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Intercepting Wrong-Patient Orders in a Computerized Provider Order Entry System by Green, Robert A., MD, MA, Hripcsak, George, MD, MS, Salmasian, Hojjat, MD, MPH, Lazar, Eliot J., MD, MBA, Bostwick, Susan B., MD, MBA, Bakken, Suzanne R., RN, PhD, Vawdrey, David K., PhD

“…Study objective We evaluate the short- and long-term effect of a computerized provider order entry–based patient verification intervention to reduce…”
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Quality Measurement in Healthcare by Lazar, Eliot J, Fleischut, Peter, Regan, Brian K

“…Measurement is the basis for assessing potential improvements in healthcare quality. Measures may be classified into four categories: volume, structure,…”
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An Anesthesiology Department Leads Culture Change at a Hospital System Level to Improve Quality and Patient Safety by Fleischut, Peter M., MD, Evans, Adam S., MD, MBA, Faggiani, Susan L., RN, BA, CPHQ, Lazar, Eliot J., MD, MBA, Kerr, Gregory E., MD, MBA

“…At New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, an innovative approach to involving housestaff in quality and patient safety, policy and…”
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Hospital “Self‐Prophylaxis”: Strategies for Efficient Protection of the Workforce in the Face of Infectious Disease Threats by Xiong, Wei, Hollingsworth, Eric, Muckstadt, Jack, Vorenkamp, Jaclyn Van Lieu, Lazar, Eliot J., Cagliuso, Sr, Nicholas V., Hupert, Nathaniel

“…Hospital preparedness for nosocomial or community‐wide outbreaks of communicable disease includes the capability for rapid, self‐reliant administration of…”
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Determinants of reluctance to perform CPR among residents and applicants: The impact of experience on helping behavior by E. Brenner, Barry, Van, David C, Cheng, David, Lazar, Eliot J

“…Background: Though mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (MMR) is widely endorsed as a useful lifesaving technique, studies have shown that health care professionals…”
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Perspective: call to action: it is time for academic institutions to appoint a resident quality and patient safety officer by Fleischut, Peter M, Evans, Adam S, Nugent, William C, Faggiani, Susan L, Kerr, Gregory E, Lazar, Eliot J

“…In meeting the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) core competency requirements, teaching hospitals often find it challenging to…”
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Analysis of hospitalizations for COPD exacerbation: opportunities for improving care by Yip, Natalie H, Yuen, George, Lazar, Eliot J, Regan, Brian K, Brinson, Marcia D, Taylor, Brian, George, Liziamma, Karbowitz, Stephen R, Stumacher, Richard, Schluger, Neil W, Thomashow, Byron M

“…Little is known about the actual treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), either in the inpatient or outpatient settings. We…”
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Burn Disaster Response Planning in New York City: Updated Recommendations for Best Practices by LEAHY, Nicole E, YURT, Roger W, GREEN, Linda V, GREENSTEIN, Bruce, YINA LU, MILLER, Susan, MINEO, Frank P, PRUITT, Darrin, RIBAUDO, Daniel S, RUHREN, Chris, SILBER, Steven H, SOLOFF, Lewis, LAZAR, Eliot J, VILLACARA, Alfred A, RABBITTS, Angela C, BERGER, Laurence, CHAN, Carri, CHERTOFF, Laurence, CONLON, Kathe M, COOPER, Arthur

“…Since its inception in 2006, the New York City (NYC) Task Force for Patients with Burns has continued to develop a city-wide and regional response plan that…”
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Are we ready and how do we know? The urgent need for performance metrics in hospital emergency management by Lazar, Eliot J, Cagliuso, Sr, Nicholas V, Gebbie, Kristine M

