The Utah Department of Health is committed to the goal of increasing patient safety in health care facilities. Studies cited in the Institute of Medicine report, To Err Is Human, estimate that between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year as the result of medical errors, with national health care costs from preventable adverse events totaling between nine and fifteen billion dollars. Through a number of collaborative initiatives, UDOH is striving to better understand the nature and occurrence of adverse events in Utah and to implement interventions aimed at reducing the incidence of adverse events.

Patient Safety Resources

This page provides links to other sites with valuable information on patient safety, as well as links to sites of the consortium partners for the patient safety project in which the Utah Department of Health is a participant.

Links

AHRQ's Patient Safety Network ( PSNet)

Virginia Patient Safety Fellowship Program

AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

The Institute For Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)

Medwatch, The FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

NAHDO (National Association of Health Data Organizations)

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

  IOM Publications:
    To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System
    Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century

Patient Safety Consortium Partners

HealthInsight

UHA, Utah Hospitals & Health Systems Association

University of Utah, Department of Medical Informatics

LDS Hospital, Intermountain Health Care

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Missouri Patient Care Review Foundation

University of Missouri - Columbia, School of Medicine