Web Links to Online Resources
Listed below are several worthwhile online resources for healthcare quality and patient safety professionals and educators. New resources are periodically added to the list.
Quality Management
QI Guide on Improving Nursing Care
A Guide to Real-World Evaluations of Primary Care Interventions
Enhancing Rehabilitation Care: Processes and Structures from Leading Organizations
Guide to Improving Care Processes and Outcomes in Health Centers
Data Analytics in the Health Care Safety Net
Listing of many health data tools and utilization statistic sources
Quality improvement storyboard template
Minnesota Public Health and Quality Improvement Resources & Tools
Why Hospital Improvement Efforts Fail: A View from the Front Line
Patient Safety
Collaborative for Accountability and Improvement
All Cause Harm Prevention in Nursing Homes
Safer Healthcare: Strategies for the Real World. Vincent & Amalberti. 2016. Springer Open. ISBN: 978-3-319-25557-6.
RCA2: Improving Root Cause Analyses and Actions to Prevent Harm (2015)
Joint Commission’s Patient Safety Systems chapters for various types of providers
Caring for the caregivers (second victims of adverse event)
Safety Is Personal: Partnering with Patients and Families for the Safest Care
Canadian Incident Analysis Framework (pdf)
VA National Center for Patient Safety
Thought Paper: How Can Leaders Influence Patient Safety Culture?