Patient Safety Reporting System

A voluntary, confidential, non-punitive program available to all VA employees for the reporting of events and concerns related to patient safety.

Patient Safety: Let's Get Practical

Conference home page for the patient safety / errors in health care conference series presented by the National Patient Safety Foundation, Annenberg Center for Health Sciences, and other medical and health care organizations, government agencies, and corporations.

Patient Updates

Provides a free, convenient and reliable way to keep friends and family updated on the condition of a hospitalized loved one.

Premier Inc.

Provides consulting services and information resources to help hospitals and health sytems improve clinical effectiveness and operational performance.

Rightfield Solutions

Provides multimedia, interactive, informational programs for the healthcare industry; services enhance patient safety, improve clinical care, and reduce risk exposure.

RN+ Systems

Offers a variety of wireless monitoring systems to assist healthcare organizations improve patient safety, prevent falls, and reduce reliance upon restraints; site includes training and education resources.

The Leapfrog Group

Promotes improvements in the safety of health care by giving consumers data to make more informed hospital choices. Includes hospital survey results, patient safety research, and links to related sites.

VA National Center for Patient Safety

Patient Safety: medical error, medication error, medical equipment failure, root cause analysis, human factors, usability, physician error, pharmacy error, nursing error, iatrogenesis, failure mode analysis

Virginians Improving Patient Care and Safety: Advancing Patient Safety in Virginia

VIPC&S supports systematic efforts to continuously improve quality of care and patient safety.

Voice4Patients.Com

Provides information to educate patients and consumers on the health care process, including links to research and support resources.

Wrong Diagnosis

Provides information on misdiagnosis of more than 1200 diseases and 300 symptoms; includes data on risk factors and links to additional resources.