Trusted Organizations and Programs with Expertise in Patient Safety
Part of our role is to share patient safety best practices. Here are some of the organizations that we look to to inform our work. Check out the list below!
Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality is an institute within Johns Hopkins Medicine that aims to reduce preventable harm, improve clinical outcomes and experiences, and reduce waste in healthcare delivery at Johns Hopkins and around the world.
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Collaborative for Accountability and Improvement (CAI)
The Collaborative for Accountability and Improvement: A Program of UW Medicine is dedicated to accelerating the spread of effective communication and resolution programs (CRPs) to healthcare organizations everywhere. The Collaborative brings together CRP innovators and respected experts in healthcare, law, and patient advocacy to support effective implementation and ongoing improvement of CRPs through training, shared learning, and advocacy.
Visit the Collaborative for Accountability and Improvement (CAI)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) aims to improve health and healthcare worldwide using improvement science to work with health systems, countries, and other organizations on improving quality, safety, and value in healthcare.
National Quality Forum (NQF)
The National Quality Forum is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership-based organization that works to catalyze improvements in healthcare. OPSC is a proud NQF member.
Oregon Health and Science University Pacific Northwest Evidence-Based Practice Center
The Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center conducts systematic reviews of healthcare topics for federal and state agencies, professional associations, and foundations.
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Patient Safety Network Primers
Following is a collection of guides on key topics in patient safety through context, epidemiology, and other relevant content from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Patient Safety Network (PSNet).
