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Library - Hot Topics - Quality Organisations

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.

Organisation Home Page

Advisory Board Company

http://www.advisoryboardcompany.com/

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

http://www.ahrq.gov/

American Hospitals Association

http://www.aha.org/

Australasian Lean Healthcare Network 

http://www.leanhealth.net.au

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

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

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

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

Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovation (ARCHI)

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

Canterbury District Health Board

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

Canterbury Medical Library

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

Care Quality Commission

www.cqc.org.uk

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

http://www.cebm.net/?o=1021

Cleveland Clinic

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

Council of International Hospitals

http://www.advisoryboardcompany.com/content/int/international.html

Florida Hospital Association

http://www.fha.org

Health Foundation

http://www.health.org.uk/current_work/leadership_schemes/index.html

Healthcare Commission (UK)

http://www.healthcarecommission.org.uk

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

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

International Hospitals Federation

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

Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety (ICPS)

http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au

National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)

http://www.nahq.org/

National Patient Safety Foundation

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

New Zealand Health and Disability Commissioner

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

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 Evidence

http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/default.aspx

NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

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

NHS Modernisation Agency.

www.modern.nhs.uk/pursuingperfection/12988/Intro_toP2_v5.pdf

NHS National Library for Health

http://www.library.nhs.uk

Nursing Advocacy Organisation

http://www.nursingadvocacy.org/

Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare

http://www.psqh.com

Patient Safety First

http://www.patientsafetyfirst.nhs.uk

TeamStepps

http://teamstepps.ahrq.gov/

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

www.uth.tmc.edu/schools/med/imed/patient_safety/survey&tools.htm

US Department of Defense.Patient Safety

http://dodpatientsafety.usuhs.mil/

US Dept of Veterans Affairs. National Center for Patient Safety

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

World Health Organisation

http://www.who.int/