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Library - Hot Topics - Quality Health Care

Canterbury Medical Library is in the process of developing this Hot Topic. The list below provides links to the websites some of the key organisations in health care quality.

Looking for information for audit or quality care?

Check out these websites in these categories:

 

View the Clinical Audit and Quality Presentation 30 Nov 2009

Top 20+

CDHB Quality and Risk website (Only available from the Canterbury District Health Board Intranet)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

http://www.ahrq.gov/

AHRQ Innovations Exchange. QualityTools

http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/qualitytools/

AHRQ Patient Safety Network

http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

http://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

http://www.achs.org.au/

Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovation (ARCHI)

http://www.archi.net.au/home

Centre for Clinical Governance Research in Health (CCGR)

http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/medweb.nsf/page/ClinGov_About

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

http://www.cebm.net/

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

http://www.ihi.org/IHI/

National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)

http://www.nahq.org/

National Patient Safety Foundation

http://www.npsf.org/psf/

New Zealand Ministry of Health

http://www.moh.govt.nz/

NHS Clean, Safe Care. Department of Health

http://www.clean-safe-care.nhs.uk

NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

http://www.institute.nhs.uk/

NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries

http://www.cks.nhs.uk/home

Patient Safety First

http://www.patientsafetyfirst.nhs.uk

Safer Care: Improving patient safety.

http://www.institute.nhs.uk/safer_care/safer_care/safer_care_-_home_page_2.html

US Dept of Veterans Affairs. National Center for Patient Safety

http://www.va.gov/ncps/pubs.html

WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions

http://www.ccforpatientsafety.org/

Key Health Care Websites

AHRQ Patient Safety Network

http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/

American Hospitals Association

http://www.aha.org/

American Society for Quality

http://www.asq.org/

Australasian Lean Healthcare Network 

http://www.leanhealth.net.au

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, proposed National Safety and Quality Framework

http://www.qualityhealthcareconversation.org.au/

Canterbury District Health Board

http://www.cdhb.govt.nz/

Canterbury Medical Library e-journals portal

http://zz5mw5zc7z.search.serialssolutions.com/

Care Quality Commission (UK)

http://www.cqc.org.uk

Cleveland Clinic

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/quality/outcomes/

Council of International Hospitals

http://www.advisoryboardcompany.com (Some free content)

EQuIP 4 - The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

http://www.achs.org.au/EQUIP4

Florida Hospital Association

http://www.fha.org

Health Foundation

http://www.health.org.uk/

Healthcare Commission (UK)

http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk

International Hospitals Federation

http://www.ihf-fih.org/

Joanna Briggs Institute

http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/

Lean Health Care Exchange

http://leanhealthcareexchange.com/

New Zealand Health and Disability Commissioner

http://www.hdc.org.nz/

NHS Evidence

http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/default.aspx (Some free content)

NHS National Library for Health

http://www.library.nhs.uk (Some free content)

NHS Modernisation Agency.

www.modern.nhs.uk/

Nursing Advocacy Organisation

http://www.nursingadvocacy.org/

Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare (Journal)

http://www.psqh.com (Some free content)

University of Texas Center for Excellence in Patient Safety Research and Practice

http://www.uth.tmc.edu/schools/med/imed/patient_safety/questionnaires (Registration required)

US Department of Defense.Patient Safety

http://dodpatientsafety.usuhs.mil/

World Health Organisation

http://www.who.int/

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Guidelines Websites

Guidelines International Network (G-I-N)

http://www.g-i-n.net/

National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)

http://www.ngc.org

NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence(UK))

http://guidance.nice.org.uk/

New Zealand Guidelines Group

http://www.nzgg.org.nz

Safer Health Care (UK)

http://www.saferhealthcare.org.uk/IHI/

SIGN - Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines

Trip Database

http://www.tripdatabase.com

Blogs on Healthcare

Blog McLeod Health

http://blog.mcleodhealth.org/

Evidence Based Nursing Blogspot

http://evidencebasednursing.blogspot.com/

Health Care Blog

http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/

NHS Blog Doctor

http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/

Runningahospital.Blogspot.com

http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/

Drugs & Pharmacology

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health

http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/home

Canterbury District Health Board

http://www.cdhb.govt.nz/

Medsafe

http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/

United States Pharmacopeial Convention

http://www.usp.org/

Resources for Quality Healthcare

Calgary Health Region

http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/

Duke University. Patient Safety

http://patientsafetyed.duhs.duke.edu/

Iowa Healthcare Collaborative

http://www.ihconline.org/

Maryland Hospital

http://mhcc.maryland.gov/

St Mary’s Hospital

http://www.st-marys.nhs.uk/

United Bristol Healthcare Trust (NHS)

http://www.ubht.nhs.uk/

University of Nebraska Medical Center. The Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research

http://www.unmc.edu/rural/patient-safety/default.htm

Victorian Quality Council

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/qualitycouncil/

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Specialist

American Association of Neurosurgeons

http://www.aans.org/

Cardiovascular Multimedia Information Network

http://www.cvmd.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/CDCForYou/healthcare_providers.html

Saving lives: Clean, safe care (Reducing MRSA infections)

http://www.clean-safe-care.nhs.uk

Statistics

New Zealand Health Information Service

http://www.nzhis.govt.nz/

OECD

http://oedb.org/

Robert Niles.com

http://nilesonline.com/stats/

Statisphere (NZ Department of Statistics)

http://www.statisphere.govt.nz/

Technology and Technology Assessment

NHS Health technology assessment programme

http://www.ncchta.org/

DavidRothman. Net

http://davidrothman.net/list-of-medical-wikis/

INAHTA (International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment)

http://www.inahta.org/

MedQIC: Medicare quality improvement community

http://www.medqic.org/

Tools and Methods for Quality Improvement

American Society for Quality. Quality Tools

http://www.asq.org/learn-about-quality/quality-tools.html

e-Quality: Quality Tools and Techniques Selector Chart

http://quality.dlsu.edu.ph/tools/tool_chart.html

Manager-Tools.com

http://www.manager-tools.com/

Medal.org: Medical Algorithms

http://www.medal.org/visitor/login.aspx

TeamStepps

http://teamstepps.ahrq.gov/

Other Health Quality Websites

New Zealand Health Innovation Awards

http://www.healthinnovationawards.co.nz

The Commonwealth Fund

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/

General Sites that sometimes have information for quality health care

Bates Info

www.BatesInfo.com

Google

http://www.google.co.nz/

ReadWriteWeb.com

http://www.readwriteweb.com/

Wikipedia

http://wikipedia.org/

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/

FindArticles.com

http://findarticles.com/

The Guardian UK

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/

Time Magazine

http://www.time.com/

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