Provider Resources and Links by Organization

Welcome to our resources and links page. For your convenience we have categorized the various sites by topic and by organization.

• Resources by Topic
• Consumer Focused Resources
• FMEA

Below is a list of organizations and resources regarding patient safety and health quality.

• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
• American Hospital Association
• American Pharmaceutical Association
• Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
• Best Practices Network
• Cancer-Pain.org
• Georgia Department of Human Resources
• Georgia Medical Care Foundation
• Georgia Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Institute for Family-Centered Care
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices
• The Joint Commission (TJC) - Healthcare Accrediation Organization
• Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
• MEDeRRORS.com - website devoted to medication errors & adverse drug events
• MedQIC - Quality Improvement Organizations and providers in finding, using, and sharing quality improvement resources.
• MEDWATCH - U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
• Medical Association of Georgia
• National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS)
• National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
• National Guideline Clearinghouse - Repository for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related materials
• National Patient Safety Foundation
• National Quality Forum
• The Leapfrog Group
• U.S. Pharmacopeia

PHA Peer Review - Contact List

Note: This page contains external links that is not the responsibility of the Partnership for Health & Accountability (PHA). PHA does not endorse any commercial products, services or web sites.

For more information regarding resources or to make peer review contact changes please email us at: pha@gha.org

Provider Resources and Links by Topic

Welcome to our resources and links page. For your convenience we have categorized the various sites by topic and by organization.

• Resources by Organization
• Consumer Focused Resources
• FMEA
  

Journals

AHRQ WebM&M - the online journal and forum on patient safety and health care quality.

Clinical Topics

• GA Department of Human Resources

For more specific clinical topic resources, see below:

• Cancer
• Cancer.gov
• Cancer-Pain.org
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Asthma
• Cardiovascular
  • American Heart Association
  • Georgia Medical Care Foundation
  • To view a complete list of measures available at NQMC, use the Measure Index or the Organization Browse.
    
• Chronic Heart Failure
• Diabetes
  • Diabetes.org
    • Clinical Practice Recommendations
    • Patient Education Resources
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Health Disaparities

"Creating Equity Reports: A Guide for Hospitals is a resource that can help health care staff develop an equity report. Developed by Robin M. Weinick, Ph.D.; Katherine Flaherty, Sc.D.; and Steffanie J. Bristol, B.S., with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the guide provides practical information on how to collect data on race, ethnicity, language and socioeconomic status—and how to use those data to develop an equity report that enables hospitals to take action."

Healthcare-Associated Infections - Strategies to prevent six healthcare associated infections

The Joint Commission (TJC) Topics:

• The Joint Commission
  • Link on medications and the Hospital Pharmacy column "Ask the Joint Commission"
  • National Patient Safety Goals
  • "Speak Up" - 5 Things You Can Do To Prevent Infection

Patient Safety

• Culture and Safety
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
• Interventions to Improve Safety Culture
• Madison Patient Safety Collaborative
• National Center for Patient Safety
• National Patient Safety Foundation
• National Quality Forum

For more specific patient safety resources, see below:

• Medication
  • ASHP Safe Medication Initiative
  • Best Practices Network
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  • Institute of Medicine Reports
  • The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) list of error-prone abbreviations - for consideration whenever medical information is communicated.
  • The Joint Commission
  • The Joint Commission - Link on Medications and the Hospital Pharmacy Column "Ask the Joint Commission"
  • Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
  • Medication Reconciliation
    • Medication Reconciliation - Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
    • Medication Reconciliation Toolkit - South Carolina Hospital Association
  • Medication Safety Brochure
  • Pathways for Medication Safety
  • US Pharmacopeia
• Medical
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  • Institute for Safe Medication Practices
  • Institute of Medicine Reports
  • The Joint Commission
  • Mayo Clinic

Healthcare Software Directory

Capterra Healthcare Software Directory
Capterra gives Hospitals a free resource with which to research software. You can choose product features to filter the directory and only see the products that match your needs.

Educational Opportunities

• Care Learning (www.carelearning.com)
  

PHA Peer Review - Contact List

Note: This page contains external links that are not the responsibility of the Partnership for Health & Accountability (PHA). PHA does not endorse any commercial products, services or web sites.

