Target Audience
Directors of Medical Education, Program Directors and Faculty (all
specialties), as well as Hospital and Ambulatory Clinic Administrators
who seek a better understanding of medical errors and how to
develop strategies to ensure a safe healthcare environment.
Patient Safety Activities Across the Nation
Since the late 1990’s, QIOs have been helping establish and lead statewide collaborative partnerships to accelerate programs to keep patients safe. Many of these initiatives have focused on addressing and correcting specific safety challenges that unnecessarily harm patients and drive up health costs.
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the QIO’s trade association (AHQA) and learn more about how QIO
patient safety-related activities 
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making a difference.
MPRO Committed to Accelerating Change in Patient Safety Process
In 2000, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report on medical errors titled To Err is Human1. The report stated that as many as 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of medical errors, despite an unprecedented focus on patient safety.
While many health care institutions are making the necessary changes to improve patient safety, the pace of change is very slow. MPRO is committed to accelerating this process and is integrally involved in efforts to reduce the incidence and causes of patient safety related illnesses and deaths in the state of Michigan.
MPRO is conducting studies and interventions in the following areas related to patient safety. MPRO's expertise spans the continuum of care. A few of these projects include:
- MPRO is a long-standing member of the Michigan Health and Safety Coalition, a broad-based partnership created in 2000 to address patient safety issues
- Creating stakeholder collaborations to create systematic change
- Assisting physician practices implement electronic health records in their offices
- Publicly reporting quality measures to consumers and providers
- Developing workforce retention initiatives
- Combating the problems associated with health literacy and cultural competency
- Implementing CMS’ national Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) across Michigan
1Kohn, Linda T., Corrigan, Janet M., Donaldson, Molla S., To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System. Institute of Medicine, 2000.
