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Resources and Publications

Resources

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Medical Errors & Patient Safety (journals, tool/resources, workshops, and consumer/patient tips)
  - AHRQ's Health Care Innovations Exchange (innovations and tools to improve quality and reduce disparities)
  - AHRQ's Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs)
  - Healthcare 411 (AHRQ Series: Weekly audio and video programs that feature AHRQ's latest research findings as news and informational stories on current health care topics)
  - Patient Safety Primers - Each primer defines a topic and offers background information, such as safety target; error types; approach to improving safety (AHRQ PSNet and AHRQ WebM&M)
• American Hospital Association (AHA) Quality and Patient Safety
• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)
• CDC's Campaign to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Health Care Settings
• Coalition for Quality & Patient Safety of Chicagoland
• eHealth Initiative
• HCPro Quality & Patient Safety Web Site (Assists hospitals with meeting The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals, addressing CMS patient safety-related regulations, ensuring patient satisfaction, and improving the overall quality of care)
  - HCPro Patient Safety Monitor Blog
• Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) Quality & Patient Safety
• HIMSS Patient Safety & Quality Outcomes Web Site
• Illinois Emergency Medical Services for Children: Patient Safety in Pediatric Emergency Care Educational Module
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Patient Safety
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
• iSix Sigma®
• Josie King Foundation... creating a culture of patients safety
• MedWatch (FDA's Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program)
• National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
• National Patient Safety Foundation
  - Ambulatory Stand Up for Patient Safety Program
  - Journal of Patient Safety
  - Online Patient Safety Resources
• National Quality Forum
• Partnering for Patient Empowerment Through Community Awareness (PPECA - Empowering Public Health/Patient Safety Outreach Through Community Partnerships)
  - Patient Safety: I Am a Partner for Safe Care (1/26/09)
• Premier Safety Institute
• Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCHIP) (Partnership of organizations committed to improving patient safety)
• The Joint Commission Patient Safety
• Recognition Programs
  - AHA: McKesson Quest for Quality Prize
  - Baldrige National Quality Program
  - HRET: The Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship
  - John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards
  - The Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence
• U.S. Pharmacopeia Healthcare Quality and Safety
• VA National Center for Patient Safety

Publications

• Engaging Patients As Safety Partners (Patrice L. Spath, Editor; available at the Health Forum Online Store)
• FDA Patient Safety News (a video news show for health professionals)
• HRET Quality & Safety Publications
• iHealthBeat (Reporting technology's impact on health care - patient safety section)
• IHI Global Trigger Tool for Measuring Adverse Events (Second Edition) Griffin FA, Resar RK. (2009)
• ISMP Medication Safety Alert!® Newsletters
• Journal of Healthcare Information Technology (quarterly journal)
• Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare - current and past issues
• Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisories
• iSixSigma Magazine
• The Joint Commission's Sentinel Event Alert (current and past issues)