Safety/Operations

Article Title Author(s) Type Pages
Examining Emergency Department Communication Through a Staff-Based Participatory Research Method: Identifying Barriers and Solutions to Meaningful Change

December 2010 (Vol. 56 | No. 6 | Pages 614-622)

Kenzie A. Cameron, Kirsten G. Engel, Danielle M. McCarthy, Barbara A. Buckley, Laura Min Mercer Kollar, Sarah M. Donlan, Peter S. Pang, Gregory Makoul, Paula Tanabe, Michael A. Gisondi, James G. Adams et al. Full-length article

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Computerized Decision Support for Medication Dosing in Renal Insufficiency: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

December 2010 (Vol. 56 | No. 6 | Pages 623-629.e2)

Kevin M. Terrell, Anthony J. Perkins, Siu L. Hui, Christopher M. Callahan, Paul R. Dexter, Douglas K. Miller et al. Full-length article

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Significant Reduction of Laboratory Specimen Labeling Errors by Implementation of an Electronic Ordering System Paired With a Bar-Code Specimen Labeling Process

December 2010 (Vol. 56 | No. 6 | Pages 630-636)

Peter M. Hill, Darren Mareiniss, Paula Murphy, Heather Gardner, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Frederick Levy, Gabor D. Kelen et al. Full-length article

630-636
Do Emergency Physicians Attribute Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits to Medication-Related Problems?

June 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 6 | Pages 493-502.e4)

Corinne M. Hohl, Peter J. Zed, Jeffrey R. Brubacher, Riyad B. Abu-Laban, Peter S. Loewen, Roy A. Purssell et al. Full-length article

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Patient Identification Errors Are Common in a Simulated Setting

June 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 6 | Pages 503-509)

Philip L. Henneman, Donald L. Fisher, Elizabeth A. Henneman, Tuan A. Pham, Megan M. Campbell, Brian H. Nathanson et al. Full-length article

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Believing Is Seeing

June 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 6 | Pages 511-512)

Robert L. Wears, Lewis S. Nelson Editorial

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Medication Errors Recovered by Emergency Department Pharmacists

June 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 6 | Pages 513-521)

Jeffrey M. Rothschild, William Churchill, Abbie Erickson, Kristin Munz, Jeremiah D. Schuur, Claudia A. Salzberg, Daniel Lewinski, Rita Shane, Roshanak Aazami, John Patka, Rondell Jaggers, Aaron Steffenhagen, Steve Rough, David W. Bates et al. Full-length article

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A Prospective Observational Study of Medication Errors in a Tertiary Care Emergency Department

June 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 6 | Pages 522-526)

Asad E. Patanwala, Terri L. Warholak, Arthur B. Sanders, Brian L. Erstad Full-length article

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Emergency Physician Perceptions of Patient Safety Risks

April 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 4 | Pages 336-340)

David P. Sklar, Cameron S. Crandall, Timothy Zola, Ron Cunningham Full-length article

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Confusion About Epinephrine Dosing Leading to Iatrogenic Overdose: A Life-Threatening Problem With a Potential Solution

April 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 4 | Pages 341-344)

Manreet Kanwar, Charlene B. Irvin, John J. Frank, Kathryn Weber, Howard Rosman et al. Short communication

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Exploring Emergency Physician–Hospitalist Handoff Interactions: Development of the Handoff Communication Assessment

February 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 2 | Pages 161-170)

Julie Apker, Larry A. Mallak, E. Brooks Applegate, Scott C. Gibson, Jason J. Ham, Neil A. Johnson, Richard L. Street et al. Full-length article

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Improving Handoffs in the Emergency Department

February 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 2 | Pages 171-180)

Dickson S. Cheung, John J. Kelly, Christopher Beach, Ross P. Berkeley, Robert A. Bitterman, Robert I. Broida, William C. Dalsey, Heather L. Farley, Drew C. Fuller, David J. Garvey, Kevin M. Klauer, Lynne B. McCullough, Emily S. Patterson, Julius C. Pham, Michael P. Phelan, Jesse M. Pines, Stephen M. Schenkel, Anne Tomolo, Thomas W. Turbiak, John A. Vozenilek, Robert L. Wears, Marjorie L. White, American College of Emergency Physicians Section of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety et al. Short communication

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Communication, Communication, Communication: The Art of the Handoff

February 2010 (Vol. 55 | No. 2 | Pages 181-183)

Scott C. Gibson, Jason J. Ham, Julie Apker, Larry A. Mallak, Neil A. Johnson et al. Editorial

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Dropping the Baton: A Qualitative Analysis of Failures During the Transition From Emergency Department to Inpatient Care

June 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 6 | Pages 701-710.e4)

Leora I. Horwitz, Thom Meredith, Jeremiah D. Schuur, Nidhi R. Shah, Raghavendra G. Kulkarni, Grace Y. Jenq et al. Full-length article

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Beyond “Communication Failure”

June 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 6 | Pages 711-712)

Emily S. Patterson, Robert L. Wears Editorial

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Beyond “Communication Failure”

June 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 6 | Pages 711-712)

Emily S. Patterson, Robert L. Wears Editorial

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Anyone, Anything, Anytime…All the Time

June 2009 (Vol. 53 | No. 6 | Pages 724-726)

Azita G. Hamedani, Robert L. Wears Editorial

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Medication Reconciliation in a Rural Trauma Population

November 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 5 | Pages 483-491)

S. Lee Miller, Stephanie Miller, Jennifer Balon, Thomas S. Helling Full-length article

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The Unexpected Challenges of Accurate Medication Reconciliation

November 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 5 | Pages 493-495)

Stephen Schenkel Editorial

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The Effect of Clinical Experience on the Error Rate of Emergency Physicians

November 2008 (Vol. 52 | No. 5 | Pages 497-501)

William A. Berk, Robert D. Welch, Phillip D. Levy, Jamira T. Jones, Crystal Arthur, Gloria J. Kuhn, Jeffrey J. King, Brooks F. Bock, Padraic J. Sweeny et al. Full-length article

497-501