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System-Focused Event Investigation and Analysis Guide, AHRQ Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Toolkit: The "Solutions Meeting" section of this guide (and Appendix F) offer a walk-through on how to run an action planning meeting. It includes brainstorming, evaluating solutions for effectiveness and sustainability, measurement, and a description of the expected outputs.
Quality improvement (QI) projects often use surveys to gather data, but expertise in survey design isn’t always available to every project team. A recent study(1) illustrates the unpredictable quality of locally developed surveys for QI, showing that development of surveys requires special expertise in addition to careful consideration and time.
Clinical assessments play a vital role in providing the information healthcare professionals need to better care for patients. And while clinical assessments include such important data as function, behavior, and personal history, many of these tools also include an evaluation of skin color.
In this episode of the Tradeoffs podcast, we hear from Dr. Jeff Goldenberg and Naomi Kirtner, who lost a child to medical error.
VHA National Center for Patient Safety
Oregon Wellness Program
The Oregon Wellness Program (OWP) promotes Oregon Healthcare Professionals’ well-being through education, coordinated regional counseling services, telemedicine services and research.
National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
The mission of the National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP) is to maximize the safe use of medications and to increase awareness of medication errors through open communication, increased reporting and promotion of medication error prevention strategies.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is a nonprofit organization devoted entirely to preventing medication errors.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
The mission of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement is to improve health and health care worldwide.
National Quality Forum
National Quality Forum (NQF) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership-based organization that works to catalyze improvements in healthcare. OPSC is a proud NQF member.
Massachusetts Alliance for Communication and Resolution Following Medical Injury
MACRMI is a Massachusetts alliance of patient advocacy groups, healthcare facilities and their insurers, and statewide provider organizations committed to transparent communication, sincere apologies and fair compensation in cases of avoidable medical harm.
Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality
The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality aims to reduce preventable harm, improve clinical outcomes and experiences and reduce waste in health care delivery at Johns Hopkins and around the world.
Oregon Health and Science University Pacific Northwest Evidence-Based Practice Center
The Oregon Health and Science University Pacific Northwest Evidence-based Practice Center conducts systematic reviews of health care topics for federal and state agencies, professional associations, and foundations.