This bibliography focuses primarily on patient safety issues related to ambulatory primary care. This bibliography was last updated in the fall of 2005.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 20 tips to help prevent medical errors. Rockville, MD, 2000. Report No.: 00-P038.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. National summit on medical errors and patient safety research: setting a research agenda for reducing errors. Rockville, MD. 2000.
Alsuwaidan S, Malone DC, Billups SJ, Carter BL. Characteristics of ambulatory care clinics and pharmacists in Veterans Affairs medical centers. IMPROVE investigators. Impact of Managed Pharmaceutical Care on Resource Utilization and Outcomes in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers. Am J Health Syst Pharm 1998 Jan;55(1):68-72.
American Academy of Family Physicians, Primary Care Organizations Consortium, National Patient Safety Foundation, Department of Family Medicine - Pritzker School of Medicine - University of Chicago. Proceedings. Rosemont, IL. 2003.
Anthony D, Chetty V, Kartha A, McKenna K, DePaoli MR, Jack B. Re-engineering the Hospital Discharge: An Example of a Multifaceted Process Evaluation. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 2. Concepts and Methodology. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-2 . Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Aparasu R, Fliginger S. Inappropriate medication prescribing for the elderly by office-based physicians. Ann Pharmacother 1997;31(7-8):823-9.
Atkin P, Stringer R, Duffy J, Elion C, Ferraris C, SR M, GM S. The influence of information provided by patients on the accuracy of medication records. Med J Aust 1998;169(2):85-8.
Avery A, Sheikh A, Hurwitz B. Safer medicines management in primary care. Br J Gen Pract 2002;52:Suppl:S17-S22.
Backer L. Strategies for better patient flow and cycle time. Fam Pract Manag 2002;9(6):45-50.
Baldwin DM, Quintela J, Duclos C, Staton EW, Pace WD. Patient preferences for notification of normal laboratory test results: A report from the ASIPS Collaborative. BMC Fam Pract 2005 Mar;6(1):11.
Barach P, Small SD. Reporting and preventing medical mishaps: Lessons from non-medical near miss reporting systems. BMJ 2000 Mar;320(7237):759-63.
Barber J. Should we consider non-compliance a medical error. Qual Saf Health Care 2002;11(1):81-4.
Bartlett E. Physician stress management: a new approach to reducing medical errors and liability risk. ASHRM 2002;(Spring):3-7.
Bartlett E. Physicians' cognitive errors and their liability consequences. J Healthc Risk Manag 1998;18(4):62-9.
Bates D, Gotlieb E. A proposal for electronic medical records in US primary care. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2003 Jan-2003 Feb;10(1):1-10.
Bates D, Cohen M, Leape L, Overhage J, Shabot M, Sheridan T. Reducing the frequency of errors in medicine using information technology. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2001;8(4):299-308.
Bates D, Leape L, Cullen D, Laird N, Petersen L, Teich J, Burdick E, Hickey M, Kleefield S, Shea B, Vliet M, Seger D. Effect of computerized physician order entry and a team intervention on prevention of serious medication errors. JAMA 1998 Oct;280(15):1311-6.
Bates D, Spurr C, Cureton E, Studer J, Reilly C, Kuperman G. Evaluating the impact of a computerized ambulatory record. Los Angeles. 2000: 964.
Bates D, Teich J, Lee J. The impact of physician order entry on medication error prevention. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1999;6:13-21.
Beasley JW, Hamilton Escoto K, Karsh BT. Design elements for a primary care medical error reporting system. Wis Med J 2004;103(1):56-9.
Beck R, Daughtridge R, Sloane P. Physician-patient communication in the primary care office: a systematic review. J Am Board Fam Pract 2002;15(1):25-38.
Bedell S, Jabbour S, Goldberg R, Glaser H, Gobble S, Young-Xu Y, Graboys T, Ravid S. Discrepancies in the use of medications: their extent and predictors in an outpatient practice. Arch Intern Med 2000 Jul;160(14):2129-34.
