"The AMA is proud to support the goals of Patient Safety Awareness Week," said AMA Board Chair Joseph Heyman, M.D. "Free patient safety resources are available on the AMA Web site, and we encourage patients and physicians to take advantage of them."
New this year, physicians can receive CME credit for reading the AMA's medication safety book:
Available through the AMA's Making Strides in Safety® program, the
"We encourage patients to take an active role in their care and to talk with their physicians about the best way to do this," said Dr. Heyman. "One easy way to get started is by cleaning out any unused or expired medicines in the home medicine cabinet." Tips are available on the AMA Web site from the Know What's In Your Medicine Cabinet program.
Clinical quality measures focused on safe and effective transitions between care settings are currently out for public comment at http://www.physicianconsortium.org. They address transitions from the inpatient setting or emergency department to the ambulatory setting or other sites of care. The measures were jointly developed by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, American College of Physicians, Society of Hospital Medicine, and the AMA-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement.