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New This Month: MRSA and Patient Safety
PERSPECTIVE
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Gary A. Noskin, MD

PERSPECTIVE
Connie's Story: A Nurse's Personal Experience with MRSA

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March 2008: A Procedure Service to Improve Safety
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...Bradley T. Rosen, MD, MBA
Bradley T. Rosen, MD, MBA
PERSPECTIVE
Creation of a Medical Procedure Service to Improve Patient Safety
C. Christopher Smith, MD, and Grace C. Huang, MD

January 2008: Improving Safety in Large Systems
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with…Jennifer Daley, MD
PERSPECTIVE
Implementing a Patient Safety Program at a Large National Health System
Loran Hauck, MD, and Jan Jacob, MBA, RN

December 2007: Improving Transitions in Care
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...Eric Coleman, MD, MPH
PERSPECTIVE
Care Transitions
Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc

October 2007: Just Culture
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...David Marx, JD
PERSPECTIVE
Making Just Culture a Reality: One Organization's Approach
Alison H. Page, MS, MHA

September 2007: Surgical Errors
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...Atul Gawande, MD, MA, MPH
PERSPECTIVE
Rediscovering the Power of the Surgical M&M Conference: The M+M Matrix
Leo A. Gordon, MD

July/August 2007: The Board's Role in Patient Safety
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...James L. Reinertsen, MD
PERSPECTIVE
The PeaceHealth Governance Journey in Support of Quality and Safety
John L. Haughom, MD

June 2007: State Error Reporting Systems
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...Diane Rydrych, MA
PERSPECTIVE
Advancing Patient Safety through State Reporting Systems
Jill Rosenthal, MPH
LETTER
In response to "Failure to Report" (March 2007)

May 2007: International Perspectives on Safety
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...Sir Liam Donaldson, MD, MSc
PERSPECTIVE
Patient Safety in the United Kingdom: Evolution and Progress
Susan Burnett and Charles Vincent, PhD

March 2007: The Patient's Role in Safety
PERSPECTIVE
The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety
Rosemary Gibson, MSc
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...Sorrel King

February 2007: Diagnostic Errors
PERSPECTIVE
Diagnostic Errors in Medicine: What Do Doctors and Umpires Have in Common?
Mark L. Graber, MD
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...Joseph Britto, MD

December 2006: Safety Culture
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...J. Bryan Sexton, PhD, MA
PERSPECTIVE
Establishing a Safety Culture: Thinking Small
Timothy J. Hoff, PhD

November 2006: Human Factors
PERSPECTIVE
Human Factors Engineering Can Teach You How to Be Surprised Again
John Gosbee, MD, MS
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation With...Donald A. Norman, PhD

September 2006: The Transformation of Patient Safety at the VA
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...James P. Bagian, MD
PERSPECTIVE
What Can the Rest of the Health Care System Learn from the VA’s Quality and Safety Transformation?
Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

August 2006: Reflections on the History of the Patient Safety Movement
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...Lucian Leape, MD
PERSPECTIVE
Getting Into Patient Safety: A Personal Story
Jeffrey B. Cooper, PhD

July 2006: Patient Safety Programs
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with...Allan Frankel, MD
PERSPECTIVE
Key Issues in Developing a Successful Hospital Safety Program
John Whittington, MD

May 2006: Outpatient Safety
PERSPECTIVE
The Wild West: Patient Safety in Office-Based Anesthesia
Rainu Kaushal, MD MPH; Sekhar Upadhyayula, MD; David M. Gaba, MD; Lucian L. Leape, MD
PERSPECTIVE
Patient Safety in the Physician Office Setting
Nancy C. Elder, MD, MSPH

April 2006: Pharmacy and Safety
IN CONVERSATION WITH...
In Conversation with…Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD
PERSPECTIVE
Count and Be Counted: Preparing Future Pharmacists to Promote a Culture of Safety
Brian K. Alldredge, PharmD; Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD

March 2006: Point–Counterpoint: Simulation vs. Team Training
POINT-COUNTERPOINT
What Does Simulation Add to Teamwork Training?
David M. Gaba, MD
POINT-COUNTERPOINT
Team Training: Classroom Training vs. High-Fidelity Simulation
Stephen D. Pratt, MD and Benjamin P. Sachs, MB

Febuary 2006: Disclosing Mistakes
PERSPECTIVE
Removing Insult from Injury—Disclosing Adverse Events
Albert W. Wu, MD, MPH
IN CONVERSATION WITH…
In Conversation with…John Banja, PhD

January 2006: Aviation and Patient Safety
PERSPECTIVE
Aviation Safety Methods: Quickly Adopted but Questions Remain
Eric J. Thomas, MD, MPH
IN CONVERSATION WITH…
In Conversation with…Jack Barker, PhD

December 2005: The Law and Patient Safety
IN CONVERSATION WITH…
In Conversation with…Troyen A. Brennan, MD, JD, MPH
PERSPECTIVE
The Unintended Consequences of Florida Medical Liability Legislation
Paul Barach, MD, MPH

November 2005: 100,000 Lives Campaign: Concept and Implementation
IN CONVERSATION WITH…
In Conversation with…Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP
PERSPECTIVE
Rapid Response Teams: Lessons from the Early Experience
William S. Krimsky, MD

September 2005: Patient Safety Initiatives
IN CONVERSATION WITH…
In Conversation with…Carolyn Clancy, MD
PERSPECTIVE
Playing Well with Others: “Translocational Research” in Patient Safety
Robert M. Wachter, MD
LETTER
In response to “Getting to the Root of the Matter” (June 2005)

July/August 2005: Nursing and Patient Safety
PERSPECTIVE
The Unfinished Patient Safety Agenda
Linda H. Aiken, PhD, RN
IN CONVERSATION WITH…
In Conversation with…Barbara A. Blakeney, MS, RN

June 2005: Research in Patient Safety
PERSPECTIVE
Interpreting the Patient Safety Literature
Kaveh G. Shojania, MD
IN CONVERSATION WITH…
In Conversation with…Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD

May 2005: Errors in the Media and Organizational Change
PERSPECTIVE
Organizational Change in the Face of Highly Public Errors—I. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Experience
James B. Conway; Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD
PERSPECTIVE
Organizational Change in the Face of Highly Public Errors—II. The Duke Experience
Karen Frush, MD

April 2005:
EDITORIAL
Introducing the New AHRQ WebM&M and AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet)
Robert M. Wachter, MD
IN CONVERSATION WITH…
In Conversation with…Christopher P. Landrigan, MD
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