Patient Safety Resources

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• Agency for Heathcare Research and Quality
• AHRQ - Medical Errors & Patient Safety
• AHRQ - Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web
• AHRQ - Your Medicine: Play It Safe

Centers for Disease Control and Protection (CDC)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• CDC - Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
• CDC - National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
• CDC - Preventing Falls Among Older Adults

Government Healthcare Agencies

• Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care
• Canadian Patient Safety Institute
• FDA - Consumer Health Information
• Infection: Don't Pass It On
• National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) - NHS
• National Institute of Health
• Quality Interagency Coordination (QuIC) Task Force

HealthCare Organizations

• American Medical Association
• HCPro, The Healthcare Compliance Company
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
• Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
• Joint Commission International Center Patient Safety
• The Leapfrog Group
• National Patient Safety Foundation
• Patient Safety Institute

Human Factors Engineering (HFE)

• Bad Human Factors Designs
• FDA's Human Factors Program
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
• Human Factors International     Subscribe to UI Design Newsletter
• Human Factors Principles for Medical Device Labeling
• Suggested Readings in Human-Computer Interaction, User Interface Development, & Human Factors

The Joint Commission

• The Joint Commission
• The Joint Commission's Patient Safety Goals
• The Joint Commission's Accrediting Info
• The Joint Commission's Annotated Resources - Sentinel Events
• The Joint Commission's Sentinel Event Statistics

Medical Devices

• ECRI Database of Medical Device Safety Reports
• FDA's Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database - (MAUDE)
• FDA's MedWatch - Medical Products Reporting and Safety Information Program

Medication Safety

• Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)
• U. S. Pharmacopeia (USP)

Patient Safety Reporting System

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have agreed that NASA will manage an external patient safety reporting system that is:

• voluntary
• confidential
• non-punitive

• PSRS Overview: Who, What, Where, and Why (PDF)
• The PSRS Reporting Process (PDF)
• PSRS Reporting Form (PDF)
• PSRS Feedback - The PSRS Newsletter
• PSRS Product Order Form (PDF)
•    Visit the PSRS Website

Publications

• Free Medical Journals
• Diagnostic Code Descriptions (ICD9)
• JAMA
• The New England Journal of Medicine
• Medical Dictionary
• Handbook of Medical Informatics
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• National Library of Medicine Gateway

Usability

• Ten Usability Heuristics
• Usability.gov
• Usability Quiz
• Usability Toolkit

NCPS Home
Culture Change: Prevention, not Punishment | Alerts and Advisories | Patient Safety For Patients
NCPS in Action | Publications | Newsroom | Safety Resources | FAQ | NCPS Glossary | Contact Us | Viewer Software