Bhasale A, Miller G, Reid S, Britt H. Analysing potential harm in Australian general practice: an incident-monitoring study. Med J Aust 1998 Jul;169(2):73-6.
Blendon RJ, Schoen C, DesRoches C, Osborn R, Zapert K. Common concerns amid diverse systems: Health care experiences in five countries. Health Aff (Millwood) 2003;22(3):106-21.
Bonner L, Felker B, Chaney E, Vollen K, Berry K, Revay B, Simon B, Kofoed L, Ober S, Worley L, Fotiades J, Sherman S. Suicide Risk Response: Enhancing Patient Safety Through Development of Effective Institutional Policies. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 3. Implementation Issues. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-3. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Boohaker E, Ward R, Uman J, McCarthy B. Patient notification and follow-up of abnormal test results. A physician survey. Arch Intern Med 1996 Feb;156(3):327-31.
Borrell-Carrio F, Epstein RM. Preventing Errors in Clinical Practice: A Call for Self-Awareness. Ann Fam Med 2004 Jul;2(4):310-6.
Bowie P, McKay J, Dalgetty E, Lough M. A qualitative study of why general practitioners may participate in significant event analysis and educational peer assessment. Qual Saf Health Care 2005 Jun;14(3):185-9.
Brennan T, Leape L, Laird N, Hebert L, Localio A, Lawthers A, Newhouse J, Weiler P, Hiatt H. Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalized patients: Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study I. N Engl J Med 1991;324(6):370-6.
Briefings on Patient Safety. 2001: 8-21.
Britt H, Miller G, Steven I, Howarth G, Nicholson P, Bhasale A, Norton K. Collecting data on potentially harmful events: a method for monitoring incidents in general practice. Fam Pract 1997;14(2):101-6.
Britten N, Stevenson F, Barry C, Barber N, Bradley C. Misunderstandings in prescribing decisions in general practice: qualitative study. BMJ 2000 Feb;320(7233):484-8.
Brodell R, Helms S, Krishna Rao I, Bredle D. Prescription errors: legibility and drug name confusion. Arch Fam Med 1997;6(3):296-8.
Buetow S, Sibbald B, Cantrill J, Halliwell S. Prevalence of potentially inappropriate long term presribing. BMJ 1996;313(7069):1371-4.
Bush J. Reducing risks for patients receiving warfarin. Fam Pract Manag 2002;9(7):35-8.
California Academy of Family Physicians. Diagnosing and treating medical errors in family practice. 2001.
Campbell S, Roland M, Wilkin D. Primary care groups: Improving the quality of care through clinical governance. BMJ 2001 Jun;322(7302):1580-2.
Chan KA, HMO Research Network CERT Patient Safety Investigators. Development of a Multipurpose Dataset to Evaluate Potential Medication Errors in Ambulatory Settings. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 2. Concepts and Methodology. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-2 . Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Chassin M, Galvin R. The urgent need to improve health care quality. Institute of Medicine National Roundtable on Health Care Quality. JAMA 1998 Sep;280(11):1000-5.
Chen Y, Avery A, Neil K, Johnson C. Assessing the occurrence and preventability of prescribing potentially hazardous/contraindicated drug combinations in general (family) practice. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2001;10(1):Supp: S53.
Chua SS, Wong ICK, Edmondson H, Allen C, Chow J, Peacham J, Hill G, Grantham J. A feasability study for recording of dispensin errors and 'near misses' in four UK primary care pharmacies. Drug Saf 2003;26(11):803-13.
Cochrane A, Chapman P, Oldham P. Observers' errors in taking medical histories. Lancet 1951;260:1007-9.
Cook AF, Hoas H, Guttmannova K. From Here to There: Lessons from an Integrative Patient Safety Project in Rural Health Care Settings. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 1. Research Findings. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Coste J, Venot A. Epidemiologic approach to drug prescribing quality assessment: A study in primary care practice in France. Med Care 1999;37(12):1294-307.
