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Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare
November / December 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare     Features

Zero Tolerance: Curbing Catheter-Related Blood Stream Infections
Chris Abe, RN, BSN, CIC, HEM; Jeanne Zack, PhD(c), RN, CIC; Stephen R. Lewis, MD; Tim Vanderveen, PharmD, MS

Communication, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking = Quality Outcomes
Mary Sue Dailey, RN, MSN, APRN-BC; Barbara B. Loeb, MD, MBA, CPE; Cheryl Peterman, RN, MS, APRN-BC

Delivering System Transformation
Part I: Respect, Communication, and Best Practices
Stephanie Dougherty, BSN; Jeanne Whaley, RN; Ardath Youngblood, BSN, MN; Robert M. Pickoff, MD, MMM

Ensuring Medication Reconciliation
Kristen Georgia, BS; Kristin Kinney, RN, MSN; Angela Pace, RN, MSN; and Kim Helton, RN, BSN

Collaborative Model Leads to Improved Patient Flow
Dennis O'Hare, MD; Laura McElroy, MHA, MBA

Columns

Editor's Notebook
Common Themes
Susan Carr

Imaging Safety
MRI Safety Today, Six Years Later
Tobias Gilk

Technology and Quality
Revolutionary HIT: Cure for Insanity
Barry P. Chaiken, MD, MPH, FHIMSS

AHRQ
Measuring Patient Safety Culture in Hospitals
Carolyn M. Clancy, MD

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