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Patient Participation: Current Knowledge and Applicability to Patient Safety by Longtin, Yves, MD, Sax, Hugo, MD, Leape, Lucian L., MD, Sheridan, Susan E., MBA, Donaldson, Liam, MD, Pittet, Didier, MD, MS

“…Patient participation is increasingly recognized as a key component in the redesign of health care processes and is advocated as a means to improve patient…”
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The Checklist Conundrum by Leape, Lucian L

“…The story of the patient-safety movement is one of slow progress punctuated by episodes of inspiring successes that are slow to be replicated. So it is not…”
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Pharmacist Participation on Physician Rounds and Adverse Drug Events in the Intensive Care Unit by Leape, Lucian L, Cullen, David J, Clapp, Margaret Dempsey, Burdick, Elisabeth, Demonaco, Harold J, Erickson, Jeanette Ives, Bates, David W

“…CONTEXT Pharmacist review of medication orders in the intensive care unit (ICU) has been shown to prevent errors, and pharmacist consultation has reduced drug…”
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Errors in medicine by Leape, Lucian L.

“…Modern awareness of the problem of medical injury – complications of treatment – can be fairly dated to the publication in 1991 of the results of the Harvard…”
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Medication safety in the ambulatory chemotherapy setting by Gandhi, Tejal K., Bartel, Sylvia B., Shulman, Lawrence N., Verrier, Deborah, Burdick, Elisabeth, Cleary, Angela, Rothschild, Jeffrey M., Leape, Lucian L., Bates, David W.

“…BACKGROUND Little is known concerning the safety of the outpatient chemotherapy process. In the current study, the authors sought to identify medication error…”
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Hospital Readmissions Following Surgery: Turning Complications Into “Treasures” by Leape, Lucian L

“…The assessment by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of financial penalties against hospitals with excessive readmission rates has been…”
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Patient Safety in the Era of Healthcare Reform by Leape, Lucian L.

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Reporting of Adverse Events by Leape, Lucian L

“…Systems for reporting adverse events can reduce medical errors by uncovering remediable problems in processes of care; however, current reporting systems are…”
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Five Years After To Err Is Human: What Have We Learned? by Leape, Lucian L, Berwick, Donald M

“…Five years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) called for a national effort to make health care safe. Although progress since then has been slow, the IOM…”
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Scope of Problem and History of Patient Safety by Leape, Lucian L., MD

“…Creating a safe environment in our incredibly complex health care system requires a major culture change. While it may be frustratingly slow and halting, that…”
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Perspective: a culture of respect, part 1: the nature and causes of disrespectful behavior by physicians by Leape, Lucian L, Shore, Miles F, Dienstag, Jules L, Mayer, Robert J, Edgman-Levitan, Susan, Meyer, Gregg S, Healy, Gerald B

“…A substantial barrier to progress in patient safety is a dysfunctional culture rooted in widespread disrespect. The authors identify a broad range of…”
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Perspective: a culture of respect, part 2: creating a culture of respect by Leape, Lucian L, Shore, Miles F, Dienstag, Jules L, Mayer, Robert J, Edgman-Levitan, Susan, Meyer, Gregg S, Healy, Gerald B

“…Creating a culture of respect is the essential first step in a health care organization's journey to becoming a safe, high-reliability organization that…”
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Problem doctors : Is there a system-level solution? by LEAPE, Lucian L, FROMSON, John A

“…Physician performance failures are not rare and pose substantial threats to patient welfare and safety. Few hospitals respond to such failures promptly or…”
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Commentary: how can we make diagnosis safer? by Schiff, Gordon D, Leape, Lucian L

“…Diagnostic errors are common and are a leading cause of patient dissatisfaction and malpractice suits. Because of its traditional heavy reliance on memory and…”
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Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care by Gandhi, Tejal K, Weingart, Saul N, Borus, Joshua, Seger, Andrew C, Seger, Diane L, Peterson, Josh, Burdick, Elisabeth, Shu, Kirstin, Federico, Frank, Leape, Lucian L, Bates, David W

“…In this study of four adult primary care practices, 25 percent of patients who received a prescription had an adverse drug event. No events were fatal or…”
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What Practices Will Most Improve Safety?: Evidence-Based Medicine Meets Patient Safety by Leape, Lucian L, Berwick, Donald M, Bates, David W

“…The Evidence-Based Practice Center report on which patient safety practices are effective is superb and groundbreaking. Advocates of evidence-based medicine…”
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Reliability of Clinical Guideline Development Using Mail-Only versus In-Person Expert Panels by Washington, Donna L., Bernstein, Steven J., Kahan, James P., Leape, Lucian L., Kamberg, Caren J., Shekelle, Paul G.

“…Background. Clinical practice guidelines quickly become outdated. One reason they might not be updated as often as needed is the expense of collecting expert…”
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Sensitivity and specificity of the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method to identify the overuse and underuse of coronary revascularization and hysterectomy by Shekelle, Paul G, Park, R.E, Kahan, James P, Leape, Lucian L, Kamberg, Caren J, Bernstein, Steven J

“…There is no empirical evidence on the sensitivity and specificity of methods to identify the possible overuse and underuse of medical procedures. To estimate…”
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Error in Medicine by Leape, Lucian L

“…FOR YEARS, medical and nursing students have been taught Florence Nightingale's dictum—first, do no harm.1 Yet evidence from a number of sources, reported over…”
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Comparison of use of medications after acute myocardial infarction in the Veterans Health Administration and Medicare by PETERSEN, Laura A, NORMAND, Sharon-Lise T, LEAPE, Lucian L, MCNEIL, Barbara J

“…There is concern that care provided in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) may be of poorer quality than non-VA health care. We compared use of medications…”
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