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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:
consumer health decision making
medical treatment effectiveness
medical errors and patient safety
preventive services
quality assessment and improvement

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 the IHI 5 Million Lives Campaign.

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 IHHA document provides a simple explanation of serious adverse event reporting in Indiana.

Preliminary 2006 Report of the Indiana Medical Error Reporting System

Fact Sheet Indiana Patient Safety Center

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