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Links The CPSC has collected a number of links to organizations that have patient safety information. We have divided these links into the categories listed below. Links within each category, if starred, are thought to be particularly reputable, helpful sites. Most of the links bring the viewer directly to the patient safety content of the host website. A site for which this is not the case and a search engine is available, search “patient safety.” We also like to keep the links up to date, so if a link doesn’t connect, please let us know by emailing us at geneva_pearman@cms.org. Lastly, we invite you to send us information about any additional sites that would make this list more complete. Colorado Departments/Organizations/Coalitions Commercial Patient Safety Sites Regional Departments/Organizations/Coalitions
International Organizations/Coalitions Colorado Departments/Organizations/Coalitions Citehealth provides reports for people researching their health care providers quality at no cost http://citehealth.com Colorado Business Group on Health http://www.coloradohealthonline.com/ Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/ Colorado Foundation for Medical Care http://www.cfmc.org Colorado Healthcare Strategy and Management http://www.chsm.org/ Colorado Health and Hospital Association http://www.cha.com/ Colorado Medical Society http://www.cms.org/ Colorado Nurses Association http://www.nurses-co.org/ Colorado Pharmacists Society http://www.copharm.org/ University of Colorado Health Science Center http://fammed.uchsc.edu/home/default.aspx Doctor's Office Quality Information Technology (DOQ-IT) http://www.cfmc.org/office/office_index.htm
Interprofessional Curriculum to Improve Patient Safety http://www.uchsc.edu/ahec/patient_safety/ Consumer Directed Patient Safety Information The Center for Proper Medication Use http://cpmu.org Fairview Hospital and Clinics http://www.fairview.org/Patient_Safety/ The National Patient Safety Foundation – This organization has devoted part of its website to patients and their families. The site includes information, link, and publications on how health care consumers and their families can do to make health care safer. http://www.npsf.org/paf/ Persons United Limiting Substandards and Errors in Health Care (PULSE) http://www.pulseamerica.org/ Silence Kills
www.silencekills.com American Iatrogenic Association http://www.iatrogenic.org/index.html American Medical Group Association (AMGA) Quality Management and Research http://www.amga.org/QMR/index_qmr.asp American Society for Health Care Risk Management http://www.ashrm.org/ashrm/index.jsp Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) www.apsf.org ECRI serves as the WHO collaborating center for patient safety, risk management, and healthcare technology www.ecri.org Federation of American Hospitals – Hospital Quality Alliance http://www.fahs.com/issues/quality_initiative/ Health Care Information and Management Systems Society http://www.himss.org/ASP/topics_patientSafety.asp Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) www.ihi.org Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) www.ismp.org Institute of Medicine (IOM) www.iom.edu *Joint Commission on the Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations www.jcaho.org Joise King Foundation/Patient Safety Group http://www.josieking.org/index.html Kaiser Family Foundation www.kaisernetwork.org Kenneth B. Schwartz Center www.theschwartzcenter.org The Leapfrog Group www.leapfroggroup.org National Academy for State Health Policy www.nashp.org National Alliance for Healthcare Information Technology http://www.nahit.org National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) www.nchc.org National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) www.nccmerp.org National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) www.ncqa.org National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE): Works to advance safe and appropriate use of medicine through communication. www.talkaboutrx.org *National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) www.npsf.org National Quality Forum (NQF) www.qualityforum.org Partnership for Patient Safety (P4PS) www.p4ps.org Patient Safety Institute (PSI) www.ptsafety.org Patient Safety Officer Society (PSOS) www.psos.org The Smile Train http://www3.aaos.org/safety/patient_home.htm *QualityHealthCare.org www.qualityhealthcare.org Risk Management Foundation (RMF) www.rmf.harvard.edu/patientsafety
US Pharmacopeia (USP)
www.usp.org
Professional Organizations for Diagnostic Specialists:
Lab Voice: Training and Competency in the Clinical Lab a division of the University of Washington Department of Lab Medicine http://www.labvoice.org/
