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Patient Safety Links

Check out the following websites and resources for consumer-friendly information on patient safety (all links open in a separate window):

• The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sponsors and conducts research on health care outcomes, quality, and cost, use, and access. It also promotes patient safety and the reduction of medical errors.
  
  Check out Be an Active Health Care Consumer for materials on becoming more involved in your health care and preventing medical errors
  
  
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is a not-for-profit organization driving to improve the quality and value of health care for patients, communities, and the health care workforce.
  
  Check out "5 Million Lives Campaign" materials for patients and families
  
  
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is a nonprofit organization that works closely with health care practitioners and institutions, regulatory agencies, professional organizations and the pharmaceutical industry to provide education about adverse drug events and their prevention.
  
  Check out How Consumers Can Prevent Medication Errors
  Safe Medicine, a newsletter educating consumers on how to become active partners with their health care practitioners and take a leading role in preventing medication errors.
  
  
• An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is the nation's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.
  
  Check out patient safety information for the General Public
  Patient 101: How to Find Reliable Health Information
  Making Better Health Care Choices
  
  
• National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) is a patient safety coalition working to advance the safe, appropriate use of medicines through enhanced communication. The website is designed to help consumers make sound decisions on their use of medicines.
  
  Check out Tools and information for medicine users
  Be Medwise, the NCPIE's campaign focusing on the safe use of over-the-counter medications.
  
  
• National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), a not-for-profit organization, is the indispensable resource for individuals and organizations committed to improving the safety of patients.
  
  Check out NPSF patient safety tips and information for patients and families. 
  
  
• The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority is an independent state agency charged with taking steps to reduce and eliminate medical errors by identifying problems and recommending solutions that promote patient safety in hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities and birthing centers.
  
  Check out Tips for Consumers—What Patients Can Do to Prevent Medical Errors.
  
  
• VA National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) embodies the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) commitment to reducing and preventing adverse medical events through a unified and cohesive patient safety program that applies human factor analysis and safety research targeted at identifying and eliminating system vulnerabilities.
  
  Check out: Patient Safety for Patients

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