Quality and Safety

Improving patient care quality and safety are the goals of nurses everywhere, including nurses practicing in the specialty of informatics. Underlying safety efforts share the goals of understanding the causes of error and providing error reduction strategies for the healthcare community, policymakers, and the public. The resources linked here provide important information in regards to quality of patient care and the wide range of safety issues facing the health care industry.

This page is in development. Further content will be added in the fall of 2005.

AllHealthNet
Computer-based Patient Record Systems- Network Security Issues (.pdf)
IHI (Institute for Healthcare Improvement)
ISMP (Institute for Safe Medicine Practices)
Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety
NCQA (National Committee for Quality Assurance)
NPSF (National Patient Safety Foundation)
URAC (Utilization Review Accreditation Commission)