Patient Safety Organizations

NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS

This section includes Web sites and contact information for organizations involved with patient safety that provide overview information, or include information in several categories (including consumers, nursing, medication safety, etc.)

STATE PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS

Although these sites are organized by state, many of the sites include extensive general information on patient safety, as well as state-specific information. An additional link is given to a list of State Health Departments and Medical Boards.

MEDICATION SAFETY AND PHARMACEUTICAL ORGANIZATIONS

This section focuses on organizations in the pharmaceutical industry and/or medication safety specifically.

ANESTHESIA PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS

This section includes some general patient safety information, as well as information on anesthesia safety.

PATIENT SAFETY RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES

Sites in this category are devoted solely to consumers, and some sites are sub-links of those in the general category. However, please note that there is a lot of information for consumers included on the general sites that may not be included here.

NURSING PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS

This section includes nursing organizations, or patient safety information specific to nursing.

INTERNATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS

This section is devoted to patient safety activities in other countries.

QUALITY OF CARE ORGANIZATIONS

Sites in this section may include some information related to patient safety, but are primarily focused on quality of care.