Patient Safety

Canadian Patient Safety Institute

It works to provide Canadian healthcare professionals with the best information and tools in the rapidly evolving field of patient safety. All of the major patient safety research papers are available on this site including: Healthcare Quarterly's Patient Safety Papers and the Canadian Patient Safety Dictionary. http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/index.html

National Patient Safety Foundation

Its mission is to improve the safety of patients through efforts to: identify and create a core body of knowledge; identify pathways to apply the knowledge; develop and enhance the culture of receptivity to patient safety; raise public awareness and foster communications about patient safety; and improve the status of the Foundation and its ability to meet its goals. This foundation is based on the U.S. and has extensive information and tools on patient safety including patient brochures. http://www.npsf.org/

Pharmaceutical Information Program (PIP)

It provides authorized health care professionals (e.g. pharmacists and physicians) with confidential access to patient medication records. PIP will help enhance patient safety. The program will help prescribers select the best medication to avoid drug interactions and duplications of therapy, including prescription drug abuse. PIP will also help health professionals sort through the numerous medications a person may be taking when treating medical conditions, or where several prescribers are involved in a patient's care. http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/ps_pip.html