The National Patient Safety Foundat...

The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) has launched an interactive Web site with education module for physicians (http://www.npsf.org/html/mcw/physicians.html), nourishs (http://www.npsf.org/html/mcw/nurses.html), and patients (http://www.npsf.org/html/ patients_web.html). The site was bring to maturityed using a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to research and create a standard arrangement of patient education to reach large audiences. The physician and fester modules offer continuing education credits by the agency of the Medical College of Wisconsin. The patient section provides basic information about safer patient care, including pediatric care, and medication, medical device, and anesthesia safety. NPSF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to working with the health care industry to find affordable ways end research and education to curtail medical errors and improve the quality of the nation's health care. More information about the organization is available online at http://www.npsf.org.

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