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The Maryland Patient Safety Center was created by the Maryland
Health Care Commission (MHCC) in 2004 to develop and implement
strategies to improve the safety of patient care in Maryland. To
run the Center, MHCC selected LogicQual Research Institute and the
Delmarva Foundation, two organizations that have been leaders in
patient safety and quality initiatives.
LogicQual Research Institute is a subsidiary of the Maryland
Hospital Association (MHA), which
represents Maryland hospitals and health systems through leadership,
education, information, communication, and collective action in the
public interest. The Maryland Hospital Association is involved in numerous
quality and safety programs, including its Quality Indicator Project®,
used by over 1,000 hospitals worldwide to measure performance; the
MEDSAFE initiative, a statewide program designed to reduce medication
errors; and the extensive educational offerings sponsored by its Maryland
Healthcare Education Institute (MHEI).
Delmarva
Foundation, a national not-for-profit quality improvement
organization, has been working with hospitals, physicians, home health
agencies and nursing homes in Maryland for more than 30 years. As Maryland’s
Medicare Quality Improvement Organization (QIO), Delmarva works to
ensure that health care providers offer Medicare recipients the highest
caliber of care. Delmarva also is responsible for the implementation
and ongoing improvements to the statewide Maryland Health Care Commission’s Hospital
Performance Evaluation Guide.
The Center’s Executive Director is William Minogue, MD, former Senior Vice
President for Medical Affairs at Suburban Hospital. Dr. Minogue can be
contacted at wminogue@marylandpatientsafety.org. |
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