
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Fall Prevention in Acute Care Hospitals--A Randomized Trial
P.C. Dykes, D.L. Carroll, A. Hurley et al.
Journal of the American Medical Association, November 2010 304(17):1912-8.
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First State-Specific Healthcare-Associated Infections Summary Data Report
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) January-June, 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Impact of the Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program (CUSP) on Safety Culture in a Surgical Inpatient Unit
J. Timmel, P.S. Kent, C.G. Holzmueller et al.
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Volume 36, Number 6, June 2010 , pp. 252-260(9)
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Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions--the TOPS Project
M.A. Blegen, N.L. Sehgal, B.K. Alldredge et al.
Qual Saf Health Care, Aug. 2010 19(4):346-50
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Intensive care unit safety culture and outcomes--A US multicenter study
D.T. Huang, G. Clermont, L.Kong et al.
International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 2010;22(3):151-161
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Making Health Care Safer II--An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices
Patient Safety Research--An Overview of the Global Evidence
A. K. Jha, N. Prasopa-Plaizier, I. Larizgoitia et al.
Quality and Safety in Health Care, February 2010 19(1): 69-73
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Perspectives in quality--designing the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist
T.G. Weiser, A.B. Haynes, A. Lashoher et al.
Int. Journal for Quality in Health Care, Oct. 2010 22(5):365-70
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Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections and Improving Safety Culture--A Statewide Experience
S.R. Watson, C. George, M. Martin et al.
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, December 2009 35(12): 593-597
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Public Reporting of Hospital Hand Hygiene Compliance—Helpful or Harmful?
Quality of Traditional Surveillance for Public Reporting of Nosocomial Bloodstream Infection Rates
M. Y. Lin,B. Hota, Y. M. Khan et al.
Journal of the American Medical Association, 2010 304(18):2035-41
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