Paying the piper: investing in infrastructure for patient safety.

[1]  P. Pronovost,et al.  Improving the Quality of Measurement and Evaluation in Quality Improvement Efforts , 2008, American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality.

[2]  Catherine Yoon,et al.  Who Pays for Medical Errors? An Analysis of Adverse Event Costs, the Medical Liability System, and Incentives for Patient Safety Improvement , 2007 .

[3]  Peter J Pronovost,et al.  Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery. , 2007, Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

[4]  P. Pronovost,et al.  An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU. , 2006, The New England journal of medicine.

[5]  Marlene R. Miller,et al.  Tracking progress in patient safety: an elusive target. , 2006, JAMA.

[6]  C. Holzmueller,et al.  Medication reconciliation: Are we meeting the requirements , 2006 .

[7]  A. Epstein.  Paying for performance in the United States and abroad. , 2006, The New England journal of medicine.

[8]  Anita L. Tucker,et al.  Operational failures and interruptions in hospital nursing. , 2006, Health services research.

[9]  Cheryl A. Raab,et al.  The perinatal patient safety nurse: a new role to promote safe care for mothers and babies. , 2006, Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN.

[10]  Peter J Pronovost,et al.  A web-based tool for the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP). , 2006, Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety.

[11]  W. Weeks,et al.  What do we know about financial returns on investments in patient safety? A literature review. , 2005, Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety.

[12]  C. Holzmueller,et al.  Implementing and Validating a Comprehensive Unit-Based Safety Program , 2005 .

[13]  P Barach,et al.  Integrating patient safety into the clinical microsystem , 2004, Quality and Safety in Health Care.

[14]  R. Wachter.  The end of the beginning: patient safety five years after 'to err is human'. , 2004, Health affairs.

[15]  C. Clancy,et al.  Improving patient safety--five years after the IOM report. , 2004, The New England journal of medicine.

[16]  Peter J Pronovost,et al.  Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit* , 2004, Critical care medicine.

[17]  Peter J Pronovost,et al.  The Johns Hopkins Hospital: identifying and addressing risks and safety issues. , 2004, Joint Commission journal on quality and safety.

[18]  P. Pronovost,et al.  Medication reconciliation: a practical tool to reduce the risk of medication errors. , 2003, Journal of critical care.

[19]  Max M. Cohen,et al.  Changing the culture of patient safety: leadership's role in health care quality improvement. , 2003, Joint Commission journal on quality and safety.

[20]  F. Davidoff,et al.  The business case for quality: case studies and an analysis. , 2003, Health affairs.

[21]  R. Hayward,et al.  Are Bad Outcomes from Questionable Clinical Decisions Preventable Medical Errors? A Case of Cascade Iatrogenesis , 2002, Annals of Internal Medicine.

[22]  American College of Clinical Pharmacology Response to the Institute of Medicine Report “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System” , 2000, The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

[23]  A. Wall,et al.  Book ReviewTo Err is Human: building a safer health system Kohn L T Corrigan J M Donaldson M S Washington DC USA: Institute of Medicine/National Academy Press ISBN 0 309 06837 1 $34.95 , 2000 .

[24]  P. Pronovost,et al.  A practical tool to reduce medication errors during patient transfer from an intensive care unit , 2004 .

[25]  J. Bagian,et al.  Making the business case for patient safety. , 2003, Joint Commission journal on quality and safety.