About us

Mission
To facilitate the development of safe and reliable systems to prevent harm to patients

Fact Sheet: Indiana Patient Safety Center

IPSC Activities Update May 2008

Activities Summary July-March 2008

Affiliated Organizations
Indiana Hospital Association

Indiana State Medical Association

Health Care Excel

Indiana University School of Medicine Regenstrief Institute’s Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research

Purdue University Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering

Strategies:

The Indiana Patient Safety Center will serve as a resource to health care providers, patients, consumers, and state regulatory agencies through initiatives to:

• Foster the development of regional "safety coalitions" to accelerate improvement
• Marshal the state’s health and academic assets to improve patient safety
• Disseminate evidence-based best practices in patient safety throughout Indiana
• Provide education, training, and other tools
• Serve as a resource to state regulatory agencies and the Indiana General Assembly
• Apply systems science to redesign and improve health care delivery systems through linkages between research and field work
• Develop a set of core competencies for designing and maintaining reliable processes of care
• Engage patients and families into improvement work
• Engage faculty from the regional campuses of Indiana University and Purdue University

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