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Press Release/Announcement
ISMP Survey on High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings.
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2018.
Results from this survey will inform the revision of a high-alert medication list used to raise awareness about drugs that have heightened potential to cause patient harm if used incorrectly.
Tools/Toolkit > Government Resource
Medication Safety Dashboard.
National Health Service.
Data surveillance and transparency are core to measuring and informing improvement efforts. This website provides detailed data that links ambulatory care prescribing activity to National Health Service hospitalizations in an effort to clarify potential adverse medication events. The dashboard launched tracking gastrointestinal bleeding as an indicator of a medication-related adverse result and will expand to other indicators and conditions over time.
Tools/Toolkit > Government Resource
SOPS Health Information Technology Patient Safety Supplemental Items for the Hospital Survey.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2018.
Organizational culture can affect the use of tools and processes implemented to improve safety. This release of supplemental items to be used in conjunction with the AHRQ Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture can help organizations explore how culture affects the use of health information technology. Included with the data set is a report of initial results regarding its use in the field.
Press Release/Announcement
ISMP Follow-up Survey on Smart Pump Data Usage.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
Smart infusion pumps help prevent dosage errors and capture metrics on therapy delivery and omissions. This survey sought to gather data on how clinicians use infusion pump data to inform improvement efforts.
Press Release/Announcement
ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for High-Alert Medications.
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2017.
High-alert medications have the potential to cause substantial patient harm if administration mistakes occur. This assessment tool will enable organizations across a range of care environments to determine opportunities for improvement in 11 high-alert medication categories. In addition, the tool provides an opportunity for organizations to submit their data anonymously to a national data collection effort led by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices to define the current state of high-alert medication practices in health care. The data submission process is now closed.
Tools/Toolkit > Measurement Tool/Indicator
2017 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment® for Antithrombotic Therapy in Hospitals.
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2017.
This tool provides institutions with the capacity to assess use of antithrombotic agents, submit data to the Institution for Safe Medication Practices for self-assessment scores, compare practices with other hospitals, and allow the development of an ongoing progress report.
Tools/Toolkit > Measurement Tool/Indicator
2017 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for Community/Ambulatory Pharmacy.
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2017.
This community pharmacy measurement tool can be used to review processes for 10 elements that affect the safety of medication delivery and administration.
Press Release/Announcement
ISMP Survey on Verbal Orders.
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; January 11, 2017.
Verbal orders are prevalent in all care environments, but they are often complex communications that can place patients at risk for harm. Given the increase of electronic prescribing, this survey explores current verbal medication ordering practices and strategies to ensure their effectiveness.
Tools/Toolkit > Measurement Tool/Indicator
High Reliability in Health Care.
Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare.
Development of high reliability remains an elusive goal for health care organizations. The Joint Commission has also advocated for achieving high reliability in health care. This website collects evidence and existing tools to help organizations work toward high reliability, including the ORO 2.0 assessment tool to enable hospital leaders evaluate their culture, leadership, and performance.
Tools/Toolkit > Measurement Tool/Indicator
Patient Safety Project 2015–2017.
Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; December 2015.
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has been a leader in defining patient safety reporting measures. This website provides information about the third cycle of an NQF patient safety project that solicits new measures and will review existing patient safety metrics. The deadline for submitted appeals on the 13 endorsed measures was February 28, 2017.
Book/Report
NHS Safety Thermometer Report: Patient Harms and Harm Free Care, November 2014–November 2015.
Leeds, UK: Clinical Support Audit Unit, Health and Social Care Information Centre. December 9, 2015. ISBN: 9781783865697.
The NHS Safety Thermometer is a tool developed by the National Health Service to facilitate staff participation in measuring patient harm in various care environments. This report explores the data collected on four types of health care–acquired conditions (pressure ulcers, falls, catheter–associated urinary tract infections, and venous thromboembolisms) in NHS patients over a 1-year period.
Tools/Toolkit > Government Resource
Hospital inpatients' experiences: percentage of parents who reported how often providers prevented mistakes and helped them to report concerns.
Rockville, MD: National Quality Measures Clearinghouse; December 2015.
Parents can help to recognize and report problems that occur when their children receive inpatient care. This quality measure has been developed to assist hospitals in tracking how often clinicians prevent mistakes while providing care for pediatric patients and whether they inform parents about ways to report concerns.
Tools/Toolkit > Government Resource
Ambulatory Surgery Center Survey on Patient Safety Culture.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2019.
Ambulatory surgery centers are increasingly being used to provide surgical care. This survey seeks opinions from the field regarding safety culture in the ambulatory surgical center environment. The survey is presented with additional resources to help organizations assess their safety culture, including the results of a pilot program testing the survey and a user's guide.
Press Release/Announcement
ISMP Survey on the Common Use of Medication-related Metrics.
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
There is a noted lack of agreement on measures to study and track safety hazards and the effectiveness of improvement strategies. This survey seeks input from the field to inform the development of a list of medication-related measures to communicate concerns related to drug class, technology use, and medication administration practices as a way to provide data to senior management in an easily accessible format.
Tools/Toolkit > Measurement Tool/Indicator
ISMP National Vaccine Error Reporting Program.
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
This reporting program collects data on errors and concerns associated with vaccines.
Tools/Toolkit > Measurement Tool/Indicator
The Hidden Surcharge Americans Pay for Hospital Errors.
Leapfrog Group.
This Web site provides resources to help employers and purchasers estimate latent costs related to unsafe care.
Tools/Toolkit > Government Resource
Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2018.
This survey and accompanying toolkit were developed to collect opinions of community pharmacy staff on the safety culture at their pharmacies. The data collection process for the latest national comparison is now closed.
Tools/Toolkit > Measurement Tool/Indicator
Tubing Misconnections Self Assessment for Healthcare Facilities.
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Deerfield, IL: Baxter Healthcare; 2012.
This assessment tool was designed to help hospitals identify and reduce risks of tubing misconnections.
Press Release/Announcement
2012 ISMP International Medication Safety Self Assessment for Oncology.
Institute for Safe Medication Practices and Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada.
This tool evaluates the safety of cancer treatment delivery in hospitals and ambulatory care settings.
Tools/Toolkit > Measurement Tool/Indicator
2011 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for Hospitals.
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; April 2011.
This tool provides hospitals with a team-based process to evaluate medication practices in their facilities. The data submission process is now closed, but the survey is still available for in-house use.