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Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: Quality Check
A comprehensive guide to the more than 15,000 Joint Commission-accredited health care organizations and programs throughout the United States
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations: Report a Complaint
Report a complaint about the quality of care at a Joint Commission-accredited health care organization
Joint Commission International: Report a Complaint
Report a complaint about the quality or safety of care at a Joint Commission International accredited organization
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services charged with supporting the improvement of quality healthcare, reducing costs, improving patient safety, decreasing medical errors, and broadening access to essential services
AHRQ Patient Safety Network (PSNet)
Web site resource featuring news and essential resources on patient safety
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
Principal agency of the US government protecting health and safety and providing essential human services
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
Dedicated to learning about medication errors, understanding their system-based causes, and disseminating practical recommendations that can help healthcare providers, consumers, and the pharmaceutical industry
Consumers Advancing Patient Safety
CAPS envisions a partnership between consumers and providers to create global healthcare systems that are safe, compassionate and just
The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center
Dedicated to strengthening the relationship between patients and caregivers
The Leapfrog Group
Initiative driven by organizations that buy health care who are working to initiate breakthrough improvements in the safety, quality and affordability of healthcare for Americans
Medically Induced Trauma Support Services (MITSS)
A non-profit organization that supports, educates, trains, and offers assistance to individuals affected by medically induced trauma
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Premier source for information about the quality of the nation’s managed care plans
National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)
Coordinates the efforts to report, and more importantly to learn from mistakes and problems that affect patient safety
National Patient Safety Foundation
A resource for individuals and organizations committed to improving the safety of patients
patientINFORM
An online service that provides patients and caregivers access to up-to-date, reliable and important research available about the diagnosis and treatment of specific diseases
Persons United Limiting Substandards and Errors (PULSE)
A nonprofit organization working to improve patient safety and reduce the rate of medical errors using real life stories and experiences
WebMD
Provides services that help physicians, consumers, providers and health plans navigate the healthcare system
World Health Organization (WHO)
The United Nations specialized agency for health
The Institute for Family-Centered Care
Provides Leadership to advance the understanding and practice of patient- and family- centered care in hopitals and other health care settings
The Josie King Foundation
A patient safety program to prevent hospital errors
PICK-Parents of Infants and Children with Kernicterus
Founded in late 2000 by a group of parents whose children suffer from Kernicterus
Patients for Patient Safety
World Alliance for Patient Safety
Ask Me 3
Three simple but essential questions that patients should ask their providers in every health care interaction
Safe Care Campaign
SAFE CARE CAMPAIGN is a not-for-profit corporation created to help eradicate hospital acquired infections
Health Consumers Council
Irish Patients' Association
European Patients Forum
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