Canterbury Medical Library is in the process of developing this Hot Topic. The list below provides links to the websites of some of the key organisations in healthcare quality.
View the Clinical Audit and Quality Presentation 30 November 2009
Top 20+ Healthcare Websites
- CDHB Quality and Risk website (Only available as part of the Canterbury District Health Board Intranet)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
http://www.ahrq.gov/ - AHRQ Innovations Exchange. QualityTools
http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/innovations_qualitytools.aspx?categoryID=54769&taxonomyID=54769 - AHRQ Patient Safety Network
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/ - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
http://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/ - Australian Council on Healthcare Standards
http://www.achs.org.au/ - Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovation (ARCHI)
http://www.archi.net.au/home - Centre for Clinical Governance Research in Health (CCGR)
http://www.med.unsw.edu.au/medweb.nsf/page/ClinGov_About - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
http://www.cebm.net/ - Institute for Healthcare Improvement
http://www.ihi.org/IHI/ - National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)
http://www.nahq.org/ - National Patient Safety Foundation
http://www.npsf.org - New Zealand Ministry of Health
http://www.moh.govt.nz/ - NHS Clean, Safe Care. Department of Health
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20101125133833/clean-safe-care.nhs.uk/index.php?pid=0 - NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
http://www.institute.nhs.uk/ - Patient Safety First
http://www.patientsafetyfirst.nhs.uk - Safer Care: Improving patient safety.
http://www.institute.nhs.uk/safer_care/safer_care/safer_care_-_home_page_2.html - US Dept of Veterans Affairs. National Center for Patient Safety
http://www.patientsafety.va.gov/ - WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Solutions
http://www.ccforpatientsafety.org/
Key Healthcare Websites
- AHRQ Patient Safety Network
http://www.psnet.ahrq.gov/ - American Hospitals Association
http://www.aha.org/ - American Society for Quality
http://www.asq.org/ - Australasian Lean Healthcare Network
http://www.leanhealth.org.au/ - Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, proposed National Safety and Quality Framework
http://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/national-priorities/australian-safety-and-quality-framework-for-health-care/proposed-national-safety-and-quality-framework-written-submissions/ - Canterbury District Health Board
http://www.cdhb.govt.nz/ - Care Quality Commission (UK)
http://www.cqc.org.uk - Cleveland Clinic
http://www.my.clevelandclinic.org/default.aspx - Council of International Hospitals
http://www.advisoryboardcompany.com (Some free content) - Equip the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards
http://www.achs.org.au/publications-resources/equipnational/ - Florida Hospital Association
http://www.fha.org - Health Foundation
http://www.health.org.uk/ - Healthcare Commission (UK)
http://www.cqc.org.uk - International Hospitals Federation
http://www.ihf-fih.org/ - Joanna Briggs Institute
http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/ - Lean Health Care Exchange
http://leanhealthcareexchange.com/ - New Zealand Health and Disability Commissioner
http://www.hdc.org.nz/ - NHS Evidence
http://www.evidence.nhs.uk/default.aspx (Some free content) - NHS National Library for Health
http://www.library.nhs.uk (Some free content) - NHS Modernisation Agency.
www.modern.nhs.uk/ - Nursing Advocacy Organisation
http://www.nursingadvocacy.org/ - Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare (Journal)
http://www.psqh.com (Some free content) - University of Texas Center for Excellence in Patient Safety Research and Practice
http://www.uth.tmc.edu/schools/med/imed/patient_safety/questionnaires (Registration required) - World Health Organisation
http://www.who.int/
Guidelines Websites
- Guidelines International Network (G-I-N)
http://www.g-i-n.net/ - National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
http://www.guideline.gov - NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence(UK))
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/ - New Zealand Guidelines Group
http://www.nzgg.org.nz - Safer Health Care (UK)
http://www.saferhealthcare.com - SIGN - Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
http://www.sign.ac.uk/guidelines - Trip Database
http://www.tripdatabase.com
Blogs on Healthcare
- Blog McLeod Health
http://blog.mcleodhealth.org/ - Evidence Based Nursing Blogspot
http://evidencebasednursing.blogspot.com/ - Health Care Blog
http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/ - NHS Blog Doctor
http://nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com/ - Runningahospital.Blogspot.com
http://runningahospital.blogspot.com/
Drugs & Pharmacology
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
http://www.cadth.ca/index.php/en/home - Canterbury District Health Board
http://www.cdhb.govt.nz/ - Medsafe
http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/ - United States Pharmacopeial Convention
http://www.usp.org
Resources for Quality Healthcare
- Calgary Health Region
http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/ - Duke University. Patient Safety
http://patientsafetyed.duhs.duke.edu/ - Iowa Healthcare Collaborative
http://www.ihconline.org/ - Maryland Hospital
http://mhcc.maryland.gov/ - St Mary's Hospital
http://www.imperial.nhs.uk/stmarys/index.htm - United Bristol Healthcare Trust (NHS)
http://www.ubristol.nhs.uk/ - University of Nebraska Medical Center. The Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research
http://www.unmc.edu/rural/patient-safety/default.htm - Victorian Quality Council
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/qualitycouncil/
Specialist
- American Association of Neurosurgeons
http://www.aans.org/ - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/CDCForYou/healthcare_providers.html
Statistics
- New Zealand Health Information Service
http://www.nzhis.govt.nz/ - OECD
http://oedb.org/ - Robert Niles.com
http://nilesonline.com/stats/ - Statisphere (NZ Department of Statistics)
http://www.statisphere.govt.nz/
Technology and Technology Assessment
- NHS Health technology assessment programme
http://www.ncchta.org/ - DavidRothman. Net
http://davidrothman.net/list-of-medical-wikis/ - INAHTA (International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment)
http://www.inahta.org/ - MedQIC: Medicare quality improvement community
http://www.medqic.org/
Tools and Methods for Quality Improvement
- American Society for Quality. Quality Tools
http://www.asq.org/learn-about-quality/quality-tools.html - Manager-Tools.com
http://www.manager-tools.com/ - Medal.org: Medical Algorithms
http://www.medal.org/visitor/login.aspx - TeamStepps
http://teamstepps.ahrq.gov/
Other Health Quality Websites
- The Commonwealth Fund
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/
General Sites that sometimes have information for quality health care
- Bates Info
www.BatesInfo.com - Google
http://www.google.co.nz/ - ReadWriteWeb.com
http://www.readwriteweb.com/ - Wikipedia
http://wikipedia.org/ - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/ - FindArticles.com
http://findarticles.com/ - The Guardian UK
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ - Time Magazine
http://www.time.com/
