"Beyond the Jargon: Architecture, Process, and Clinical Care."

McGuire, Kevin J., and Steven J. Spear. Spine Vol. 40, No. 16 (2015): 1243-1246.

"Reinventing Healthcare Delivery."

Steven J. Spear. London, UK: May 2012.

"Using Real-Time Problem Solving to Eliminate Central Line Infections."

Shannon, Richard P., Diane Frndak, Naida Grunden, Jon C. Lloyd, Cheryl Herbert, Bhavin Patel, Daniel Cummins, Alexander H. Shannon, Paul H. O’Neill, and Steven J. Spear. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety Vol. 32, No. 9 (2006): 479-487.

"Operational Failures and Interruptions in Hospital Nursing."

Tucker, Anita L., and Steven J. Spear. Health Services Research Vol. 41, No. 3p1 (2006): 643-662.

"The Health Factory."

Spear, Steven J. The New York Times, August 29, 2005.

"Ambiguity and Workarounds as Contributors to Medical Error."

Spear, Steven J., and Mark Schmidhofer. Annals of Internal Medicine Vol. 142, No. 8 (2005): 627-630.