Thursday, 30 October 2008

AHRQ

Advances in patient safety: new directions and alternative approaches.
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=8482

Assessing the evidence base for context-sensitive effectiveness and safety of patient safety practices: developing criteria.
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=8303

Call for presentations: 2009 annual conference on quality and patient safety (Joint Commission).
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=8519

Collaborations. Oakbrook, IL: WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions (quarterly electronic newsletter shares information on the activities of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions).
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=8568

Health-care-associated infections in hospitals: an overview of state reporting programs and individual hospital initiatives to reduce certain infections.
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=8536

Implementing the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 Including how to become a patient safety organization: interim guidance.
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=8553

Preventing errors relating to commonly used anticoagulants.
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=8483

To err is human—but don’t expect to get paid for it. Quality processes can help prevent hospital “never events.” (American Society for Quality – quarterly report)
http://www.asq.org/quality-report/reports/quarterly-quality-report-200810.pdf

Trends in nursing home deficiencies and complaints. Office of the Inspector General. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/resource.aspx?resourceID=8535