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TMA Patient Safety Resource Center

TMA's Commitment to Quality and Patient Safety A Texas Medical Association Case Studies Report: Achieving Quality and Patient Safety in the Delivery of Health Care for All Texans - January 2009 Texas physicians have the desire to provide the best possible care. Texas physicians also have a professional responsibility to provide evidence-based health care consistently while asking, "How can we do things better?" It is time to evaluate our daily practice of medicine and begin to implement those changes that will yield higher levels of patient safety and more effective, efficient care. Continuous quality improvement depends on physician leaders to nurture and drive teams sharing a common vision - one that is ultimately realized through the care provided every day, every time, and for every patient.Read the white paper.

Topics

• Cultural Competency
• Health Disparities
• Health Literacy
• Improved Care for Acute MI
• Medication Reconciliation
• Preventing Surgical Infections

Tools

• AMA Healthier Life Steps -- Type 2 Diabetes Latest AMA Therapeutic Insights Online Program Topic (NOI Oct 2009, page 4)
• New Network Enhances Patient Safety (Action, Oct 2, 2009)
• DSHS Issues Pentacel Advisory (Action, Feb. 16, 2009)
• Recommendations on the use of Pentacel® vaccine (ACIP) (CDC)
• AMA Making Strides in Patient Safety (AMA)
• TMA Gets You FDA Alerts Immediately (Action, Jan. 16, 2009) 
• The Vaccine Advisory (Texas DSHS)
  The goal of the Vaccine Advisory is to disseminate, in a timely manner, practical information related to vaccines, vaccine-preventable diseases, and the vaccine programs managed by the Immunization Branch.The Immunization Branch welcomes readers’ input to improve the contents of this document.
• AAP Emergency Preparedness for Children With Special Health Care Needs
• Blank Interactive Emergency Information Form
• Emergency Care For Children With Special Health Care Needs -- Internet and Other Resources 
• AHA Patient Safety Tools and Resources
• AHRQ Quality Tools; AHRQ Healthcare 411
• AMA Patient Safety and Quality Tools; Doctor to Doctor Tools
• Joint Commission "Speak Up" Initiative
• FDA Postmarket Drug Safety Information for Patients and Providers
• MedQIC Advanced Tools Search
• National Center for Patient Safety Falls Toolkit
• Partnering for Patient Empowerment through Community Awareness (PPECA)
• Patient Safety Tools for Physicians Practices 
• Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway:
  An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Management of the Difficult Airway
• Premier
• Revised Accreditation Participation Requirement Regarding Reporting Concerns 
• Texas Hospitals Support New Billing Policy 
• University of Michigan Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals: Turning Ideas Into Action
• Use the Web to Keep Patients Safe (Action, Feb. 2, 2009)

Links

• CMS 2008 No Pay Conditions.  Wall Street Journal Blog
• Healthcare Associated Infections: Not On My Watch. Sponsored by Kimberly Clark. 
• HHS Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: Executive Summary 
• Patient Safety Exchange 
• PSO's -Patient Safety Organizations 
• PSO Interim Guidance from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• New Patient Safety Organizations Lower Roadblocks to Medical Error Reporting by Carolyn Clancy.  American Journal of Medical Quality, 2008, Vol. 23, No. 4, 318-321. Request from the TMA Knowledge Center.
• Patient Safety Network Glossary
• FDA to Post Quarterly Report of Potential Safety Issues.  View a table that lists the names of products and potential signals of serious risks/new safety information that were identified for these products during the period January - March 2008 in the AERS database.
• FDA Postmarket Drug Safety Information for Patients and Providers. In accordance with Section 915 of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA), this website contains links to postmarket drug safety information to improve transparency and communication to patients and healthcare providers. 

Literature

• Practice Advisory for the Prevention and Management of Emergency Room Fires
• Sign up for one or more of TMA's custom e-mail alerts to stay on top of the latest published research in patient safety, cultural competency, health literacy, and more.
• Patient Safety and Quality Healthcare -- free online journal
• 2005 White House Conference on Aging -- Proceedings Mini-Conference on Health Literacy and Health Disparities

Texas Research

• The University of Texas Center of Excellence for Patient Safety Research and Practice

Questions or Suggestions? 
Please contact Barbara Tims, Knowledge Center Librarian at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1548, (512) 370-1548, or Barbara Tims.

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Last Published: 12/9/2009