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Dorothy Aldridge
Quality, Data and IT Coordinator

Rosalie Weakland, RN, MSN, CPHQ, FACHE
Senior Director of Quality Programs

Ohio Patient Safety Institute

Welcome to the Ohio Patient Safety Institute. OPSI is dedicated to improving patient safety in Ohio. The Institute was founded by the Ohio Hospital Association, the Ohio State Medical Association and the Ohio Osteopathic Association. Through this collaboration and common effort, OPSI has the ability to work with Ohio hospitals and health care workers to improve health care outcomes in Ohio.

Mission

The Ohio Patient Safety Institute is the leader and catalyst in developing and transforming health care into a reliable, safe delivery system.

OPSI Board of Directors	Patient Safety Organization-PSO
Patient Resources	Professional Resources
OPSI Annual Best Practice Award	Patient Safety Week

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Alarm Safety and Patient Safety

Clinical alarm management was identified in 2014 by the Joint Commission as a National Patient Safety Goal. Continued inclusion of this goal in the 2018 Joint Commission list of National Patient Safety Goals, demonstrates the continued opportunity for improvements of this critical patient safety factor in all hospitals. Ohio hospitals have recognized clinical alarms as priority safety focus. Click here for more information.

OPSI Education Series

Four Webinar Conferences are being offered throughout 2018. Each session will be one hour in length beginning at 11:30 a.m. (ET) Topics include:

Transitioning with Excellence: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Transitions and Discharge (February 8, 2018)
Technology Improved Safety Rounding in Behavioral Health (April 19, 2018)
A Multidisciplinary Approach to High Reliability in the Prevention of Suicide in the Hospital (June 14, 2018)
Improving Anit-Psychotic Medication Safety in Children and Adolescents (August 2, 2018)

Learn more here or access the on line registration directly here.

OPSI Awareness Calendar 2017-2018

OPSI Awareness Calendar is a valuable resource highlighting health care awareness days, weeks and months. To view, click here.