Patient
Safety Information Resources
that lead to good sets of references for further study
National Patient Safety Foundation Universal Patient Compact: Document that lists principles to create a partnership team between health care providers and patients.
www.NPSF.org - direct link to Universal Patient Compact
National Patient Safety Foundation
www.npsf.org
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
www.ahrq.gov
The National Quality Forum
www.qualityforum.org
Patient Safety Institute
www.ptsafety.org
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
www.jcaho.org
Institute of Medicine
www.iom.edu
Institute for Health Improvement
www.ihi.org
VA National Center for Patient Safety
www.patientsafety.gov
Patient Safety First
www.patientsafetyfirst.org
US Food and Drug Administration : Patient Safety Portal
www.fda.gov
American College of Physicians
www.acponline.org
WHO: Patient Safety
www.who.int/pattientsafety/en
UK National Patient Safety Agency
www.npsa.nhs.uk
American Hospital Association
www.hospitalconnect.com
American Health Quality Association
www.ahqa.org
American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
www.ismp.org
The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and
Prevention
www.nccmerp.org
US Dept. of Health and Human Resources
www.hhs.gov
American Iatrogenic Association
www.iatrogenic.org
The Anesthesia patient safety Foundation
www.gasnet.org
Premier Safety Institute
www.premierinc.com/safety
Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education
www.sdrme.org
Examples of references resulting from the use of above listed resources:
• Kohn LT, Corrigan JM, Donaldson MS eds. To Err is Human; Building a Safer Health System. National Academy Press: Nov. 1999.
• IOM, Committee on Quality of Health Care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, National Academy Press, March: 2001.
• HHS, US Department of Health and Human Resources, Collaborative Education to Ensure Patient Safety: December 2000.
• Millenson Michael L, Demanding Medical Excellence: Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age, University o Chicago Press, 1999.
• JCAHO. Revisions to Joint Commission Standards in Support of Patient Safety and Medical/Health Care Error(1) Reduction, Effective: July 1, 2001.
• Wagner Lynn. Doctor’s Digest, Your Guide to Practice Management: Error Proofing Your Practice. Jan/Feb 2005.
• Schwartzberg JG. The Power of Words: Communicating Risk. Third Annenberg Conference on Patient safety, St. Paul, MN: May, 2001.
• O’Connell D. We Made a Mistake, Let’s Talk: Communicating Risk and Safety in Health Care. Third Annenberg Conference on Patient Safety, St. Paul, MN: May, 2001.
• Rehm S and Kraft S. Electronic Medical Records: The FPM Vendor Survey, Family Pract. January 2001: 45-54.
• Lucian L. Leape, Error in Medicine, JAMA 272, no.23, 1994, 1851-57.
• Kerr EA, McGlynn EA, Adams J, Keesey J, Asch SM. Profiling the quality of Care in Communities: Results from the Community Quality Index Study. Health Affairs, Vol. 23, May/June 2004, 247-256.
• Gawande A. Complications: A surgeon’s Notes on an Imperfect Science. PICADOR, 2003.
• Gibson R, Singh JN. Wall of Silence. Lifeline Press. 2003.