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All project materials can be accessed on our Quality Improvement OSCC Online Forum on JENY (Joint Effort New York). The OSCC Online Forum will also contain important postings and updates relevant to the initiative as well as links to the community of professionals interested and engaged in improving hospital patient safety culture.
Hospital Patient Safety Improvement Issues
For Administrators, Senior Leaders, Frontline Workers, and Quality Improvement Professionals: For Rural and Critical Access Hospitals- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): Rural Health
- Health Care Quality: The Rural Context
This report seeks to examine the current state of debate over health care quality and patient safety and how it affects rural communities. - IOM Report. Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural Health
In this report, the IOM Committee on the Future of Rural Health Care was asked to: Assess the quality of health care in rural areas; develop a conceptual framework for a core set of services and the essential infrastructure necessary to deliver those services to rural communities; recommend priority objectives; and consider implications for federal programs and policy. Look on the left-hand menu. You can download a brief or summary, or read the entire report. - IOM Report. To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System
Institute of Medicine report brief. November 1999 "Errors are costly in terms of loss of trust in the health care system by patients and diminished satisfaction by both patients and health professionals." Look on the left-hand menu. You can download a brief or summary, or read the entire report. - National Rural Health Association: Quality Through Collaboration
- National Rural Health Association (NHRA)
- New York State Area Health Education System
- New York State Association for Rural Health (NYSARH)
- Rural Health Resource Center
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