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Quality and Safety Web Resources

Last Updated: February 24, 2009

SHS is proud to introduce the latest contribution from our Tools and Content Committee Intended as a comprehensive portal to all things Healthcare Quality and Safety, this resource list will continually evolve as more organizations are discovered. We encourage anyone to submit potential additions to the Tools and Content committee. Enjoy!

Organization / Web Site URL /
Advisory Board / http://www.advisory.com/
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – Innovations site / http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) / http://www.ahrq.gov/
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality PSNet - Patient Safety Network / http://psnet.ahrq.gov/
American Hospital Association Quality Center / http://www.ahaqualitycenter.org
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management / http://www.ashrm.org/
American Society for Quality / http://www.asq.org/healthcare-use/why-quality/overview.html
Association of Operating Room Nurses / http://www.aorn.org/
Baldrige Award (National Institute of Standards and Technology) / http://www.quality.nist.gov/
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) / http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp
Commonwealth Fund / http://www.commonwealthfund.org/
CMS Hospital Compare / http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/
Health Grades / http://www.healthgrades.com/
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) / http://www.ihi.org/
IHI Surgical Checklist / http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/ImprovementMap/
WHOSurgicalSafetyChecklist.htm
Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences / http://www.iom.edu/
Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) / http://www.ismp.org/
The Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety / http://www.jcipatientsafety.org/
Josie King Foundation / http://www.josieking.org
Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety / http://www.leapfroggroup.org/
National Association of Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) / http://www.nahq.org/
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) / http://www.ncqa.org/
National Council on Patient Information and Education – / http://www.talkaboutrx.org/
National Patient Safety Foundation / http://www.npsf.org/
National Quality Forum (NQF) / http://www.qualityforum.org/
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority / http://www.psa/state.pa.us
Premier Inc.'s Online Patient Safety Institute / http://www.premierinc.com/safety/
The Joint Commission (TJC) / http://www.jointcommission.org/
The Joint Commission PS Page / http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/
Society for Health Systems / http://www.iienet2.org/SHS/
World Health Organization (WHO) World Alliance for Patient Safety / http://www.who.int/patientsafety/
VA National Center for Patient Safety / http://www.patientsafety.gov/