African Partnerships for Patient Safety. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Patient Safety, World Health Organization. “This Web site establishes a forum for hospitals in Europe and Africa to support partnership development and share learnings to drive patient safety improvements.” [AHRQ description / website]
Assessing patient safety practices and outcomes in the U.S. health care system. Farley DO, Ridgely MS, Mendel P, et al. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation; 2009. ISBN: 9780833047748. "This publication reports the results of a 2-year examination to determine the effectiveness of US efforts to improve patient safety, explore hospitals' experience with the AHRQ patient safety culture survey, and highlight trends in patient safety improvement." [AHRQ description - book]
Avoiding medication mistakes. Fitzpatrick C. Consumer Updates. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration. September 29, 2009. [video for consumers]
Comments on the common formats. National Quality Forum. “The National Quality Forum is gathering comments for AHRQ about Version 1.0 of the Common Formats, a standardized method for collecting data and reporting patient safety event information to Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs).” [AHRQ description]
Enhancing patient care: a practical guide to improving quality and safety in hospitals. Wolff A, Taylor S. Sydney, Australia: MJA Books; 2009. ISBN: 9780977578665. Authors from an Australian hospital outline a framework to assist providers and health services organizations in designing and implementing effective patient safety programs." [AHRQ description / book]
Hospital performance report: a consumer report. New Jersey 2009. Trenton, NJ: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services; September 2009. "Detailing results of an error reporting initiative in New Jersey, this publication explains how consumers can use this information and provides tips for safety when obtaining health care. A supplement highlights findings related to patient safety indicators. [AHRQ description / free - full text]
Joint Policy statement—guidelines for care of children in the emergency department. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Committee; Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee. Pediatrics. 2009;124:1233-1243.
Medical liability reform and patient safety planning grants (R21). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. RFA-HS-10-022. “This announcement alerts states and health systems to funding for developing innovations to reduce preventable patient injuries, minimize communication discrepancies, and create effective compensation for injured patients.” [AHRQ description]
Patient safety conference 2010. GovNet Communications. February 4, 2010; QE II Conference Centre, London, UK. "This session will focus on a variety of policy and administrative tactics to support improvements in patient safety in the United Kingdom National Health Service." [AHRQ description / conference]
Pillbox (beta). Bethesda, MD: National Library of Medicine, US Food and Drug Administration. “… helps users to identify pills based on physical characteristics and includes links to additional drug information resources. Although the site is still under development, it is now available as a ‘beta’ version.” [AHRQ description / website]
Practical patient safety. Reynard J, Reynolds J, Stevenson P. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 2009. ISBN: 9780199239931. "This book provides an introduction to key patient safety topics and includes a set of 20 case studies to demonstrate opportunities for error prevention." [AHRQ description / book]
Safe Use Initiative. US Food and Drug Administration. “his Web site supports a coordinated effort to reduce preventable medication-related errors through cross-sector interventions.”[AHRQ description / website]
"To err is human" report retrospective and the decade ahead. 2009 NPSF Congress: Lucian Leape Institute Plenary. Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation; May 21, 2009. [video of plenary session and conference proceedings also available]
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