“…An extraordinary number of health care quality and patient safety indicators have been developed for hospitals and other health care institutions; however, few…”
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Burn Disaster Response Planning : An Urban Region's Approach by YURT, Roger W, LAZAR, Eliot J, SILBER, Steven H, SOLOFF, Lewis, MAGBITANG, Kevin, MOZINGO, David W, LEAHY, Nicole E, CAGLIUSO, Nicholas V, RABBITTS, Angela C, AKKAPEDDI, Vijay, COOPER, Arthur, DAJER, Antonio, DELANEY, Jack, MINEO, Frank P

“…The objective of this study was to describe a draft response plan for the tiered triage, treatment, or transportation of 400 adult and pediatric victims…”
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Ten Years After the IOM Report: Engaging Residents in Quality and Patient Safety by Creating a House Staff Quality Council by Fleischut, Peter M., Evans, Adam S., Nugent, William C., Faggiani, Susan L., Lazar, Eliot J., Liebowitz, Richard S., Forese, Laura L., Kerr, Gregory E.

“…Ten years after the 1999 Institute of Medicine report, it is clear that despite significant progress, much remains to be done to improve quality and patient…”
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The Role of Housestaff in Implementing Medication Reconciliation on Admission at an Academic Medical Center by Evans, Adam S., Lazar, Eliot J., Tiase, Victoria L., Fleischut, Peter, Bostwick, Susan B., Hripcsak, George, Liebowitz, Richard, Forese, Laura L., Kerr, Gregory

“…Since 2006, the Joint Commission has required all hospitals to have a process in place for medication reconciliation (MR). Although it has been shown that MR…”
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Hospital Emergency Preparedness — Lessons Learned since Northridge by Berman, Michael A, Lazar, Eliot J

“…The events of September 11, 2001, served to crystallize a decade-long evolution of the role of hospitals in emergency preparedness and disaster management. The…”
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Atrial septal aneurysm: a new classification in two hundred five adults by Olivares-Reyes, A, Chan, S, Lazar, E J, Bandlamudi, K, Narla, V, Ong, K

“…Atrial septal aneurysm is a localized "saccular" deformity, generally at the level of the fossa ovalis, which protrudes to the right or the left atrium or…”
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Atrial infarction: diagnosis and management by Lazar, E J, Goldberger, J, Peled, H, Sherman, M, Frishman, W H

“…Atrial infarction has been a relatively understudied entity. Its incidence by autopsy study has been widely variable, from 0.7% to 42%, with the largest series…”
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Virtual Patient Safety Rounds: One Hospital System's Approach to Sharing Knowledge by Graham, Judy M., Brinson, Marcia, Magtibay, Lisa-Vanessa, Regan, Brian, Lazar, Eliot J.

“…: Understanding how and why errors in healthcare happen is essential to improving patient safety. Yet exposure to this learning process is usually limited to…”
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Activating physicians within a hospital emergency plan: a concept whose time has come? by Gebbie, Kristine M, Silber, Steve, McCollum, Michael, Lazar, Eliot J

“…Clinicians are an essential component of the medical response to an emergency in which there are actual or suspected injuries. However, little is known about…”
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Determinants of physician reluctance to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation by Brenner, Barry E, Van, David C, Lazar, Eliot J, Camargo, Carlos A

“…Objectives: Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (MMR) is widely taught and promoted. The purpose of this study was to better characterize the observation that health…”
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Internal medicine housestaff and attending physician perceptions of the impact of the New York state section 405 regulations on working conditions and supervision of residents in two training programs by CONIGLIARO, J, FRISHMAN, W. H, LAZAR, E. J, CROEN, L

“…To assess the attitudes of internal medicine housestaff and their attending physicians regarding the impact of the reduction in on-call working hours and…”
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The Effect of a Novel Housestaff Quality Council on Quality and Patient Safety by Fleischut, Peter M., Faggiani, Susan L., Evans, Adam S., Brenner, Samantha, Liebowitz, Richard S., Forese, Laura, Kerr, Gregory E., Lazar, Eliot J.

“…In 2008 New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP)/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City, the largest not-for-profit, nonsectarian hospital in the United…”
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