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The Patient Survival Handbook.

Powell SM, Stone RD. Peachtree City, GA: Synensis; 2015.

Engaging patients in their care is increasingly advocated as a way to improve safety. This book recommends actions for patients and families to reduce risk of error during their primary care visit, hospitalization, communications with providers, and discharge. A past AHRQ WebM&M perspective highlighted the importance of involving patients in safety.

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ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of Academic Emergency Medicine.

Snow V, Beck D, Budnitz T, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:971-976.

STUDY

The care transitions intervention: translating from efficacy to effectiveness.

Voss R, Gardner R, Baier R, Butterfield K, Lehrman S, Gravenstein S. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1232-1237.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

National Patient Safety Awareness Week.

National Patient Safety Foundation.

COMMENTARY

Disruptive clinician behavior: a persistent threat to patient safety.

Porto G, Lauve R. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. July/August 2006;3:16-24.

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