Links to other websites

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British Healthcare & Resources: General

• Department of Health
• Cochrane Collboration
• General Medical Council
• National Institute for Clinical Excellence
• NHS Litigation Authority
• Royal Society of Medicine

British Healthcare Organisations & Resources: Quality and Safety

• Action for Victims of Medical Accidents
• Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry
• Commission for Health Improvement
• National Patient Safety Agency

International Healthcare Organisations: General

• Annenberg Centre for Health Sciences
• World Health Organisation

International Healthcare Organisations: Quality and Safety

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• American Society for Quality
• Australian Council for Quality and Safety
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organisations
• National Patient Safety Foundation
• The Risk Management Foundation

Safety and Human Factors

• Aviation Safety Network
• Health and Safety Executive (U.K.)
• Human factors and ergonomics society
• NASA. Human Factors Research and Technology Division
• Royal Aeronautical Society. Working group on human factors.
• United States Food and Drug Administration. Human factors section.

Readings and Documents Online

• British Medical Journal. Special issue. Reducing error, improving safety. March 2000
• An Organisation with a Memory. Learning from adverse events in the NHS (1999)
• Building a safer NHS.
• To err is human: Building a safer healthcare system. Institute of Medicine, 1999

Research Groups

• Glasgow Accident Analysis Group
• Human Factors Research Project. University of Texas.

Web Directories on Health and Patient Safety

• Bandolier
• Hardin Meta Directory of Health Resources
• National Patient Safety Foundation (U.S.) This site has links to a variety of sites with information on medical error, risk management and patient safety.
• Pubmed