Transforming concepts in patient safety: a progress report.
Gandhi TK, Kaplan GS, Leape L, Berwick DM, Edgman-Levitan S, Edmondson A, Meyer GS, Michaels D, Morath JM, Vincent C, Wachter R.
BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 12. 27(12):1019-1026. PMID: 30018115
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On the safe side.
Corrigan JM, Wakeam E, Gandhi TK, Leape LL.
Healthc Financ Manage. 2015 Aug. 69(8):94, 96-7. PMID: 26548143
The Quadruple Aim: care, health, cost and meaning in work.
Sikka R, Morath JM, Leape L.
BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Oct. 24(10):608-10. PMID: 26038586
Patient safety in the era of healthcare reform.
Leape LL.
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2015 May. 473(5):1568-73. PMID: 24748068
Hospital readmissions following surgery: turning complications into "treasures".
Leape LL.
JAMA. 2015 Feb 03. 313(5):467-8. PMID: 25647201
Safety in numbers: the development of Leapfrog's composite patient safety score for U.S. hospitals.
Austin JM, D'Andrea G, Birkmeyer JD, Leape LL, Milstein A, Pronovost PJ, Romano PS, Singer SJ, Vogus TJ, Wachter RM.
J Patient Saf. 2014 Mar. 10(1):64-71. PMID: 24080719
Doing right by our patients when things go wrong in the ambulatory setting.
Schiff G, Griswold P, Ellis BR, Puopolo AL, Brede N, Nieva HR, Federico F, Leydon N, Ling J, Wachenheim D, Leape LL, Biondolillo M.
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2014 Feb. 40(2):91-6. PMID: 24716332
In reply to Alexander et al.
Leape L, Shore M, Dienstag JL.
Acad Med. 2013 Jun. 88(6):741-2. PMID: 23708592
Perspective: a culture of respect, part 1: the nature and causes of disrespectful behavior by physicians.
Leape LL, Shore MF, Dienstag JL, Mayer RJ, Edgman-Levitan S, Meyer GS, Healy GB.
Acad Med. 2012 Jul. 87(7):845-52. PMID: 22622217
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