Medical Directory > Public Health and Safety

Provides consulting services and information resources to help hospitals and health systems improve clinical effectiveness and operational performance.

http://www.premierinc.com/

QuIC Report on Patient Safety

Prepared by the Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QuIC), proposes strong action on Institute of Medicine recommendations to promote safer health care.

http://www.quic.gov/

RN+ Systems

Offers a variety of wireless monitoring systems to assist healthcare organizations improve patient safety, prevent falls, and reduce reliance upon restraints; site includes training and education resources .

http://www.rnplus.com/

Simulation Group - Medical Simulation

Conducts research that will transform medical training from the current apprentice model to real-time computer-based medical simulations; objectives include improving medical education and increasing patient safety.

http://www.medicalsim.org/

TalkingQuality.gov

Provides research findings and instructions on effective ways to communicate information about health care quality to consumers and develop health plan report cards.

http://www.talkingquality.gov/

The Leapfrog Group

Promotes improvements in the safety of health care by giving consumers data to make more informed hospital choices.

http://www.leapfroggroup.org/

Virginians Improving Patient Care and Safety: Advancing Patient Safety in Virginia

VIPC&S supports systematic efforts to continuously improve quality of care and patient safety.

http://www.vipcs.org/

Wrong Diagnosis

Provides information on misdiagnosis of more than 1200 diseases and 300 symptoms; includes data on risk factors and links to additional resources.

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/