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Materials that present a broad array of information regarding patient safety or that cover areas not specified by other CAPS topic codes.


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The Hospitalist Is In...
Baker B. The hospitalist is in. Washington Post. September 11, 2007:HE01.

Night Shift Nightmare
Alexander M. Night shift nightmare. Reader's Digest. June 2007

Preventing the Tragedy of Misdiagnosis.
Landro L. The informed patient: preventing the tragedy of misdiagnosis. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). November 29, 2006: D1-D5. [Reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

The Case that Shook Medicine.
Lerner BH. A case that shook medicine. How one man's rage over his daughter's death sped reform of doctor training. The Washington Post. November 28, 2006:HE01.

New practices reduce childbirth risks.
Landro L. New practices reduce childbirth risks. Wall Street Journal. July 12, 2006:D1. [Reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

Hospitals Combat Errors
Landro L. The informed patient: hospitals combat errors at the 'hand-off.' Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). June 28, 2006:D1. [reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

Hospitals move to cut dangerous lab errors.
Landro L. The informed patient: hospitals move to cut dangerous lab errors. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). June 14, 2006:D1. [Reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

Making patient safety the centerpiece of medical liability reform
Clinton HR, Obama B. Commentary: Making patient safety the centerpiece of medical liability reform. N Engl J Med. 2006;354:2205-2208.

My Right Knee
Berwick DM. My right knee. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:121-125.

Malpractice Makes Perfect
Bererson RA. Compensating injured patients while fixing medicine: malpractice makes perfect. New Republic. October 10, 2005

Standards, Audits and Saying I'm Sorry
Wojcieszak D. Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6,8-9.

Measured Impatience
Sheridan SE, Hatlie MJ . Measured impatience. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. Mar/April 2005

To Err is Human
Kenney LK, van Pelt RA. To err Is human; the need for trauma support Is too: a story of the power of patient/physician partnership after a sentinel event. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. Jan/Feb 2005

The Medical Liability Crisis of 2003
Hatlie MJ, Sheridan SE. The medical liability crisis of 2003: must we squander the chance to put patients first? Health Affairs. 2003;22:37-40.



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