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Consumer Organizations

Consumers Advancing Patient Safety.

Josie King Foundation.

Partnership for Patient Safety.

The Quaid Foundation.

Safe Care Campaign.

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Hospital Associations

American Hospital Association: Quality and Patient Safety.

California Hospital Association. California Hospital Association’s patient safety awareness campaign: Caring is Our Calling.

Hospital Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties.

Hospital Association of Southern California.

Hospital Council of Northern & Central California.

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Newsletters

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation.

Australian Patient Safety Bulletins (Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety, Australia: CREPS).

CAPSLink (United States Pharmacopeia: USP).

CHPSO Patient Safety News.

Current Awareness Literature Alert (National Patient Safety Foundation: NPSF).

Department of Defense Patient Safety Newsletter.

European Network for Patient Safety.

FDA Drug Safety Newsletter (United States Food and Drug Administration: FDA).

Focus on Patient Safety Newsletter (National Patient Safety Foundation: NPSF).

ISMP Medication Safety Alert (Institute for Safe Medication Practices).

Medication Safety Issue Briefs (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: ASHP) (Search for title).

Medical Device Safety (FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health: CDRH-FDA).

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - MMWR (HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: CDC).

NC Quality Highlights.

Patient Safety Advance (Qualis Health QIO).

Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare - PSQH.

Patient Safety and Health Information Technology E-Newsletter (Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research: AHRQ).

Patient Safety Monitor Alert (HCPro).

Patient Safety Updates (Utah Department of Health: UDoH).

Patients for Patient Safety Newsletter (WHO).

PSNet newsletter – email link (AHRQ).

Premier SafetyShare.

Quality Improvement & Patient Safety (American College of Emergency Physicians).

Safer Healthcare Now (Canada).

Sorry Works! Newsletter.

The Pulse Newsletter Archives (LifeWings).

Topics in Patient Safety - TIPS (VA National Center for Patient Safety: NCPS).

WebM&M - Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web (AHRQ), email link.

WHO Patient Safety Newsletter.

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Other Organizations

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the AHRQ Web M&M.

American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM).

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation.

Australian Patient Safety Foundation (APSF).

California Patient Safety Action Coalition (CAPSAC).

Center for Healthcare Quality (CHCQ), California Department of Public Health.

Health Care-Associated Infections (resource from AHRQ.)

Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), California’s Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO).

Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

Institute of Medicine (IOM).

National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP).

National Patient Safety Agency (UK NHS).

National Patient Safety Foundation.

National Patient Safety Goals, the Joint Commission.

National Quality Forum.

VA National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS).

WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety.

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Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIA).

Notice of proposed rule making, February 12, 2008.

Final Patient Safety Organization (PSO) rule, November 21, 2008.

Patient Safety Organization information at the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The CHPSO listing at AHRQ. CHPSO approval letter.

PSO Privacy Protection Center, the source of the common formats for patient safety reports.

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Patient Safety Consulting

The Just Culture Community.

Lifewings.

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Professional Resources

AACE Patient Safety Exchange.

American Society of Medication Safety Officers - ASMSO.

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation - APSF.

Center for Improving Medication Management.

Center for Patient Partnerships.

Cognitive Technologies Laboratory - CtL.

Congress Resources - Patient Safety Tool Kit (Nursing Leadership Congress).

Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation - EMPSF.

Facts about Patient Safety (Joint Commission).

Hand Hygiene Resource Center - HHRC (Saint Raphael Healthcare System: SRHS).

Health and Safety (Massachusetts Nurses Association: MNA).

Health Care Innovations Exchange (Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research: AHRQ).

Healthcare Quality and Safety (United States Pharmacopeia: USP).

Interprofessional Patient Safety Education and Resources (University of Washington Center for Health Sciences Interprofessional Education).

Medication Errors (FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research: CDER-FDA).

National Center for Patient Safety (United States Department of Veterans Affairs: VA).

National Patient Safety Goals (Joint Commission).

Pathways for Medication Safety® (American Hospital Association, Health Research & Educational Trust: HRET).

Patient Safety (American Academy of Neurology: AAN).

Patient Safety (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: AAOS).

Patient Safety (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists: ASHP).

Patient Safety (Institute for Healthcare Improvement: IHI).

Patient Safety (Joint Commission Resources).

Patient Safety Awareness Week - PSAW (National Patient Safety Foundation: NPSF).

Patient Safety Center (ECRI Institute).

Patient Safety Center (New York State Department of Health: NYDOH).

Patient Safety First (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses: AORN).

Patient Safety Resource Center (Texas Medical Association: TMA).

Patient Safety Resource Center: Medscape (WebMD).

Patient Safety Strategies (Controlled Risk Insurance Company/Risk Management Foundation: CRICO/RMF).

Patient Safety Tool Kit (Florida Hospital Association: FHA).

Patient Safety Tools for Physician Practices (American Hospital Association, Health Research & Educational Trust: HRET).

Patients First (Massachusetts Hospital Association: MHA).

PSNet - Patient Safety Network (AHRQ).

Quality and Patient Safety (American Hospital Association: AHA).

Safety Institute (Premier).

San Diego Patient Safety Council.

Sorry Works! Coalition.

Vermont Oxford Network - VON.

WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions.

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Quality and Safety Data

CalHospitalCompare.org.

The California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Taskforce (CHART) was established in 2004 to develop a statewide hospital performance reporting system using a multi-stakeholder collaborative process.

FDA Patient Safety News.

Hospital quality information, California State Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD).

Minnesota Department of Health Adverse Events Reporting System.

National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC).

Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority.

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Registered State-focused PSOs

California Hospital Patient Safety Organization (CHPSO).

Connecticut Hospital Association Federal Patient Safety Organization.

Patient Safety Organization of Florida.

Georgia Hospital Association Research and Education Foundation Patient Safety Organization (GHA-PSO).

Illinois PSO.

Kentucky Institute for Patient Safety & Quality.

Maryland Patient Safety Center.

MHA Patient Safety Organization (Michigan).

Missouri Center for Patient Safety.

Nebraska Coalition for Patient Safety.

New Jersey Hospital Association Health, Research & Educational Trust Institute for Quality & Patient Safety.

NC Quality Center PSO.

Ohio Patient Safety Institute.

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety.

Texas Patient Safety Organization, Inc.

Washington State Patient Safety Organization.

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