The following list of links is provided for use as a reference tool for researchers and other interested parties. However, it is not intended to be comprehensive, nor does the presence of these links imply an endorsement by the Institute of Medicine of any products or services provided by the organizations listed. In addition, links to private, for-profit entities are not included.
Federal Agencies/Offices
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
AHRQ Medical Errors and Patient Safety Homepage
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
NCHS Public Health Data Standards Consortium
National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS)
National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNIS)
Dialysis Surveillance Network (DSN)
National Surveillance System for Health Care Workers (NaSH)
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System (MPSMS) ~ No link available
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
MedWatch
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CDER)
Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)
Joint CDC/FDA: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force (QUIC)
NIH-funded: Medical Event Reporting System for Transfusion Medicine (MERS-TM)
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)
U.S. Department of Commerce:
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
U.S. Department of Defense:
Military Health System Patient Safety Program ~ No link available
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs:
National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) Reporting System
Joint VA/NASA Patient Safety Reporting System (PSRS)
Executive Office of the President:
President's Information Technology Advisory Committee
State Agencies/Offices/Organizations
State of Florida - Medical errors reslution and tracking programs; Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers; Division of Managed Care and Health Quality; Agency for Health Care Administration
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
Private Organizations
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
National Quality Forum
The Leapfrog Group
United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
Medication Errors Reporting (MER) Program (for practitioners)
MedMARx (for hospitals) or MedMarx (for hospitals)
Data Encoding & Transmission Standards
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) - ASC X12
Health Level Seven (and ISO TC 215 - via links to other standards organizations )
National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP)
ASTM International
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)
IEEE 1073 Medical Device Communications
CORBAmed
Coding, Classification & Terminology Systems
International Classification of Diseases-9th Revision-Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) Coordination and Maintenance Committee
International Classification of Diseases-10th Revision-Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM)
Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Codes
LOINC
FDA/CDER National Drug Code Directory (NDC)
SNOMED
Nursing Information and Data Set Evaluation Center (NIDSEC) - Nursing Codes
Terminology Middleware Systems
Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
Health Level Seven
International Systems
United Kingdom:
U.K. National Health Service Information Authority
U.K. Department of Health
U.K. National Patient Safety Agency
Australia:
Australian Patient Safety Foundation
Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Australian Department of Health and Aging
Australian National health Information Management Advisory Council
New Zealand:
New Zealand Department of Health
Netherlands:
Netherlands--various links
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