For more information regarding resources or to make peer review contact changes please email us at: pha@gha.org

 

Provider Community Resources

• Health Rankings 2008
• Health Rankings 2007

AHRQ Linking Clinical Practices and the Community for Health Promotion

Provider Performance Measurement Resources

Resource to help improve quality patient safety in our hospitals and healthcare system.

AHRQ - Evidence-Based Practices

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

• Evidence-Based Care/ Performance Measurement
• Pay for Performance

The Joint Commission (TJC) - Performance Measurement

• Sepcifications Manual
• Core Measures - Set information for AMI, CHF, PN, Pregnancy and SCIP

Provider Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP)

Centers for Disease Prevention & Control (CDC)

• Recognize/ Prevent MRSA
• Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999

Goergia Medical Care Foundation (GMCF)

• Cats Poster
• Beagle poster

IHI 5M Lives Campaign - The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is driving a national campaign to dramatically reduce incidents of medical harm in U.S. hospitals. Called the 5 Million Lives Campaign, it asks hospitals to more rapidly improve the care they provide. The goal is to protect patients from 5 million incidents of medical harm over a 24-month period ending December 9, 2008.

• SCIP Tools & Resources
• IHI Resources

Literature Compilation

• Data Dictionary

Literature Review

• SCIP Literature Review .

Presentations

• Breaking Down SCIP Physician Barriers
• SCIP Made Easier
• SCIP Physician Championing Training Webex

QualityNet SCIP Home Page

SCIP Listsev
To join the SCIP national listserv send an e-mail to join-scip@list.qualishealth.org

SCIP Resources

• Top Ten SCIP Tips .

The Joint Commission (TJC)

• "Speak Up" - 5 Things You Can Do To Prevent Infection

For more information regarding SCIP Resources please email us at: pha@gha.org

PHA Resources - SMU Resources

Safe Medication Use (SMU)
“... any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm, while the medication is in the control of the health care professional, patient, or consumer. Such events may be related to professional practice, health care products, procedures, and systems including: prescribing; order communication; product labeling, packaging and nomenclature; compounding; dispensing; distribution; administration; education; monitoring; and use”. (Source: National Coordinating Council for Medication Error and Prevention (NCCMERP))

To share your SMU Protocol with other facilities, please click here

Please click on the titles below to view the full report.

SMU Best Practices from PHA

The three items below are key protected for GHA and PHA members : 2001 Safe Medication Use Best Practices from PHA - Ommisions 2001 Safe Medication Use Best Practices from PHA - General Practices 2001 Safe Medication Use Best Practices from PHA - Bar Coding Note: This page contains external links that is not the responsibility of the Partnership for Health & Accountability (PHA). PHA does not endorse any commercial products, services or web sites.

SMU Resources

American Hospital Association Quality & Patient Safety Medication & Patient Safety Toolkits - Medication safety, Strategies for Leadership, CPOE, Reducing medical errors and improving patient safety

COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY (CPOE): First Consulting Group prepared this study for the California HealthCare Foundation Other valuable links are: Computerized Physician Order Entry: A Look at the Vendor Marketplace and Getting Started Computerized Physician Order Entry Fact Sheet A Primer on Physician Order Entry

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Medication Safety Tools & Resources Rural Hosptial Medication Safety Toolkit Medication Related Videos

The Joint Commission (TJC) Sentinel Event Alerts Publication

Pathways for Medication Safety is a set of three tools designed to reduce medication errors that includes: Leading a Strategic Planning Effort, Looking Collectively At Risk and Assessing Bedside Bar-Coding. Organized in a modular format to suit different organizations and professionals, is available at The three main pathways components will help hospital leaders and professionals: Incorporate medication safety into the organization's strategic plan; identify specific error-prone processes and devise safe alternatives using a process flow diagram, case scenarios and the ISMP's Ten Key Elements of Medication Use System; Prepare to implement a bedside bar-coding system for administering medications

 

The work and tools of the Safe Medication Use Sub-Committee is largely based from resources available from the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP)

PHA Medication Error References

• Medication Error (Definition)
• Error Severity Index
• Error Classification System

ISMP has updated their list of error-prone abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations in response to The Joint Commission’s national patient safety goal requiring hospitals to prohibit the use of “dangerous” abbreviations. Effective April 1, 2004, hospitals must also add 3 items to the The Joint Commission required list of items not to be used.

• ISMP list of error prone abbreviations