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Safety Links

The following links are available to assist hospitals in their ongoing efforts to promote safe patient practices and improve quality of care.

• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality 
  - Healthcare 411 (AHRQ series designed to help provide people with the latest research findings, news and consumer health care information.
  - AHRQ's Patient Safety Network
  - AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange
• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 
• Chicago Patient Safety Forum 
• eHealth Initiative
• FACCT (Foundation for Accountability) 
• FDA Patient Safety News: Features provider information on FDA safety notifications, on product recalls, and ways to protect patients when using medical products.
• Governor's Task Force on Patient Safety 
• Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network
• Healthcare 411 - A news series produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). These weekly audio and video programs feature news and information on current health care topics with synopses of AHRQ's latest research findings. The AHRQ subscription is free. The features and programs range from 2 to 10 minutes in length.
• Healthcare Informatics Online 
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 
• Healthfinder 
• iHealth Beat (California Healthcare Association)
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement 
• MedWatch (the FDA's safety information and Adverse Event Reporting program)
• National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention 
• National Patient Safety Foundation 
• Partnering for Patient Empowerment Through Community Awareness
• Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare 
• Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority 
• Premier Safety Institute  
• Quality Interagency Coordination (QuIC) Task Force 
• The Institute for Safe Medication Practices 
• The Joint Commission 
• The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence 
• The National Alliance for Health Information Technology 
• The National Quality Forum 
• U.S. Pharmacopeia 
• Veterans Affairs National Center for Patient Safety