Healthcare Reading:

 

• PDF: Description of the Peer Review Process at Stanford Hospital and Clinic
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• Website: Specialty referral guidelines of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
  
  
• PDF: Legal Issues Surrounding Professional Impairment of Physician Assistants
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• How to Deal with Impaired Colleagues
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• Reengineering the Hospital Medical Staff
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• J.D. Birkmeyer, Editor, Economic Implications of the Leapfrog Patient Safety Standards. Washington: The Leapfrog Group, June, 2001.
  
  
• J.D. Birkmeyer, Editor, Leapfrog Safety Standards: The Potential Benefits of Universal Adoption. Washington: The Leapfrog Group, November, 2000.
  
  
• M. Hewitt, Interpreting the Volume-Outcome Relationship in the Context of Healthcare Quality. Workshop Proceedings, IOM, Washington, DC.
  
  
• R.J. and K.C. Latino, Root Cause Analysis: Improving Performance for Bottom Line Results. New York: CRC Press, Second Edition, 2002.
  
  
• A.J. Markowitz., Editor. Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices, AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 43, July, 2001.
  
  
• National Quality Forum, Draft Report, Serious Reportable Events in Patient safety: A National Quality Forum Consensus Report. National Quality Forum, Washington, DC, July, 2001.
  
  
• J. Philllips, et al, "Retrospective Analysis of Mortalities Associated with Medication Errors." Am J Health-Sys Pharm, 58(19): 1824-1829, (2001).
  
  
• Press Release: "Empire Blue Cross to Pay Hospitals Bonus for Enhancing Patient Safety." October, 22, 2001.
  
  
• T. Pyzdek, The Six Sigma Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
  
  
• The Leapfrog Group, "Patient Safety: Leapfrog Initiaties to Drive Great Leaps in Patient Safety."