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Posted December 8, 2004

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Tips on patient safety for consumers:
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/errorsix.htm

Culture of Safety tool for hospitals:
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/hospculture/

American Hospital Association (AHA)
http://www.aha.org/aha/key_issues/patient_safety/

Resources for patients and consumers:
http://www.aha.org/aha/key_issues/patient_safety/resources/index.html#patientsafety

American Osteopathic Association Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)
http://www.osteopathic.org/index.cfm?PageID=lcl_hfovrview

Institute for Safe Medication Practices
http://www.ismp.org/

Institute of Medicine
http://www.iom.edu/

IOM reports:
Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care (2004)
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309090776/html/

To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System (2000)
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9728.html

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
http://www.jcaho.org/index.htm

Public information on JCAHO’s National Patient Safety Goals:
http://www.jcaho.org/general+public/patient+safety/npsg+general+public.htm

JCAHO Quality Check guide to Joint Commission-accredited health care organizations and programs in the United States:
http://www.jcaho.org/quality+check/

Leapfrog Group
http://www.leapfroggroup.org/

National Council on Patient Information and Education
http://www.talkaboutrx.org

National Patient Safety Foundation
http://www.npsf.org/

Resources for patients and families:
http://www.npsf.org/html/mcw/patientsGeneral.html

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Patient safety news:
http://www.fda.gov/psn

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