Member Resources

Organizations

• Get with the Guidelines is the premier hospital-based quality improvement program for the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association.

• The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is a not-for-profit organization driving the improvement of health by advancing the quality and value of health care.

• The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents produced by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [AHCPR]), in partnership with the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Association of Health Plans (AAHP).

• U.S. National Library of Medicine
-- World's largest medical library
• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management -- Promotes proactive and innovative management of organization-wide risk

• Institute for Safe Medication Practices -- Educating the health care community about safe medication practices

• Risk Management Foundation Interactive -- www.RMFinteractive.com is the Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions' online subscription service, which provides guidelines, articles, interactive on-line learning, and exercises to address patient safety and risk management issues; detailed techniques for error prevention and care improvement; and examples and abstracts of actual closed malpractice claims.