Davies E, Cleary PD. Hearing the patient's voice? Factors affecting the use of patient survey data in quality improvement. Qual Saf Health Care 2005 Dec;14(6):428-32.
Davis K, Schoenbaum S, Collins K, Tenny K, Hughes D, Audet A. Room for improvement: patients report on the quality of their health care. The Commonwealth Fund, 2002.
Dean B, Barber N, Schachter M. What is a prescribing error? Qual Health Care 2000;9(4):232-7.
Devine EB, Wilson-Norton JL, Lawless NM, Hazlet TK, Hansen R, Kelly K, Te S, Wong C. Preparing for Ambulatory Computerized Prescriber Order Entry by Evaluating Preimplementation Medication Errors. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 2. Concepts and Methodology. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-2 . Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Doucette WR, McDonough RP, Klepser D, McCarthy R. Comprehensive medication therapy management: identifying and resolving drug-related issues in a community pharmacy. Clin Ther 2005 Jul;27(7):1104-11.
Dovey SM. Advancing understanding of medical errors in general practice: A discussion of recent research from the American Academy of Family Physicians. New Zealand Family Practicioner 2003;30(4):242-6.
Dovey SM, Phillips RL, Green LA, Fryer GE. Consequences of medical errors observed by family physicians. Am Fam Physician 2003;67(5):915.
Dovey SM, Phillips RL, Green LA, Fryer GE. Family physicians' solutions to common medical errors. Am Fam Physician 2003;67(6):1168.
Dovey SM, Phillips RL, Green LA, Fryer GE. Types of medical errors commonly reported by family physicians. Am Fam Physician 2003;67(4):697.
Dovey S, Green L, Phillips D, Fryer G. Toxic cascades: a comprehensive way to think about medical errors. Am Fam Physician 2000;63(5):847.
Dovey S, Meyers D, Phillips D, Green L, Fryer G, Galliher J, Kappus J, Grob P. A preliminary taxonomy of medical errors in family practice. Qual Saf Health Care 2002;11:233-8.
Duclos CW, Eichler M, Taylor L, Quintela J, Main DS, Pace W, Staton EW. Patient perspectives of patient--provider communication after adverse events. Int J Qual Health Care 2005 Jul.
Eisenberg J, Bowman C, Foster N. Does a healthy health care workplace produce higher quality care? Jt Comm J Qual Improv 2001;27(9):444-57.
Eland I, Belton K, Van Grootheest A, Meiners A, Rawlins M, Stricker B. Attitudinal survey of voluntary reporting of adverse drug reactions. J Clin Pharmacol 1999;48(4):623-7.
Elder N, Dovey S. Classification of medical errors and preventable adverse events in primary care: a synthesis of the literature. J Fam Pract 2002;51(11):927-32.
Elder N, Vonder Meulen M, Cassedy A. The Identification of Medical Errors by Family Physicians During Outpatient Visits. Ann Fam Med 2004;2:125-9.
Ely J, Levinson W, Elder N, Mainous 3rd A, Vinson D. Perceived causes of family physicians' errors. J Fam Pract 1995;40(4):337-44.
Ernst FR, Grizzle AJ. Drug-related morbidity and mortality: updating the cost-of-illness model. J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash) 2001 Mar-2001 Apr;41(2):192-9.
Feldstein AC, Smith DH, Robertson NR, Kovach CA, Soumerai SB, Simon SR, Sittig DF, Laferriere DS, Kalter M. Decision Support System Design and Implementation for Outpatient Prescribing: The Safety in Prescribing Study . Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 3. Implementation Issues. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-3. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Fernald DH, Pace WD, Harris DM, West DR, Main DS, Westfall JM. Event reporting to a primary care patient safety reporting system: a report from the ASIPS collaborative. Ann Fam Med 2004 Jul-2004 Aug;2(4):327-32.
