National Patient Safety Foundation NPSF

This organization was jointly founded by the American Medical Association along with two other organizations in 1996 and is based on the model of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. The NPSF provides leadership, research support, and education in regard to patient safety in the United States. Since 1998, NPSF has been holding an Annual Patient Safety Congress to promote patient safety-related research in the country. 

A scientific journal entitled Journal of Patient Safety is published by the NPSF. The journal regularly publishes original and review articles on various aspects of patient safety. 

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Collaborative work toward error prevention with the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the National Coordinating council on Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP), the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF), the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), and dozens of other consumer and professional organizations. 

The process-improvement approach to system safety evolved from an expert workshop and continuing dialogue on patient safety sponsored by the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF). ° This line of thinking says that study of the ultimate (rather than just the proximate) source of errors and ADEs is needed. Reason first developed the idea that harmful patient outcomes are the result of latent, small degradations within a system com-... 

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) began working to improve the safety of patients even earlier than the lOM s 1999 report on patient safety. Among its many contributions, the foundation sponsors research in patient safety, a patient safety e-mail discussion forum, and the NPSF Annual Patient Safety Congress. 

The National Patient Safety Foundation Website http //www.npsf.org/... 

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United States National Patient Safety Foundation (2000) Agenda for research and development in patient safety. http /www.npsf.org/pdf/r/researchagenda.pdf. 

Louis Harris and Associates. Public Opinion of Patient Safety Issues Research Findings. Chicago National Patient Safety Foundation, 1997. [http //www.npsf.org/download/... 

Although this is not intended to be a comprehensive list of resources, it does include Web sites, audiovisual materials, and organizations that can serve as effective sources of support for a leadership audience. For a more complete listing of organizations associated with the various aspects of patient safety, please visit the National Patient Safety Foundation s Web site www.npsf.org. 

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