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Resources
Organizations and associations
Canadian Patient Safety Institute, www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca
This site provides information about patient safety efforts in Canada and tips about ensuring your own safety as a patient.
Canadian Institute for Health Information, www.cihi.ca
The CIHI provides broad information on the Canadian health system, including statistics on volumes of operations performed in regions across Canada and their outcomes. It’s your best one-stop shop for overall information about Canadian health care services, their quality, and safety.
Longwoods Publishing, www.longwoods.com
Longwoods Publishing, a publisher specializing in health care materials, has provided on the Internet a great deal of information on patient safety.
The National Patient Safety Foundation, www.npsf.org This organization in the United States has access to a broad array of patient safety information and resources. The foundation has a bibliography of some 5500 books and articles on patient safety, as well as a speaker’s bureau and schedule of upcoming events.
Health Canada, www.hc-sc.gc.ca Visit this site for information on drugs and their safety. Health Canada will notify you by e-mail of new developments in the field of adverse drug reaction.
To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System, The Institute of Medicine (Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2000). This landmark American study is available for free online from the Institute of Medicine at National Academies Press, www.nap.edu.