Professional Organizations for Doctors American Academy of Family Physicians – The Robert Graham Center: The Robert Graham Center is the Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care and was launched by the AAFP in June of ’99. If one links to the center’s library one can search the list by one of three themes, of which patient safety is one. http://www.graham-center.org American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) www.aamc.org American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO): Quality of care documents help to define appropriate, ethical, and high quality eye care to enable ophthalmologists to provide effective care to their patients. Guidelines and Assessments are developed by the Academy without any external financial support. http://www.aao.org/aao/education/library/?prod=quality American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) – Patient Safety Home http://www3.aaos.org/safety/patient_home.htm American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)– Department of Practice and Research: Patient safety is one of the critical topics addressed by the Academy’s practice and research department. http://www.aap.org/sections/ypn/yp/child_advocacy/patient_safety.html American College of Cardiology (ACC) http://www.acc.org/ American College of Medical Quality (ACMQ) http://www.acmq.org/about/index.cfm American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) – Quality Improvement and Patient Safety http://www.acog.org/departments/dept_web.cfm?recno=28 American College of Physicians (ACP) http://www.acponline.org/ptsafety/ American College of Preventative Medicine (ACPM) http://www.acpm.org/clinical2.htm American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/patientsafety/ American Medical Association (AMA) http://www.ama-assn.org/ American Society for Clinical Pathology http://www.ascp.org/index.asp American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - Clinical Practice Tools http://www.astro.org/research/clinical_practice_tools/ American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) www.asahq.org Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) – Guidelines and Quality http://www.scai.org/drlt1.aspx?PAGE_ID=3803 Society of Critical Care Medicine http://www.sccm.org/Pages/default.aspx
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
http://www.sts.org/doc/9536 American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) www.anesthesiapatientsafety.com American Nurses Association (ANA) www.ana.org/quality American Operating Room Nurses (AORN) www.patientsafetyfirst.org American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) www.aone.org Professional Organizations for Pharmacists American Pharmacists Association www.pharmacyandyou.org
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) – Patient Safety Resource
Center
http://www.ashp.org/patient-safety/index.cfm
Commercial Links Premier http://www.premierinc.com/all/safety/index.jsp Quantros http://www.quantros.com
*Agency for Healthcare Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety
Network www.psnet.ahrq.gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) www.cms.gov Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) www.hhs.gov Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) https://iris.va.gov/scripts/iris.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1210 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) www.fda.gov/cder/drug/MedErrors/ National Guidelines Clearing House is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents http://www.guideline.gov/ VA National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) www.patientsafety.gov
Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care www.afmc.org California: SAFER California Healthcare: Strategic Alliance for Error Reduction http://www.safer.healthcare.ucla.edu/ *Florida Hospital Association www.fha.org/KeyIssue.html?PGID=6 *Georgia Hospital Association http://www.gha.org/pha/ Illinois Hospital Association www.ihatoday.org Kentucky Medical Association – Patient Safety Task Force http://www.kyma.org/Patient_Safety.php Maryland Patient Safety Coalition www.mhcc.state.md.us/patient_safety Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA) www.mhalink.org *Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors http://www.macoalition.org/ Michigan Health & Safety Coalition www.mihealthandsafety.org Minnesota Alliance for Patient Safety www.mnpatientsafety.org Minnesota Hospital and Healthcare Partnership (MHHP) www.mnhospitals.org New York Department of Health Patient Safety Center http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/healthinfo/patientsafety.htm Ohio Patient Safety Institute (OPIS) http://www.ohiopatientsafety.org/ Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority www.psa.state.pa.us/psa/site/default.asp Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative www.prhi.org University of Texas Medical Branch www.utmb.edu/patientsafety Texas Patient Safety Foundation http://www.texaspatientsafetyfoundation.org/ Utah Department of Health Patient Safety Initiative http://health.utah.gov/psi/ Virginians Improving Patient Care and Safety www.vipcs.org Washington Patient Safety Coalition www.wapatientsafety.org Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality www.wiqualitycollaborative.org Wisconsin, Madison Patient Safety Collaborative http://www.madisonpatientsafety.org/
*Wisconsin Patient Safety Institute www.wpsi.org International Organizations/Coalitions Australian Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) www.apsf.net.au Australian Safety and Quality Council www.safetyandquality.org Canadian Patient Safety Institute www.cpsi-icsp.ca Japan Council for Quality Healthcare www.jcqhc.or.jp The Joanna Briggs Institute – An Australian initiative leading a collaborative approach to evaluating best practices http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/best_practice/bp4.php Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety http://www.jcipatientsafety.org/ National Patient Safety Agency http://www.npsa.nhs.uk Radiological Society of North America http://www.rsna.org/Publications/rsnanews/dec05/safetydec05.cfm World Health Organization www.who.int |
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