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Current Events

Engaging Patients As Safety Partners: A Guide for Reducing Errors and Improving Satisfaction (AHA Press)
Summary of the Illinois Adverse Health Care Event Reporting Law of 2005 (Updated Aug. 2008)
HHS Publishes Proposed Rule for PSOs (2/12/08)
AHRQ Releases Patient Safety Toolkits for Providers, Patients (AHA News Now, 12/9/07)
AHRQ Seeks Submissions for New Health Care Innovations Exchange Web Site (8/7/07)
IHA and IHI 5 Million Lives Campaign Opportunities (6/6/07)
Illinois Hospital Association Joins Institute for Healthcare Improvement Campaign to Reduce Patient Harm and Save Lives (12/12/06)
AHRQ Issues Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals
Chicago Patient Safety Forum Quarterly Newsletter (Fall 2006)
Hospital Report Card Act Rules and Dartmouth Study (4/5/06)
AHRQ's Patient Safety Network

Safety Alerts

Ongoing Developments

Summary of the Illinois Adverse Health Care Event Reporting Law of 2005 (Updated Aug. 2008)
Hospital Report Card Act
- General Information
  - Memo Announcing Final Rules on Hospital Report Card Act (4/18/07)
  - Hospital Report Card Public Act 93-563
  - IDPH Letter Regarding Nurse Staffing Reporting Requirements and Infection Reporting Requirements
- Administrative Rules
  - Hospital Report Card Act Rules Effective March 28, 2007
- Nurse Staff Information
  - Designation of HRCA Nurse Staff Reporting Contacts (8/8/07)
  - Hospital Report Card Act Nurse Staff Definitions (as of 7/31/07)
- Infection Reporting
  - Reporting of Surgical Care Improvement Program (SCIP) Data for Hospital Report Card Act (8/16/07)
- Training and Education
  - Hospital Report Card Act Implementation: Focus on Infection and Nurse Staff Reporting Requirements (6/28/07 PowerPoint presentation)
- Frequently Asked Questions - (9/10/07)