| Links |
| Medical
error and patient safety internet web links allow people to
learn about the work of improvement in healthcare throughout
the world. At MedicalErrorReduction.com we include sites with
a specific error reduction or quality improvement focus. |
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| TOP
MEDICAL ERROR and PATIENT SAFETY LINKS |
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| Research
on Medical Errors |
| A
place to view federal documents, summaries and video presentations
on medical error reduction topics. |
| http://www.ahcpr.gov/errors.htm |
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| NPSF
Clearinghouse Bibliography of patient safety literature |
| extensive
listing of references for medical error reduction research.
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| http://www.ama-assn.org/med-sci/npsf/bibl0598.htm |
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| Medical
Error Reduction Act of 2000 |
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| S.2038-
Sponsor Sen Arlen Specter(introduced 2/8/2000) |
| A
bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reduce accidental
injury and death resulting from medical mistakes and to reduce
medication-related errors, and for other purposes. |
| COSPONSORS
Sen. Tom Harkin and Sen Daniel Inouve |
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| Audio
Links Below Require RealAudio Player |
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| The
Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Testifies
Before a House Subcommittee About Reducing Medical Errors and
Promoting Patient Safety, Director John M. Eisenberg, M.D |
| http://www.radiospace.com/AudioFiles/ahrq.ram |
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| The
Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Gives
Additional Testimony About Reducing Medical Errors and Promoting
Patient Safety, Director John M. Eisenberg, M.D |
| http://www.radiospace.com/AudioFiles/ahrq2.ram |
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| JCAHO |
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| JCAHO
SE # 12- Operative and Post-Operative Complications: Lessons
for the Future, February 2000 |
| The
key medical error reduction actions to improve patient care
are |
| Improve
training to physician and hospital staff |
| Expand
on-call coverage |
| Standardize
procedures across care settings |
| Revise
credentialing and privileging procedures |
| Clearly
define communication channels |
| Revise
competency evaluation process |
| Monitor
consistency of compliance with procedures |
| Implement
teleradiology programs |
| http://www.jcaho.org/edu_pub/sealert/sea12.html |
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| JCAHO
SENTINEL EVENT STATISTICS |
| March
2000 At this site the data on Sentinel Event reporting from
1995 to present is shared. Patient suicide(19.4%), medication
error(14.3%) and operative/post-op complications(10.7%) lead
the list of reported events. |
| http://www.jcaho.org/sentinel/se_stats.html |
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| JCAHO
SENTINEL EVENT ALERTS |
| At
this site you will find listed all of the published Sentinel
Event Alerts to date. |
| http://www.jcaho.org/edu_pub/sealert/se_alert.html |
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| JCAHO
Adverse Event Annotated Reference |
| A
listing by top authors journal articles related to adverse events.
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| http://www.jcaho.org/sentinel/se_annot.html |
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| OTHER
ERROR REDUCTION SITES |
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| Advisory
Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Healthcare
Industry |
|
Provides advice to the President on medical error and healthcare
quality issues. |
| http://www.hcqualitycommission.gov/ |
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| National
Patient Safety Foundation |
| The
site is committed to a mission of improving the safety of patients. |
| http://www.ama-assn.org/med-sci/npsf/main.htm |
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| Institute
for Healthcare Improvement |
| One
of the best sites that is focused on improving the overall quality
of healthcare. |
| http://www.ihi.org/ |
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| American
Society for Healthcare Risk Management |
| One
of the longstanding arms of AHA that continues to be a leader
in error reduction work. |
| http://www.ashrm.org/ |
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| Risk
Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions |
| One
of the best sites for risk management issues you can find. |
| http://www.rmf.org/ |
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| Anesthesia
Patient Safety Foundation |
| One
of the world's foremost authorities on anesthesia related medical
error. |
| http://gasnet.med.yale.edu/apsf |
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| National
Guideline Clearinghouse |
| The
NGC is a database of clinical practice guidelines and other
documents. It is supported by AHCPR, AMA and AAHP. |
| http://www.guideline.gov/ |
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| Massachusetts
Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors |
| Focus
is on the identification of best practices to reduce medical
error and education to increase awareness of error prevention
strategies. |
| http://www.mhalink.org/mcpme |
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| Emergency
Care Research Institute (ECRI) |
| Mission
is to improve safety, quality and cost effectiveness of healthcare.
|
| http://www.ecri.org/ |
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| Medication
Error Prevention Links |
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| Institute
for Safe Medication Practices |
| Site
is focused extensively on helping to reduce medication errors. |
| http://www.ismp.org/ |
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| American
Society of Health - Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) |
| Provides
FDA alerts and medication error reduction information. |
| http://www.ashp.com/ |
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| United
States Pharmacopeia (USP) |
| Offers
information about drug products quality and medication adverse
events. |
| http://www.usp.org/ |
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| Medication
Error Prevention |
| Potassium
Chloride (February 1998) at last check JCAHO was having a problem
with some files. |
| Use
http://www.jcaho.org/edu_pub/sealert/se_alert.html
and go to the bottom of the page to gain access to the Alert. |
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| High-Alert
Medications and Patient Safety (November 1999) |
| JCAHO
SE Alert #11 |
| http://www.jcaho.org/edu_pub/sealert/sea11.html |
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| Medication
Misadventures Resource Center |
| (American
Society of Health-System Pharmacists) |
| http://www.ashp.com/public/proad/mederror/index.html |
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| Mental
Health Links |
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| Center
for Quality Assessment and Improvement in Mental Health |
| Based
at the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and
the Cambridge Health Alliance, CQAIMH develops and tests methods
to evaluate the quality of mental health care and leads mental
health quality management for a public-sector healthcare network
and plan. |
| http://www.challiance.org/cqaimh |
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| INTERNATIONAL
MEDICAL LINKS |
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| James
S. Todd Memorial Library |
| This
site is dedicated to the Power of Sharing Knowledge. It provides
linkage to medical organizations in Canada, Europe and Asia. |
| http://www.ama-assn.org/med_link/wintnatl.htm |
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| British
Medical Journal |
| Provides
a view of healthcare service delivery from 'across the pond'.
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| http://www.bmj.com/ |
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| Australian
Patient Safety Foundation |
| http://www.apsf.net.au/ |
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| Additional
links will be added weekly. What we need is your help to identify
top quality medical error and patient safety sites from around
the world. |
