The AMA - "Making Strides in Safety"

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The AMA is working as a strategic partner with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) in the 100,000 Lives Campaign, which aims to educate physicians on ways to enhance patient safety in the hospital setting.

Hospitals can implement any or all of the programs, including:

• Deployment of "Rapid Response Teams"
• Assurance of optimal care for patients with acute myocardial infarction
• Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia
• Prevention of surgical-site infections
• Prevention of adverse drug events
• Prevention of central line infections

The AMA has developed educational materials to help you get hospital involved in this campaign.

Download a participation toolkit (PDF, 310KB), which provides step-by-step instructions on how to get started or an implementation toolkit (PDF, 372KB), which assists involvement in the campaign.