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What's New for 2/14/2007
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 Audiovisual

Audiovisual
Avoiding accidental overdoses when methadone is prescribed for pain.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Patient Safety News. Show #60. February 2007.

Avoiding medical error.
Colvin G. "The Colvin Interview." CNN. February 5, 2007.

Eye to eye: Donald Berwick.
"Eye to Eye with Katie Couric." CBS News Video. February 6, 2007.

 Book/Report

Book/Report
"What Did the Doctor Say?:" Improving Health Literacy to Protect Patient Safety.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; 2007.

 Grant

Grant Recipient
Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) 2007 Grant Recipients.
Indianapolis, IN: Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation.

 Journal Article

Commentary
Conscious sedation on a general ward: the MET and clinical governance.
Warrillow S, Bellomo R, Jones D. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:112-117.

Enhancing patient safety: improving the patient handoff process through appreciative inquiry.
Shendell-Falik N, Feinson M, Mohr BJ. J Nurs Adm. 2007;37:95-104.

Smart pumps: advanced capabilities and continuous quality improvement.
Vanderveen T. Patient Saf Quality Healthc. January/February 2007.

The moderate success of quality of care improvement efforts: three observations on the situation.
Katz-Navon T, Naveh E, Stern Z. Int J Qual Health Care. 2007;19:4-7. Epub 2006 Nov 8.

Review
The business case for patient safety.
Hwang RW, Herndon JH. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007 Jan 25; [Epub ahead of print].

Study
Factors influencing doctors' ability to calculate drug doses correctly.
Wheeler DW, Wheeler SJ, Ringrose TR. Int J Clin Pract. 2007;61:189-194.

Intralipid medication errors in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Chuo J, Lambert G, Hicks RW. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:104-111.

Potassium and phosphorus repletion in hospitalized patients: implications for clinical practice and the potential use of healthcare information technology to improve prescribing and patient safety.
Hemstreet BA, Stolpman N, Badesch DB, May SK, McCollum M. Curr Med Res Opin. 2006;22:2449-2455.

The Safety Organizing Scale: development and validation of a behavioral measure of safety culture in hospital nursing units.
Vogus TJ, Sutcliffe KM. Med Care. 2007;45:46-54.

 Meeting/Conference

Maine Meeting/Conference
Hospitals Moving Forward with Patient- and Family-Centered Care.
Institute for Family-Centered Care. April 23-26, 2007; Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland, ME.

 Newspaper/Magazine Article

Newspaper/Magazine Article
Baby has jaundice: is that a problem?
Zimmerman R. Wall Street Journal. February 6, 2007:A1.

How a recovery went wrong.
Ochs R. Newsday. January 31, 2007:A15.

Patient, protect thyself.
Szabo L. USA Today. February 5, 2007.

Report: hospital errors cost 18 lives.
Rojas-Burke J. Oregonian. January 30, 2007:B01. 

S.C. hospitals launching patient safety initiatives.
Monk J. The State. January 28, 2007:A13.

Working together to improve MRI safety: involving staff from clinical, operational, and facility disciplines.
Gilk T. Jt Comm Perspect Patient Saf. February 2007;7:1, 3-4, 8, 12.

 Tools/Toolkit

Fact Sheet/FAQs
Patient Education Pages.
Journal of Patient Safety.  

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