Toolkits/Methodology
American Hospital Association toolkits and methodologies for members and the health care field.
This tool assists the care provider in ensuring adequate handoff communication to assist in safe transfer of patients to higher acuity care.
This American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) monograph discusses the physical environment provisions of USP <800> and is primarily intended for the use of health care facility managers.
Provide the tool to new patients or as they are preparing for a follow up or next scheduled outpatient visit.
This is a portal to relevant and useful patient safety programs, tools, and information.
Proactively prepare your organization to prevent workplace violence and learn what to do in the event you are faced with an immediate situation.
With the adoption of risk assessment tools like root cause analysis (RCA) and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), health care organizations have become much more effective at diagnosing the systems failures that lead to adverse outcomes.
ASHRM has identified the following resources on patient safety to assist you in identifying useful information and helpful contacts.