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This provides a list of free LISTSERV, subscriptions, online forum, etc.
Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches represents years of study by AHRQ-funded patient safety researchers and others. It includes articles on reporting systems, risk assessment, safety culture, medical simulation, patient safety tools and practices, health information technology, medication safety, and other topics related to improving patient safety.
The 115 articles in the 4-volume set cover a wide range of research paradigms, clinical settings, and patient populations. The volumes are organized around four broad themes: volume 1, assessment; volume 2, culture and redesign; volume 3, performance and tools; and volume 4, information technology and medication safety. 2008
Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) provides free e-mail subscription service that provides notification of new information. This provides a wide range of subscription products to choose from and how often you wish to receive them.
Per Becker's - Get the most current news, analysis and best practices on operating room clinical quality, safety, infection control and accreditation - and have access to archived E-Weeklies.
Per Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - CDC works 24/7 to provide information that helps protect the health of individuals and communities. Order or download books, fact sheets, pamphlets, and educational materials at CDC-INFO on Demand. If you’re ordering fewer than 5 of any item, please consider downloading the items. Visit CDC Stacks to download materials only available online.
Free Resources - Joint Commission Resources.
Communication, Emergency Management, Environment of Care, Facility Management and Safety, Quality, Accreditation Readiness, Infection Prevention, and much more!
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Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Health Care & Social Service Workers - Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 47 page book . 2004
Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patient with Limited English Proficiency - A Guide for Hospitals - 75 page booklet. Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) 2012.
Per Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) - Kaiser is a non-profit organization focusing on national health issues, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. Unlike grant-making foundations, Kaiser develops and runs its own policy analysis, journalism and communications programs, sometimes in partnership with major news organizations. We serve as a non-partisan source of facts, analysis and journalism for policymakers, the media, the health policy community and the public. Our product is information, always provided free of charge — from the most sophisticated policy research, to basic facts and numbers, to in depth health policy news coverage provided by our news service, KHN, to information young people can use to improve their health or the general public can use to understand the health reform law.
Per Kaiser Health News (KHN) - Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a nonprofit news organization committed to in-depth coverage of health care policy and politics.
KHN’s mission is to provide high-quality coverage of health policy issues and developments at the federal and state levels. In addition, KHN covers trends in the delivery of health care and in the marketplace.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Sept 2012, 685 pages book
Medication Adherence Interventions: Comparative Effectiveness Closing the Quality Gap : Revisiting the State of the Science
To assess the effectiveness of patient, provider, and systems interventions or policy interventions in improving medication adherence for an array of chronic health conditions. For interventions that are effective in improving adherence, we then assessed their effectiveness in improving health, health care utilization, and adverse events.
Per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - The MMWR Recommendations and Reports (2014) contain in-depth articles that relay policy statements for prevention and treatment on all areas in CDC's scope of responsibility (e.g., recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices). You can view these reports online or sign up for free electronic subscription.
Per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Preventing Falls; what works: a CDC compendium of effective community-based interventions from around the world (2008). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. 87 page download book.
Various informational sources from The Joint Commission (TJC).