Resources

Accreditation

• AAAHC

• ACHC

• American Osteopathic Association 

• DNV 

• Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP)

• Joint Commission

• NCQA

Associations

• AMA

• American Health Lawyers Association

• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management 

• Association of Medical State Boards

• CHRMS 

• Illinois Hospital Association 

• Illinois State Medical Society

Disclosure

• Hastings Center

• Sorry Works!

• When Things Go Wrong-Harvard

Education

• American Childhood Cancer Society

• Medical Library Association

• Mesothelioma Group

• Vital Smarts

EMTALA

• CMS   EMTALA 

Government, Federal

• CDC

• CFR 

• CMS 

• Department of Health and Human Services

• Department of Justice 

• Drug Enforcement Administration 

• FDA 

• National Institute of Health 

• National Institute of Mental Health

• National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• National Practitioner Data Bank  

• Office for Civil Rights

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Government, State

• DCFS

• Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

• Illinois Medical Practice Act 

• Illinois Medical Studies Act 

• Illinois Personal Information Act

• Illinos State Comptroller

Guidelines

• National Guideline Clearing House

• HIPAA

• HIPAA Org

• HHS Org

Infection Control

• CDC

• OSHA Healthcare Advisor

Medical Records

• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)

• Illinois-Medical Record Copying Fees

• Per Illinois State Comptroller 

Never Events

• AHRQ 

• AHRQ PSO Tech Specs

• CMS Press Release 

• The Leapfrog Group 

OSHA

• OSHA

• OSHA Healthcare Advisor

Patient Safety

• Agency for Healthcare Policy and Research (AHRQ) 

• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

• Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation

• AMA  

• APIC  Association

• CDC

• Chicago Patient Safety Forum

• CMS home page

• Coalition for Quality and Patient Safety of Chicagoland

• CRICO/Harvard Risk Management Foundation

• FDA Patient Safety News

• Institute for Healthcare Improvement

• Institute of Medicine

• Institute of Medicine of Chicago

• Institute for Safe Medication Practices

• Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety

• National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting

• National Healthcare Safety Network

• National Patient Safety Foundation

• National Quality Forum

• Patient Safety Listserv

• Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority

• Risk Management and Patient Safety Institute 

• VA National Center for Patient Safety

Quality

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• AHRQ Quality Indicators

• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

• Juran Institute 

• National Association for Healthcare Quality

Risk Management

• ASHRM 

• CHRMS

• ECRI

• Healthcare Compliance Association

• Healthcare Risk Management Institute

• Management Foundation Harvard

• MedWatch - FDA Adverse Drug Reporting