Consumers: General Information
The contents of this section inform consumers about patient safety issues and provides resources and tools for consumers to use to be actively involved in the safety of their health care.
IHI Provides Resources to Get Boards on Board
Posted: 6/27/2008 In support of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s goal to increase participation in the Boards on Board intervention by 40%, the following resources are posted on the IHI Web site: Recording of “Raising the bar on board engagement”, “Reducing harm to patients” article from Healthcare Executives; Engaging Hospital Boards in Quality and Safety presentation by Jim Conway, Board Engagement in Quality - Findings of a Survey of Hospital and System Leaders article from the Journal of Healthcare Management and Patients and families - Powerful new partners for healthcare and for caregivers from Healthcare Executives.
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IHI Report Offers Roadmap for Patient and Family Partnerships
Posted: 6/27/2008 The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has published this report based on the consensus of 70 experts led by the Institute for Family-Centered Care and the IHI. The report provides examples and recommendations for all stakeholders to engage patients and families in their care.
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Toolkit – Determining the Business Case for Quality
Posted: 6/27/2008 In response to widespread interest in making the business case for quality programs, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has published the Adverse Events Prevented Calculator. This tool models the financial implications of reductions in adverse event rates within an organization, including translation of actual and potential improvement results into projected lives and dollars saved.
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Toolkit - Help for Hospitals in Transforming Care at the Bedside
Posted: 6/27/2008 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has released a toolkit to help hospitals implement Transforming Care at the Bedside, a program model to engage nurses and leaders at all levels of the organization to improve the safety of patient care on medical and surgical units.
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Toolkit – Reducing Harm from Anticoagulants – from Indiana
Posted: 6/27/2008 With the support of Purdue PharmaTAP, the Indiana Patient Safety Center has developed a toolkit based on their statewide collaborative, Reducing Harm from Anticoagulants.
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