Monday, May 29, 2006

CMWF - Committed to Safety: Ten Case Studies on Reducing Harm to Patients



This report from The Commonwealth Fund presents 10 case studies of health care organizations, clinical teams, and learning collaborations that have designed innovations in five areas that hold great promise for improving patient safety:

  • promoting an organizational culture of safety,
  • improving teamwork and communication,
  • enhancing rapid response to prevent heart attacks and other crises in the hospital,
  • preventing health care–associated infections in the intensive care unit, and
    preventing adverse drug events throughout the hospital.

report pdf

Executive Summary