Michigan Medicine has been a national leader in patient safety for years. Below are some links to important patient safety resources from Michigan Medicine and the Ann Arbor VA Hospital.
Measure Dx: A Resource To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events.
It includes 4 sections that outline a series of steps to begin and sustain measurement of diagnostic safety.
Abstract
Complexity is much talked about but sub-optimally studied in health services research. Although the significance of the complex system as an analytic lens is increasingly recognised, many researchers are still using methods that assume a closed system in which predictive studies in general, and controlled experiments in particular, are possible and preferred. We argue that in open systems characterised by dynamically changing inter-relationships and tensions, conventional research designs predicated on linearity and predictability must be augmented by the study of how we can best deal with uncertainty, unpredictability and emergent causality. . . . Each of the initial five papers in this collection illustrates, in different ways, the value of theoretically grounded, methodologically pluralistic, flexible and adaptive study designs. We propose an agenda for future research and invite researchers to contribute to this on-going series.
The organizations below make grants to fund patient safety and quality initiatives. This list is not exhaustive.