patient safety & medical errors

While the board's pain rules deal predominantly with issues of chronic pain, the board is a participant in the Ohio Pain Advisory Committee and the Compassionate Care Task Force, dealing with the full spectrum of pain management issues including palliative care. This page is intended to provide information across that full spectrum.

      
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Web M&M

Wrong-Site Surgery Protocol

Ohio Patient Safety Institute

National Patient Safety Foundation

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO)

Prescription Legibility and Medical Errors

"Core Principles" for Patient Safety in Office-Based Surgery
       - American Medical Association