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World Health Agency (WHO)
Reducing accidents and the risk of error in health care requires a significant and sustained response at global and national levels, across all levels of the health care system. For this reason, WHO and its partners launched the World Alliance for Patient Safety, in October 2004, to advance the patient safety goal "First do no harm" and cut the number of illness, injuries and death suffered by patients.
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Partnership for Patient Safety
Partnership for Patient Safety is a patient-centered initiative to advance the reliability of healthcare systems worldwide. p4ps initiates focused partnerships and joint ventures with organizations and individuals that share our core values and objectives of achieving a healthcare system that is authentically patient-centered and systems based.
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National Patient Safety Foundation
The mission of the NPSF is to improve the safety of patients through our efforts to: Identify and create a core body of knowledge; Identify pathways to apply the knowledge; Develop and enhance the culture of receptivity to patient safety; Raise public awareness and foster communications about patient safety; and Improve the status of the Foundation and its ability to meet its goals.
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Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
This web-based patient safety resource and journal features expert analysis of five cases each month of medical errors in the areas of medicine, surgery/anesthesia, obstetrics-gynecology, pediatrics and 'other'. Interactive learning modules, forums for online discussion and resources links are also included.
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Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
This site provides some links to some of the main patient safety reports, as well as information related to infection control, including specific clinical guidelines.
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Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI)
ECRI provides a range of tools and resources related to patient safety and healthcare quality, particularly focusing on devices and technology. Medical Device Safety Reports is a repository for incidents related to device errors.
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Patient Safety Resource Guide for Nurses
CNA has created the Patient Safety Resource Guide for nurses to support the timely efforts both nationally and internationally to improve patient safety practices. This resource was designed to help guide the RN, in all domains of practice, through this prolific area of study.
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
This site focuses on quality improvement including culture change concepts, design, and education.
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Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
This site provides good general information regarding standards, standards development, sentinel events, and legislative issues. Contains Sentinel Event Alert, a glossary, statistics, resources on reporting and responding to sentinel events, as well as links to other sites. The Quality Check site include information on hospitals and other healthcare institutions.
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Medical Error and Patient Safety Learning
This site offers extensive resources including books, articles, links to legislative acts, vendor booths, educational opportunities, and fact sheets. Of particular interest is this site's offer of consultation services for providers, as well as a forum for sharing stories for both patients and providers.
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National Quality Forum (NQF)
This site offers information regarding NQF's on-going projects and reports in patient safety, as well as links to reports that have already been completed. With membership, it is possible to gain access to more extensive resources. Includes information that is patient safety-focused as well as quality-focused.
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Risk Management Foundation (RMF)
This site offers links to an Interview with Lucian Leape, an on-line CME course on risk management, 8 Principles for Developing Education in Patient Safety, and other related resources. Also includes access to extensive general risk management information.
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National Center for Patient Safety
The National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) embodies the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) uncompromising commitment to reducing and preventing adverse medical events while enhancing the care given our patients. The NCPS represents a unified and cohesive patient safety program, with active participation by all of the VA hospitals supported by dedicated patient safety managers. Our program is unique in healthcare; we focus on prevention not punishment.
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US Pharmacopoeia (USP)
This site offers information on USP's standards and activities. In addition, USP operates two medication error reporting, tracking, and analysis programs: the Medication Errors Reporting (MER) Program (operated in collaboration with the Institute for Safe Medication Practices) and the MedMARx Program. MedMARx is an Internet-accessible database for hospitals to report and track medication errors anonymously.
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Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC)
The site for this task force, which was developed under HHS and AHRQ, includes the Report to the President, patient fact sheet, press releases, research agenda, and general information about the work groups that are currently underway.
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Patient Safety Institute (PSI)
This site provides information on this organization, which strives to work with hospitals, providers and patients to reduce medical error through the use of technology and the building of relationships.
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Glossary of Patient Safety Terms
This is a link to a comprehensive listing of terms used in the process and management of patient safety compiled by the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Australian Council for Safety & Quality in Health Care
This site provides an overview of the patient safety agenda in Australia, including news reports, publications, resources, events, and areas for action in patient safety.
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Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI)
Resources includes upcoming events, publications, and links to Canadian and international organizations.
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Bridge Medical
The general site provides information on patient safety software systems, and general culture of safety reports (i.e. Beyond Blame). Mederrors.com provides more extensive information, including a CE course titled Anatomy of an Error, features on patient safety topics, a history of tracking errors, consumer tips, a hospital checklist, legislation, grants, a library of patient safety article summaries, and FAQs.
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ECRI - Patient Safety
ECRI (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute) is an independent, not-for-profit health services research agency. Its mission is to improve the safety, quality and cost-effectiveness of health care. It has been active in the patient safety field for many years.
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The Health Foundation: Safer Patients Initiative
The Health Foundation is an independent charity that aims to improve health and the quality of healthcare in the UK. It spends around £15 million annually on initiatives to develop leaders in health; promote innovation in the delivery of health services; and disseminate evidence for changing health policy and practice.
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Canada: Patient Safety Support Service
In March 2004, The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced Canada's first province-wide Patient Safety Support Service to improve the safety and quality of health care for Ontarians. The website includes downloadable patient safety literature, toolkits and success stories. Additonal tools, education, information and training to strengthen patient safety and support an accountable and safe healthcare system will be made available
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Institute for Safe Medication Practices - Canada (ISMP)
Resources include safety publications including alerts and bulletins, surveys, and information on the Canadian Medication Incident Reporting and Prevention System.
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San Diego Center for Patient Safety
This new site includes links to tip sheets and literature resources, a discussion of the Standardized Encounter, upcoming conferences, and patient safety research.
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