Fick DM, Maclean JR, Rodriguez NA, Short L, Heuvel RV, Waller JL, Rogers RL. A randomized study to decrease the use of potentially inappropriate medications among community-dwelling older adults in a southeastern managed care organization. Am J Manag Care 2004 Nov;10(11 Pt 1):761-8.
Field TS, Gurwitz JH, Harrold LR, Rothschild J, DeBellis KR, Seger AC, Auger JC, Garber LA, Cadoret C, Fish LS, Garber LD, Kelleher M, Bates DW. Risk factors for adverse drug events among older adults in the ambulatory setting. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004 Aug;52(8):1349-54.
Field TS, Gurwitz JH, Harrold LR, Rothschild JM, Debellis K, Seger AC, Fish LS, Garber L, Kelleher M, Bates DW. Strategies for detecting adverse drug events among older persons in the ambulatory setting. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2004 Nov-2004 Dec;11(6):492-8.
Fischer G, Fetters M, Munro A, Goldman E. Adverse events in primary care identified from a risk-management database. J Fam Pract 1997;45(1):40-6.
Forster A, Murff H, Peterson J, Gandhi T, Bates D. The incidence and severity of adverse events affecting patients after discharge from the hospital. Ann Intern Med 2003 Feb;138(3):161-74.
Freeman A, Sweeney K. Why general practitioners do not implement evidence: qualitative study. BMJ 2001;323(7321):1100-2.
French DD, Spehar AM, Campbell RR, Palacios P, Coakley RW, Coblio N, Means H, Werner DC, Angaran DM. Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing, Adverse Events, and Costs. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 1. Research Findings. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Gallagher T, Waterman A, Abers A, Fraser V, Levinson W. Patients' and physicians' attitudes regarding the disclosure of medical errors. JAMA 2003 Feb;289(8):1001-7.
Galt KA, Rich EC, Kralewski JE, Turner PD, Bernhardt TS, Dowd B, Feldman R, de Vries A. Group practice strategies to manage pharmaceutical cost in an HMO network. Am J Manag Care 2001 Nov;7(11):1081-90.
Galt KA, Rule AM, Houghton B, Young DO, Remington G. Personal digital assistant-based drug information sources: potential to improve medication safety. J Med Libr Assoc 2005 Apr;93(2):229-36.
Galt KA, Rule AM, Clark BE, Bramble JD, Taylor W, Moores KG. Best Practices in Medication Safety: Areas for Improvement in the Primary Care Physician's Office. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 1. Research Findings. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Galt KA, Rule AM, Taylor W, Siracuse M, Bramble JD, Rich EC, Young W, Clark B, Houghton B. The Impact of Personal Digital Assistant Devices on Medication Safety in Primary Care. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 3. Implementation Issues. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-3. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Galt KA, Siracuse MV, Rule AM, Clark BE, Taylor W. Physician Use of Hand-held Computers for Drug Information and Prescribing. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 4. Programs, Tools, and Products. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-4. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Gandhi TK, Weingart SN, Seger AC, Borus J, Burdick E, Poon EG, Leape LL, Bates DW. Outpatient prescribing errors and the impact of computerized prescribing. J Gen Intern Med 2005 Sep;20(9):837-41.
Gandhi T, Burstin H, Cook E, Puopolo A, Haas J, Brennan T, Bates D. Drug complications in outpatients. J Gen Intern Med 2000;15(3):149-54.
Gandhi T, Puopolo A, Dasse P, Haas J, Burstin H, Cook E, Brennan T. Obstacles to collaborative quality improvement: the case of amulatory general medical care. Int J Qual Health Care 2000;12(1):115-23.
Gandhi T, Sittig D, Franklin M, Sussman A, Fairchild D, Bates D. Communication breakdown in the outpatient referral process. J Gen Intern Med 2000;15(9):626-31.
Gandhi T, Weingart N, Borus J, Seger A, Peterson J, Burdick E, Seger D, Shu K, Federico F, Leape L, Bates D. Adverse drug events in ambulatory care. N Engl J Med 2003 Apr;348(16):1556-89.
