Patient Safety Institute:
Provides real-time, secure, patient-centric clinical information in
five areas critical for delivering quality care: diagnoses,
laboratory results, medications, allergies and immunizations.
http://www.ptsafety.org/
Center on Patient Safety:
Supports professional practice of pharmacists in hospitals and
health systems and promotes issues related to medication use and
public health. Includes research, links, and informative brochures.
http://www.ashp.org/patient_safety/
National Patient Safety Agency:
Promotes an open culture in hospitals, encouraging doctors and other
staff to report incidents and "near misses," when things almost go
wrong. Encourages staff to report incidents without fear of personal
reprimand and know that by sharing their experiences others will be
able to learn lessons and improve patient safety. The change of
emphasis is more about the "how" than the "who."
http://www.npsa.org.uk/
Australian Patient Safety Foundation:
Provides leadership in the reduction of harm to patients in all
health care environments and provides incident reporting and
monitoring systems. Collects de-identified incident report data for
inclusion in an aggregated database that facilitates comparative
research.
http://www.apsf.net.au/
Patient Safety Center of Inquiry:
Supports clinicians in providing safe patient care by designing and
testing clinical innovations, technological solutions, and patient
safety improvement systems. Research targets the frail elderly and
persons with disabilities.
http://www.patientsafetycenter.com/
p4ps-Partnership for Patient Safety:
A patient-centered intitiative to advance the reliability of
healthcare systems worldwide. Includes videos, audio cassettes, and
CD-ROM training tools.
http://www.p4ps.org/
VA National Center for Patient Safety:
Patient Safety: medical error, medication error, medical equipment
failure, root cause analysis, human factors, usability, physician
error, pharmacy error, nursing error, iatrogenesis, failure mode
analysis
http://www.patientsafety.gov/
National Patient Safety Foundation:
Information, research, and resources on professional, consumer, and
systems issues related to patient safety. The online discussion
forum is devoted to development of a safer health care system.
http://www.npsf.org/
The Leapfrog Group:
Promotes improvements in the safety of health care by giving
consumers data to make more informed hospital choices. Includes
hospital survey results, patient safety research, and links to
related sites.
http://www.leapfroggroup.org/
UCLA Center for Patient Safety and Quality:
Defines and promotes changes necessary to create a blame free
culture that encourages reporting and learning from mistakes, near
misses and mishaps. Provides the link between UCLA Healthcare and
the University of California patient safety efforts (SAFER
California Healthcare).
http://quality.mednet.ucla.edu/
Maryland Patient Safety:
Supports regional patient safety initiatives by encouraging
collaborative efforts, disseminating current knowledge relating to
patient safety, and developing a formal structure for activities.
http://www.marylandpatientsafety.org/
Patient Safety Reporting System:
A voluntary, confidential, non-punitive program available to all VA
employees for the reporting of events and concerns related to
patient safety.
http://psrs.arc.nasa.gov/
Patient Safety First:
Assists perioperative nurses, managers and practitioners in
providing safe patient care. Offers resources related to patient
safety in surgical settings, including lists of educational products
and resources, articles, and links to national patient safety
initiatives.
http://www.patientsafetyfirst.org/default.htm
JCAHO Facts About Patient Safety:
Improves safety and quality of care for patients and residents in
health care organizations through accreditation and performance
improvement.
http://www.jcaho.org/accredited+organizations/patient+safety/index.htm
Quality Interagency Coordination (QuIC) Task Force:
Ensures that Federal agencies involved in purchasing, providing,
studying, or regulating health care services are working in a
coordinated manner toward the common goal of improving quality care.
http://www.quic.gov/index.htm
FDA Patient Safety News:
Televised series carried on satellite broadcast networks for health
care personnel at hospitals and other medical facilities across the
country. Features information on new medical devices, FDA safety
notifications and product recalls, and ways to protect patients when
using medical devices.
