Websites

• American Board of Pediatrics (ABP): https://www.abp.org
  The ABP is one of the 24 certifying boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). The ABP is an independent, nonprofit organization whose certificate is recognized throughout the world as a credential signifying a high level of physician competence. The ABP's website provides information about Maintenance of Certification (MOC) specifically part 4, which outlines QI requirements
  
  
• Clinic Microsystems http://www.clinicalmicrosystem.org/
  Patients and health care meet in small living, adapting "front line" systems called microsystems-small, interdependent groups of people who work together regularly to provide care for specific groups of patients. This website, developed by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, features concrete ways to further understand, develop, assess, and improve clinical microsystems.
  
  
• Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare  http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/
  This website provides access to all Atlas reports and publications, as well as interactive tools to allow visitors to view specific regions and perform their own comparisons and analyses.
  
  
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI): http://www.ihi.org/ihi
  The IHI is a not-for-profit organization leading the improvement of health care throughout the world. The Institute offers information and resources to health care professionals who want to improve the care of their patients. One of their newest resources is the "Open School for Health Professions" which provides free oline courses and resources about quality improvement and patient safety.
  
  
• Institute for Family-Centered Care: http://www.familycenteredcare.org/tools/index.html
  The Institute for Family-Centered Care is a resource for people "interested in advancing the practice of Patient and Family-Centered Care." This resource is catered to patient and family leaders, clinicians, administrators, educators, researchers, and facility designers.
  
  
Innovations Exchange: http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/qualitytools  
Quality Tools is a website sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality that has a number of tools to help improve the quailty of health care.      
North Carolina Hospital Association: http://www.ncha.org/ncchqps/index.
NCHA is a statewide trade association representing 135 hospitals and health networks. The association promotes improved community health status and delivery of quality healthcare through leadership, information, education, and advocacy in members' interests and for public benefit.

National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ): http://www.nichq.org/nichq
NICHQ seeks to make dramatic improvements in the quality of care for children and adolescents by developing, testing, and deploying new methods to provide and improve care.


The Quality Score: http://www.ncahec.net/quality 
Hosted by the NC AHEC Program in partnership with the NC Centers for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety, this website provides up to date information on significant education offerings and information about Quality and Patient Safety.


World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/patientsafety/education/medical_curriculum/en/index.html
A new World Health Organization patient safety curriculum with accompanying slides. At this time the guide is in draft from while it undergoes pilot testing in the six regionals of the WHO.

Patient Safety/Medication Errors

• Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors: www.macoalition.org
• Maryland Patient Safety Center: www.marylandpatientsafety.org
• Josie King Foundation: www.josieking.org

Guidelines/Measures

• Centers for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov
• National Guidelines Clearinghouse: www.guidelines.gov
• National Quality Forum: www.qualityforum.org
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse: www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov

 

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