Garr D, Marsh F. Medical malpractice and the primary care physician: lowering the risks. South Med J 1986;79:1280-4.
Goel A, MacLean CD, Walrath D, Rubin A, Huston D, Jones MC, Niquette T, Kennedy AG, Beardall RW, Littenberg B. Adapting root cause analysis to chronic medical conditions. Jt Comm J Qual Saf 2004 Apr;30(4):175-86.
Goode L, Clancy C, Kimball H, Meyer G, Eisenberg J. When is "good enough"? The role and responsibility of physicians to improve patient safety. Acad Med 2002 Oct;77(10):947-52.
Gosbee J, Klancher J, Arnecke B, Wurster H, Scanlon M. The role of usability testing in healthcare organizations. 2001: 1308-11.
Gosbee J, Lin L. The role of human factors engineering in medical device and medical system errors. BMJ 2001;301-17.
Goulding MR. Inappropriate medication prescribing for elderly ambulatory care patients. Arch Intern Med 2004;164(3):305-12.
Graham D, Pace W, Kappus J, Holcomb S, Galliher JM, Duclos CW, Bonham AJ. Institutional Review Board Approval of Practice-based Research Network Patient Safety Studies. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 3. Implementation Issues. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-3. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Green L, Fryer G, Yawn B, Lanier D, Dovey S. The ecology of medical care revisited. N Engl J Med 2001 Jun;344(6):2021-5.
Gurwitz JH, Field TS, Harrold LR, Rothschild J, Debellis K, Seger AC, Cadoret C, Fish LS, Garber L, Kelleher M, Bates DW. Incidence and preventability of adverse drug events among older persons in the ambulatory setting. JAMA 2003 Mar;289(9):1107-16.
Haas J, Cook E, Puopolo A, Burstin H, Brennan T. Differences in quality of care for women with abnornal mammogram or clinical breast complaints. J Gen Intern Med 2000;15:321-8.
Halbach JL, Sullivan LL. Teaching medical students about medical errors and patient safety: evaluation of a required curriculum. Acad Med 2005 Jun;80(6):600-6.
Hammons T, Piland N, Small SD, Hatlie M, Burstin H. Ambulatory patient safety what we know and need to know. J Ambul Care Manage 2003;26(1):63-82.
Hammons T, Piland N, Small S, Hatlie M, Burstin H. An agenda for research in ambulatory patient safety: synthesis of multidisciplinary conference. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2001.
Hanlon J, Maher R, Lindblad C, al e. Comparison of methods for detecting potential adverse drug events in frail elderly inpatients and outpatients. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2001;58(17):1622-6.
Harbrecht M, Thomasson G, Quinn R, Lembitz A, Varnell J. Conference to develop a research agenda for ambulatory patient safety: summary from copic insurance company. Denver, CO. 2000.
Harris DM, Westfall JM, Fernald DH, Duclos C, West D, Niebauer L, Marr L, Quintella J, Main DS. Mixed methods analysis of medical errors reported to a patient safety reporting system: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 2. Concepts and Methodology. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-2 . Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Hickner JM, Fernald DH, Harris DM, Poon EG, Elder NC, Mold JW. Issues and initiatives in the testing process in primary care physician offices. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 2005 Feb;31(2):81-9.
Hickson G, Federspiel C, Pichert J, Miller C, Gauld-Jaeger J, Bost P. Patient complaints and malpractice risk. JAMA 2002;287(22):2951-7.
Hildebrandt DE, Westfall JM, Smith PC. After-hours telephone triage affects patients safety. J Fam Pract 2003;52(3):222-7.
Hofer T, Kerr E, Hayward R. What is an error? Eff Clin Pract 2000;3(6):261-9.
Honigman B, Lee J, Rothschild J, Light P, Pulling R, Yu T, Bates D. Using computerized data to identify adverse drug events in outpatients. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2001;8(3):254-66.
