Relevant organisations

Relevant EU Projects

• AMICA - improved medical decision making at the point of care
  http://www.amica-eu.org

• COCOON - the medical network for the EU
  http://www.cocoon-health.com

• CARE-PATHS
  http://www.carepaths.eupm.net

• MyHEART - Fighting cardio-vascular diseases by prevention and early diagnosis
  http://www.hitech-projects.com/euprojects/myheart/

• WEALTHY - Wearable Health Care System
  http://www.wealthy-ist.com/

• INTREPID - A Virtual Reality Intelligent Multi-sensor Wearable System
  http://www.intrepid-project.org/

• PIPS - Personalised Information Platform for Health and Life Services
  http://www.pips.eu.org/

•  DICOEMS - emergency risk management e-health platform
  http://www.dicoems.com

• SIMPATIE - Safety Improvement for Patients in Europe
  http://www.simpatie.org

 

International activities

Australia

• Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Healthcare
  http://www.safetyandquality.org/index.cfm

• Australian Patient Safety Foundation
  http://www.apsf.net.au/

• The Health Consumers Council
  www.hcc-wa.global.net.au/

• The International Society for Quality in Healthcare
  www.isqua.org.au

 

Canada

• Canadian Patient Safety Institute
  http://www.patientsafetyinstitute.ca/index.html

• Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada
  www.ismp-canada.org

 

Europe

• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (UK)
  http://www.nice.org.uk

• The Danish Society for Patient Safety (DK)
  http://www.patientsikkerhed.dk/About

• The National Patient Safety Organisation (UK)
  www.npsa.nhs.uk

• Utrecht Medical Centre - Patient Safety Program (NL)
  www.patientsafety.nl

• European Society for Quality in Healthcare (EU)
  http://www.esqh.net

• Swiss-q (CH)
  http://www.swiss-q.org

 

USA

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  http://www.ahrq.gov/

• U.S National Patient Safety Foundation
  www.npsf.org

• The Leapfrog Group for Patient Safety
  http://www.leapfroggroup.org/

• Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  http://www.ihi.org/ihi

• eHealth Initiative
  http://www.ehealthinitiative.org/

• NQF (The National Quality Forum)
  www.qualityforum.org

• Patient Safety Institute
  http://www.ptsafety.org/

• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
  http://www.jcaho.org

• Institute for Safe Medication Practices
  http://www.ismp.org

 

International/Other countries/Other organisations

• World Alliance for Patient Safety
  www.who.int/patientsafety/en

• Joint Commission International
  http://www.jointcommissioninternational.com

• Open Clinical Knowledge Management for Medical Care
  http://www.openclinical.org