Missouri Center for Patient Safety Launches New Patient Safety Website

New Patient Safety Website Launched

The Missouri Center for Patient Safety (MOCPS) has introduced a  new website,- www.mocps.org for health care providers and health consumers to provide a greater focus on important patient safety related issues and services. MOCPS' mission is to be a leader in providing solutions and resources that improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery.

The new websitesite complements MOCPS' patient safety improvement activities, in addition to enhancing its services as a federally designated Patient Safety Organization (PSO), in partnership with organizations throughout the nation.The site now offers a blog format providing up-to-date information about MOCPS activities, programs and patient safety news, as well as audio and video content and a new Facebook presence.

Recently, the MOCPS sponsored, Patient Safety Awareness Month, in April, featuring an online recorded tele-forum with patient safety experts, Judy Baker, Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Sean Berenholtz, Johns Hopkins, David Marx, Outcome Engineering, Becky Miller, MOCPS, and Diane Cousins, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The brief and information-packed discussions are available on the new website to encourage the public to learn about important patient safety issues.

More About MOCPS – The Missouri Center for Patient Safety was founded by the Missouri Hospital Association, Missouri State Medical Association and Primaris as a private, nonprofit corporation to serve as a leader to fulfill its vision of a health care environment safe for all patients, in all processes, all the time.

For more information about patient safety please visit www.psqh.com