Hurley JS, Roberts M, Solberg LI, Gunter MJ, Nelson WW, Young L, Frost FJ. Laboratory safety monitoring of chronic medications in ambulatory care settings. J Gen Intern Med 2005 Apr;20(4):331-3.
Hurst J, Nickel K, Hilborne L. Are physicians' office laboratory results of comparable quality to those produced in other laboratory settings? JAMA 1998;279(6):468-71.
Institute for Quality Improvement. Medical event reporting: special report spring 2001. Wilmette, IL: American Association for Ambulatory Health Care, 2001.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices. A Call to Action: Eliminate Handwritten Prescriptions Within 3 Years! Electronic Prescribing Can Reduce Medication Errors. Valley, PA, 2000.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.) Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. Crossing the quality chasm: a new health system for the 21st century. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.
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Karson A, Kuperman G, Horsky J, Fairchild D, Fiskio J, Bates D. Patient-Specific Computerized Outpatient Reminders to Improve Physician Compliance with Clinical Guidelines. Los Angeles. 2000.
Kelly M, Barber J. Use of laboratory services and communication of results to patients in an urban practice: an audit. J R Coll Gen Pract 1988;38(307):64-6.
Keyes MA, Ortiz E, Queenan D, Hughes R, Chesley F, Hogan EM. A Strategic Approach for Funding Research: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Initiative 2000-2004. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 4. Programs, Tools, and Products. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-4. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Kilo C, Endsley S. As good as it could get: remaking the medical practice. Fam Pract Manag 2000;7(5):48-52.
Kizer KW, Blum LN. Safe Practices for Better Health Care. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 4. Programs, Tools, and Products. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-4. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Kleinpeter MA. Standardizing Ambulatory Care Procedures in a Public Hospital System to Improve Patient Safety. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 4. Programs, Tools, and Products. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-4. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Kohl KS, Bonhoeffer J, Braun MM, Chen RT, Duclos P, Heijbel H, Heininger U, Loupi E, Marcy SM, the Brighton Collaboration. The Brighton Collaboration: Creating a Global Standard for Case Definitions (and Guidelines) for Adverse Events Following Immunization. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 2. Concepts and Methodology. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-2 . Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Kohn L, Corrigan J, Donaldson M. To err is human: building a safer health system. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2000.
Kralewski JE, Dowd BE, Heaton A, Kaissi A. The influence of the structure and culture of medical group practices on prescription drug errors. Med Care 2005 Aug;43(8):817-25.
Kuzel AJ, Woolf SH, Engel JD, Gilchrist VJ, Frankel RM, LaVeist TA, Vincent C. Making the case for a qualitative study of medical errors in primary care. Qual Health Res 2003;13(6):743-80.
Kuzel AJ, Woolf SH, Gilchrist VJ, Engel JD, LaVeist TA, Vincent C, Frankel RM. Patient reports of preventable problems and harms in primary health care. Annals of Family Medicine 2004;2(4):333-40.
Lapetina E, Armstrong E. Preventing errors in the outpatient setting: a tale of three states. The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc., 2002.
Leape L. Can we make health care safe? National Coalition on Health Care and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2000.
Leape L. Error in medicine. JAMA 1994 Dec;272(23):1851-7.
Leape L, Bates D, Cullen D, Cooper J, Demonaco H, Gallivan T, Hallisey R, Ives J, Laird N, Laffel G, Nemeskal R, Petersen L, Porter K, Servi D, Shea B, Small S, Sweitzer B, Thompson B, Vander V. Systems analysis of adverse drug events: ADE prevention study group. JAMA 1995;274(1):35-43.
Leape L, Berwick D, Bates D. What practices will most improve safety? Evidence-based medicine meets patient safety. JAMA 2002;288(4):501-7.
Leape L, Woods D, Hatlie M, Kizer K, Schroeder S, Lundberg G. Promoting patient safety by preventing medical error. JAMA 1998;280(16):1444-7.
