Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

The National Association Medical Staff Services focuses on enhancing the professional development of and recognition for professionals in the medical staff and credentialing services field. The website provides NAMSS members educational, certification and regulatory resources.

The Credentialing Resource Center provides resources related to processes involving the medical staff and credentialing services. Resources include featured articles, white papers, privileging tools and form, networking and events, career opportunities and membership opportunities.

Kathy Matzka is a consultant, speaker and writer specializing in credentialing and professional staff resources for healthcare organizations. She provides services in the following areas: staff support and training, accreditation preparedness, process review, educational programs, newsletters and data collection tools.

A collection of resources from The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Care that provides the framework for organizing an organization's journey toward high reliability. The framework focuses on three areas: leadership commitment, safety culture and an empowered workforce.

High reliability organizations display certain characteristics. This information on AHRQ's PSNet site describes the five characteristics of highly reliable organizations.

A learning module for staff, provided by The Joint Commission, to educate on infection control principles in long-term care organizations.

Reducing the risk of encountering an active shooter situation is important to any business, especially healthcare. These resources provide tools on how to plan what to do in the event of an active shooter/violent situation.

Acitve shooter events are increasing more and more across the U.S. and the experts have developed tools to help the lay person identify a potential active shooter as a risk reduction strategy.