NEW! Indiana Patient Safety Center Stakeholder Tips and ResourcesSheets Five Steps to Safer Health Care Caregivers' Creed- Together We Heal Patients, Consumers, and Families Business Leaders and Manufacturers Health Care Leaders and Caregivers
NEW! County Health Rankings The report, released by the University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ranks the overall health of every county in each state. Consumer Brochures From the Joint Commission Speak Up: Help Prevent Errors in Your Care Four things You Can Do to Prevent Infection Tips to Prevent Medication Mistakes Medical Test Mistakes
Consumer & Patient Information - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Web site provides practical health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care issues. Consumers can find information on the following topics:
AHRQ Guides for Patients and Consumers Consumer guides provide useful background on health conditions. The guides on medications also contain basic wholesale price information.
Medically Induced Trauma Support Services (MITSS) The MITSS mission is to support healing and restore hope to patients, families, and clinicians who have been affected by an adverse medical event.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is a not-for-profit organization leading improvement of health care throughout the world. Located in Cambridge, Mass., the IHI offers comprehensive programs that improve the lives of patients, the health of communities, and the joy of the health care workforce. The Indiana Patient Safety Center is a "node" or hub for IHI activities.
National Patient Safety Foundation
To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System This report issued by the Institute of Medicine in 1999 claimed that medical errors kill between 44,000 and 98,000 people each year in the U.S. The IOM report recommended the creation of external reporting systems to identify and learn from errors to prevent future occurrences.
Crossing the Quality Chasm a New Health System for the 21st Century
Background on Serious Adverse Event Reporting in Indiana This IHA document provides a simple explanation of serious adverse event reporting in Indiana.
2008 Indiana Medical Error Reporting System
CAPS: Consumers Advancing Patient Safety
The Josie King Foundation
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