Leon A, Portera M, Olfson M, Kathol R, Farber L, Lowell K, Sheehan D. Diagnostic errors of primary care screens for depression and panic disorder. Int J Psychiatry Med 1999;29(1):1-11.
Linnarsson R. Drug interactions in primary health care. Scand J Prim Health Care 1993;11:181-6.
Linzer M, Manwell LB, Mundt M, Williams E, Maguire A, McMurray J, Plane MB. Organizational Climate, Stress, and Error in Primary Care: The MEMO Study. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 1. Research Findings. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-1. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Loomis G, Ries J, Saywell R, Thakker N. If electronic medical records are so great, why aren't family physicians using them? J Fam Pract 2002;51(7):636-41.
Lyons R, Payne C, McCabe M, Fielder C. Legibility of doctors' handwriting: quantitative comparative study. BMJ 1998;317(7162):863-4.
MacDonald K, Metzger J. Achieving Tangible IT Benefits in Small Physician Practices. Oakland, CA: California HealthCare Foundation, 2002.
Madlon-Kay D, Mosch F. Liquid medication dosing errors. J Fam Pract 2000;49(8):741-4.
Magid DJ, Estabrooks PA, Brand DW, Raebel MA, Palen TE, Steiner JF, Korner EJ, Bates DW, Platt R, Glasgow RE. Translating Patient Safety Research into Clinical Practice. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 2. Concepts and Methodology. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-2 . Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Makeham M, Dovey S, County M, Kidd M. An international taxonomy of medical errors in general practice: a pilot study. Med J Aust 2002;177(2):68-72.
Malone DC, Abarca J, Hansten PD, Grizzle AJ, Armstrong EP, Van Bergen RC, Duncan-Edgar BS, Solomon SL, Lipton RB. Identification of serious drug-drug interactions: Results of the partnership to prevent drug-drug interactions. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother 2005 Jun;3(2):65-76.
Malone DC, Abarca J, Hansten PD, Grizzle AJ, Armstrong EP, Van Bergen RC, Duncan-Edgar BS, Solomon SL, Lipton RB. Identification of serious drug-drug interactions: results of the partnership to prevent drug-drug interactions. J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash DC) 2004 Mar-2004 Apr;44(2):142-51.
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Margolis PA, Lannon CM, Stuart JM, Fried BJ, Keyes-Elstein L, Moore DE. Practice based education to improve delivery systems for prevention in primary care: Randomised trial. Br Med J 2004;328(7436):388.
Marken RS. A Model-based Approach to Prioritizing Medical Safety Practices . Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 2. Concepts and Methodology. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-2 . Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Marklund B, Tunsater A, Bengtsson C. How often is the diagnosis bronchial asthma correct? Fam Pract 1999;16(2):112-6.
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Mazor KM, Simon SR, Yood RA, Martinson BC, Gunter MJ, Reed GW, Gurwitz JH. Health plan members' views about disclosure of medical errors. Ann Intern Med 2004;140(6):409-18.
McIsaac W, Butler C. Does clinical error contribute to unnecessary antibiotic use? Med Decis Making 2000;20(1):33-8.
McPherson D. When medical errors hit home. Fam Pract Manag 2002;9(7):66.
McPhillips H, Stille C, Smith D, Pearson J, Stull J, Hecht J, Andrade S, Miller M, Davis R. Methodological Challenges in Describing Medication Dosing Errors in Children. Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. Volume 2. Concepts and Methodology. AHRQ Publication No. 05-0021-2 . Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2005.
Meisel S, Sershon L, White D. Reducing adverse drug events and medication errors using rapid cycle improvement. Qual Manag Health Care 1998;6(4):15-28.
Mekhjian H, Kumar R, Kuehn L, Bentley T, Teater P, Thomas A, Payne B, Ahmad A. Immediate benefits realized following implementation of physician order entry at an academic medical center. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2002;9(5):529-39.
Meyer G, Arnheim L. The power of two: improving patient safety through better physician-patient communication. Fam Pract Manag 2002;9(7):47-8.
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