March of Dimes Medical Resource Page Health Literacy Interventions and Outcomes: An Updated Systematic Review Summary Full Review
Culture of Patient Safety Toolkit Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture. This resource list provides a description and links to publicly available information and websites on patient safety improvement initiatives, organized according to the areas the AHRQ survey assesses. Effective Crisis Management Toolkit This resource, created by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is designed to encourage and help organizations assemble crisis management plans before they need to utilize them. Wristband Standardization Toolkit IHA and the IPSC recommend all hospitals consider using six standard colors for alert wristbands to improve patient safety. This toolkit is designed to assist with the implementation of standardizing patient alert wristbands.
Hand Hygiene Toolkit This resource, created by the Joint Commission, is designed to help infection control practitioners and patient safety officers across all types of health care organizations instruct staff on the importance of hand hygiene.
Anticoagulant Toolkit Developed by Purdue University PharmaTAP in collaboration with the Indiana Patient Safety Center (IPSC), Indiana Hospital Association (IHA) and VHA Central, this toolkit aims to reduce adverse drug events associated with high-alert medications.
Emergency Preparedness Toolkit This toolkit provides Indiana hospitals with practical information and tools to prepare for disaster situations. The document is intended to stimulate dialogue within each organization regarding emergency preparedness, as well as the purchase of important equipment and supplies to be fully prepared when a disaster strikes.
Transforming Care Toolkit The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has introduced a virtual resource center on the web to assist in the dissemination of the Transforming Care at the Bedside program.
ISDH MRSA Resource Manual Developed by the Indiana State Department of Health in collaboration with the Indiana Patient Safety Center, and the Indiana Hospital Association, this toolkit provides Indiana hospitals and health care organizations with practical information and tools to prevent MRSA.
RWJF Promising Practices Library These intervention summaries are "how-to" guides for improving care –documenting innovative solutions that have worked in addressing many of the major issues facing the health care system, including eliminating racial and ethnic disparities, improving the quality of language services, and reducing emergency department overcrowding.
AHRQ Guides for Clinicians These short, plain-language guides, tailored to clinicians, summarize research findings on the benefits and harms of different treatment options. Clinician guides rate the strength of evidence behind a report’s conclusions. Topics include: cancer; diabetes; mental health; muscle, bone, and joint; childbirth and pregnancy; blood vessels and heart.