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Authority Expands Focus on Education, Collaboration, and More with Strategic Plan

PA PSRS Patient Saf Advis 2007 Jun;4(2):31.

As part of ongoing efforts to improve patient safety in Pennsylvania, the Patient Safety Authority has released a strategic plan of initiatives to be implemented during the next several years. The Authority’s Board of Directors approved the strategic plan in early May 2007. Prominent features of the strategic plan include education, training, collaboration, and communication initiatives. For example, the plan calls for increased collaboration with Pennsylvania healthcare organizations, government entities, and healthcare providers. Some initiatives coincide with elements of Gov. Rendell’s “Prescription for Pennsylvania” plan, such as increasing patient safety education, working to reduce hospital-acquired infections, and providing guidance to nursing homes.

The Authority developed its strategic plan based on input and feedback from Pennsylvania healthcare facilities, patient safety organizations, national patient safety experts, and others. The strategic plan is intended to expand upon the Authority’s primary role (i.e., collect and analyze patient safety event data through PA-PSRS and publish guidance in the Patient Safety Advisory).

A detailed look of the Authority’s strategic plan is available on the Authority's Web site.

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Authority Expands Focus on Education, Collaboration, and More with Strategic Plan

	THE PENNSYLVANIA PATIENT SAFETY AUTHORITY AND ITS CONTRACTORS
	The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority is an independent state agency created by Act 13 of 2002, the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (“Mcare”) Act. Consistent with Act 13, ECRI Institute, as contractor for the Authority, is issuing this publication to advise medical facilities of immediate changes that can be instituted to reduce Serious Events and Incidents. For more information about the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, see the Authority’s Web site at www.patientsafetyauthority.org .
	ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization, dedicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific research in healthcare to uncover the best approaches to improving patient care. As pioneers in this science for more than 40 years, ECRI Institute marries experience and independence with the objectivity of evidence-based research. More than 5,000 healthcare organizations worldwide rely on ECRI Institute’s expertise in patient safety improvement, risk and quality management, and healthcare processes, devices, procedures and drug technology.
	The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated solely to medication error prevention and safe medication use. ISMP provides recommendations for the safe use of medications to the healthcare community including healthcare professionals, government agencies, accrediting organizations, and consumers. ISMP’s efforts are built on a nonpunitive approach and systems-based solutions.