Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment. Number 43. AHRQ, Publication No. 01-E058, July 2001, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Information transfer at Ch. 42.4.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD  20850

(301) 427-1364

http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ptsafety/

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Morbidity & Mortality Rounds on the Internet

http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/

Web-based patient safety resource and journal that showcases patient safety lessons drawn from actual cases of medical errors.

AHRQ’s Patient Safety E-newsletter;  http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/ptsflist.htm

Patient safety news and information; features research findings, new product announcement, and update on initiatives in the safety and quality field.

Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors

5 New England Executive Park

Burlington, MA  01803

(781)-272-8000, ext. 124

http://www.macoalition.org/

The Coalition’s “Safe Practice Recommendations” was published in Feb. 2005 issue of the Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Patient Safety, Vol. 31, No. 2,

http://www.jcrinc.com/

Getting Results Reliably: Communicating and Acting on Test Results, 2006 by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; Joint Commission Resources, Inc.; Doris Hanna, Paula Griswold, Lucian Leape, David W. Bates

Kraser GD. Failure modes and effects analysis; buildilng safety into everyday practice.  (FMEA). Marblehead, Ma; HCPro, Inc. 2004.

ARCHI-Improving Patient Safety Discussion Group

http://www.archi.net.au/content/index.phtml?

Forum for health professionals to discuss issues pertaining to patient safety and quality in health care.

ECRI. Communication. Healthcare Risk Control Risk Analysis, 2006 July; Supplement A: Risk and Quality Management Strategies 17

https://members.ecri.org/members/

Joint Commission Facts about Patient Safety - http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety

National Quality Forum.

http://www,qualityforum.org/

Promotes change through development and implementation of a national strategy for health care quality measurement and reporting.

National Patient Safety Foundation

1120 MASS MoCA Way

North Adams, MA  01247

(413)633-8900

http://www.npsf.org/

Information, research and resources on professional, consumer, and systems issue related to patient safety. Online discussion forum about development of a safer health care system.

Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare

http://www.psqh.com/

Provides broad range of safety and quality information for patients, clinicians and healthcare administrators, online and in print format

American Society for Healthcare Risk Management

One North Franklin Street

Chicago, IL  60606

(312) 422-3980

http://www.ashrm.org/