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfTopic/psn/index.cfm
Making Health Care Safer:
Analyzes controlled observational studies, clinical trials, and
peer-reviewed medical literature on practices relevant to improving
patient safety. Focuses on prevention of errors and adverse events.
http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/ptsafety/
Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety:
Promotes patient safety by encouraging collaboration between
participants of the Minnesota health care system. Includes
organizational assessment tools, information on best practices, and
links to related resources.
http://www.mnpatientsafety.org/
National Quality Forum:
Promotes change through development and implementation of a national
strategy for health care quality measurement and reporting.
http://www.qualityforum.org/
Institute For Safe Medication Practices:
Provides information about adverse drug events and their prevention
to healthcare practitioners and institutions, regulatory agencies,
professional organizations and the pharmaceutical industry. Includes
research findings, books and publications, an electronic discussion
forum, and links to related sites.
http://www.ismp.org/
Patient Safety Data Standards:
Promotes development of data standards applicable to the collection,
coding and classification of patient safety information. The plan
will apply to both adverse event data and errors data.
http://www.iom.edu/IOM/IOMHome.nsf/Pages/Patient+Safety+Data+Standards
QuIC Report on Patient Safety:
Prepared by the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC),
proposes strong action on Institute of Medicine recommendations to
promote safer health care.
http://www.quic.gov/report/toc.htm
Colorado Patient Safety Coalition:
Home page for coalition of healthcare professionals and
organizations formed to promote patient safety in Colorado.
http://www.coloradopatientsafety.org
APIC Patient Safety Resources:
Multi-disciplinary voluntary international organization promoting
quality health care through infection control and epidemiology in
all health settings. Includes links, tools, archives and information
resources.
http://www.apic.org/safety/
Patient Safety: Let's Get Practical:
Conference home page for the patient safety / errors in health care
conference series presented by the National Patient Safety
Foundation, Annenberg Center for Health Sciences, and other medical
and health care organizations, government agencies, and
corporations.
http://www.mederrors.org/
SAFER California Healthcare:
The Strategic Alliance For Error Reduction in California Healthcare
(SAFER) promotes and coordinates patient safety research activities,
clinical delivery systems, and educational programs. Includes
University of California medical centers, state agencies, and
organizational partnerships.
http://www.safer.healthcare.ucla.edu/
IPRO Quality Improvement Organization:
Assesses quality of health care for federal and state agencies,
providers, managed care organizations, commercial insurers, Fortune
500 companies, business coalitions and unions. Services include
utilization review, study design, data analysis, and claim review.
http://www.ipro.org/
Patient Updates:
Provides a free, convenient and reliable way to keep friends and
family updated on the condition of a hospitalized loved one.
http://www.patientupdates.org/
Global Med-ID System:
Provides a medical information system with immediate worldwide
compatibility. System utilizes existing Internet/Intranet technology
and unique controls providing the foremost level of security.
http://www.globalmed-id.com
TalkingQuality.gov:
Provides research findings and instructions on effective ways to
communicate information about health care quality to consumers and
develop health plan report cards.
http://www.talkingquality.gov/default.html
HospitalWeb - USA:
Lists web site addresses of U.S. hospitals; updated regularly.
http://adams.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalwebusa.html
HospitalWeb - Global (not including USA):
Lists web site addresses of international hospitals; updated
regularly.
http://adams.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalwebworld.html
Premier Inc.:
Provides consulting services and information resources to help
hospitals and health sytems improve clinical effectiveness and
operational performance.
http://www.premierinc.com/
ARCHI - Document - Improving Patient Safety Discussion Group:
Provides a forum for health professionals to discuss issues
pertaining to patient safety and quality in health care.
http://www.archi.net.au/document/index.phtml/id/1650/topic_id/219
Quality, Patient Safety Initiatives Program (QPSI):
Quality of care, professional performance, science of quality
improvement, and safety of care educational site for healthcare
professionals and patients.
http://www.tamushsc.edu/qpsi/
SafeStart:
Provides safety awareness training that identifies behaviors common
in 90% of all patient injuries and medication errors for clinical
staff and other health care personnel. Focuses on the human side of
safety.
http://www.pwpl.com/healthcare/safestart.asp
Partnership for Human Research Protection:
Provides accreditation to protect the safety and rights of
participants in clinical trials and research programs in public and
private hospitals, academic medical centers, and other research
facilities in the United States and abroad.
http://www.phrp.org/
AHRQ WebM&M:
Web-based patient safety resource and journal that showcases patient
safety lessons drwan from actual cases of medical errors; site
includes cases of medical errors, expert commentaries, and a users'
forum.
http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/
Alliance for Human Research Protection:
National network to advance responsible and ethical medical research
practices and empowers patients with information they need to make
informed research choices.
http://www.ahrp.org/
ISMP Nurse Advise-ERR:
Provides updates on medication safety issues to alert nurses to
hazards, identify systems problems, and improve patient safety;
written and edited by nurses.
http://www.ismp.org/NursingArticles/index.htm
