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Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
www.ismp.org
A nonprofit organization comprised of pharmacists, nurses, and
physicians devoted entirely to medication error prevention and safe
medication use. For over 10 years have been educating Over the years,
ISMP has developed numerous publications, programs, and tools designed
to help healthcare professionals prevent medication errors, such as
publishing newsletters, conducting frequent educational programs on
medication safety issues, and offering drug safety tools (posters,
videos, patient brochures, books, etc.), and conduct on-site risk
assessments of medication safety in healthcare facilities and respond to
sentinel events.
Joint Commission
www.jointcommission.org
A non-profit organization that evaluates and accredits more than 15,000
health care organizations and programs in the United States to
continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the
public. Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized
nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s
commitment to meeting certain performance standards since 1951.
National Patient Safety Foundation
www.npsf.org
The National Patient Safety Foundation is a resource for individuals and
organizations committed to improving the safety of patients. The
foundation helps to raise public awareness and foster communications
about patient safety.
NCPS: VA National Center for Patient Safety
www.patientsafety.gov
The NCPS was established in 1999 to develop and nurture a culture of
safety throughout the Veterans Health Administration. Our goal is the
nationwide reduction and prevention of inadvertent harm to patients as a
result of their care. Patient safety managers at 153 VA hospitals and
patient safety officers at 21 VA regional headquarters participate in
the program.
Patient Safety Group
http://patientsafetygroup.org
Started in 2004 by Jay and Sorrel King, this organization uses two
programs, the eCUSP (electronic unit-based patient safety program) and
the AHRQ Culture Survey to help health care organizations communicate,
collaborate, share and improve. The eCUSP provides caregivers the
opportunity to manage, monitor, organize, account for and share their
patient safety efforts and the AHRQ Culture Survey allows health care
organizations to easily measure their workplace culture to help drive
improvement initiatives.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
www.ahrq.ogov
AHRQ is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—the Nation's lead
Federal agency for research on health care quality, costs, outcomes, and
patient safety.
Home to research centers that specialize in major areas of health care
research:
*Quality improvement and patient safety.
*Outcomes and effectiveness of care.
*Clinical practice and technology assessment.
*Health care organization and delivery systems.
*Primary care (including preventive services).
*Health care costs and sources of payment.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement
www.ihi.org
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is an independent not-for-profit
organization helping to lead the improvement of healthcare throughout
the world. Founded in 1991 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, IHI
works to accelerate improvement by building the will for change,
cultivating promising concepts for improving patient care, and helping
health care systems put those ideas into action.
The Josie King Foundation
http://josieking.org
The Josie King Foundation was founded by the Jay and Sorrel King, the
parents of eighteen-month old Josie King, who died at John Hopkins
Hospital in 2001 because of a medical error. Josie was admitted for
first and second degree burns, but died because of dehydration and
misused narcotics.
The Quaid Foundation
http://thequaidfoundation.org
The Quaid Foundation was started by actor Dennis Quaid and his wife
Kimberly when their newborn twins almost died of a medical error. Just a
few weeks after being born, the twins were taken to the hospital for an
infection they had, where they were overdosed with the blood thinner
heparin.
World
Health Organization: World Alliance for Patient Safety
http://www.who.int/patientsafety/en/
In October 2004 WHO launched the World Alliance for Patient
Safety in response to a World Health Assembly Resolution (2002) urging
WHO and Member States to pay the closest possible attention to the
problem of patient safety.
The Alliance raises awareness
and political commitment to improve the safety of care and facilitates
the development of patient safety policy and practice in all WHO Member
States. Each year, the Alliance delivers a number of programs covering
systemic and technical aspects to improve patient safety around the
world.
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