Supporting Safer Healthcare

National Patient Safety Week in the US is March 7-13, 2010. 

This year, to promote patient safety The Joint Commission will give away 20 copies of “YOU: The Smart Patient,” and a new book “The Smart Parent’s Guide to Getting Your Kids Through Checkups, Illnesses, and Accidents.” 

Both books are written for the general public in easy to understand language to help consumers become informed patients and patient advocates.  Get entered in the book drawing by taking The Joint Commission’s online patient safety quiz.

The National Patient Safety Foundation provides a list of online patient safety resources.

Read Ben Dillon’s summary of Captain “Sully” Sullenberger’s closing comments at the HIMSS Conference held last week in Atlanta.