"On behalf of ASHRM, I'd like to welcome you to Patient Safety Awareness Week, which started Sunday, March 6. This year's theme is "Are You In? Commit to Safer Health Care". When I think of patient safety awareness, I think about proactive approaches to prevent harm, about reducing medical error, and first and foremost about the patient at the center of all healthcare decisions. ASHRM is proud to recognize patient safety as an integral part of the risk management profession this week and throughout the year. To help you keep up to date on best practices for patient safety, ASHRM has provided the useful tools below. We certainly hope you take advantage of these and all the great benefits your ASHRM membership offers."
- Michelle Hoppes, 2011 President, ASHRM
AHA, ASHRM Recognize National Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 6-12
March 6th marks the beginning of National Patient Safety Awareness Week. This is a good opportunity for you to inform your patients and their families, consumers and the community about the work you and your employees do every day to improve care, enhance patient safety and reduce the possibility of errors. Providing health care in a safe, compassionate environment is the fundamental foundation on which every hospital's commitment and mission is built. This advisory offers: Suggestions for recognizing and encouraging internal efforts your staff are engaged in; A list of available resources that can help you in your efforts to improve quality and patient safety; Ideas for spotlighting your work and progress with patients and with your community. Read More...
2012 Patient Safety Curriculum
ASHRM is committed to the development of both the individual professional as well as to the profession of healthcare risk management and patient safety. As the profession is made more robust and the knowledge base of the individual is enhanced, risk management and patient safety professionals will be recognized as integral and vital to the success of their organizations. This curriculum is designed to help healthcare risk management and patient safety professionals understand and apply their key contributions to improved patient care and outcomes.
Chapter Patient Safety Curriculum
As a service to local chapters that want to support the professional development of their members, ASHRM offers a locally administered Patient Safety Curriculum course. This is a convenient, cost-effective local version of the courses provided by ASHRM.
Practical Guidance for Patient Safety Organization Implementation
This book, which was a joint project between American Health Lawyers Association and ASHRM, analyzes PSO's, explores why healthcare organizations should be part of one, and how to set up a PSO. Coverage includes an overview of previous efforts in patient safety and adverse event analysis; a survey of the legal, reimbursement and accreditation considerations of becoming a PSO; and case studies that discuss the experiences of two organizations in setting up and running a PSO and database. Read the Book Review
March 17 Patient Safety Topics Webinar
In the month in which we recognize Patient Safety Awareness Week, it seems both appropriate and necessary to evaluate our progress toward goal achievement and making good on our commitment to safe and trusted healthcare. To promote ongoing evaluation and discussion, this webinar is focused solely on the first of the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) by addressing three primary questions - where are we now, how far have we come, and far have we left to go? To facilitate an examination and discussion of these questions, two experienced risk management professionals outline our progress toward eliminating identification errors, analyze the factors that contribute to ongoing issues, and identify methods for achieving the elimination of identification errors within our healthcare organizations. Register Today!
ASHRM Patient Safety Newsletters
ASHRM's Patient Safety Newsletters offer timely content and resources for risk managers involved or interested in patient safety efforts and creating a culture of safety.
Patient Safety Resources
ASHRM has identified these Patient Safety Resources to assist you in identifying useful information and helpful contacts.
Patient Safety Track and ASHRM Annual Conference
This track provides patient safety strategies for healthcare areas including pediatrics, obstetrics, laboratory, behavioral, emergency department, surgery and long-term care. Speakers zero-in on the hot topics of root cause analysis, serious safety events, enhancing communication and overlooked liabilities. ASHRM's Annual Conference & Exhibition will be held Oct. 16-19, 2011 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, AZ. Registration will open in mid-May. With questions, contact ashrm@aha.org.
Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship
AHA-NPSF Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship is a yearlong intensive learning experience that develops leadership competencies and promotes breakthroughs in safety practices through a dynamic, highly participatory, and structured learning community. The Fellowship provides health care professionals across the country an opportunity to integrate innovative strategies into their day-to-day work and improve efforts to create a culture of safety in their organizations. For more information click here.
Patient Safety Executive Development Program
Please join us for IHI's Patient Safety Executive Development Program; an intensive, seven-day program for those leading patient safety. Our expert faculty, pulling from experiences with organizations all over the world, will work with participants to develop detailed, customized patient safety strategies and implementation plans. We will share successful examples from the 1,000+ alumni of this program to serve as models.
Topics critical to successful patient safety programs will be covered, including:
This program will take place March 10-16, 2011 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Please visit IHI's website to learn more about the program or to enroll.
For More Information, Contact ashrm@aha.org