The Certificate Program in Patient Safety and Quality is an innovative training opportunity run jointly by Seattle Children's Hospital and the UW Medicine Center for Patient Care Quality and Safety. Front-line clinicians develop the skills and knowledge to identify gaps and propose solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of care delivery and strengthen the provider-patient relationship.

Contains a variety of patient education resources translated into multiple languages.

Health Sciences Library guide to keeping up with health care quality and safety literature and news.

The Center supports an array of projects, events and courses for faculty, staff and students from the six UW Health Sciences Schools as well as community partners such as health care providers, clinics, medical centers, patient rights organizations and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

The UW Medicine Center for Scholarship in Patient Care Quality and Safety delivers training, project support, and large-scale innovations that enhance the quality, safety, and value of care delivered to patients at UW Medicine.

Annual conference held in late spring by the Washington Patient Safety Coalition.

Free toolkit for health care professionals developed by the Washington State Hospital Association.

The Coalition is a program of the Foundation for Health Care Quality designed to facilitate cross-organizational cooperation on addressing patient safety challenges.

Evidence-based tools and resources designed to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care.

List of links to patient safety toolkits from across the web.

Offers online training programs, toolkits, videos and other resources for improving patient safety.

The Joint Commission produces many resources relating to patient safety including podcasts and a monthly newsletter.

Online bibliography of tips, information and resources for raising awareness during National Safety Month.

Federal website for health care quality information and resources.