Introducing the Physician Practice Patient Safety Assessment

The PPPSA is an interactive, self-assessment tool for evaluating:

• Medication safety
• Patient handoffs and transitions
• Surgery and invasive procedures
• Personnel qualifications and competency
• Practice management and culture
• Patient education and communication

When the Institutes of Medicine published Crossing the Quality Chasm in 2001, health care providers learned the extent of preventable medical errors. Far more patients visit the outpatient setting every day, thus the need for patient safety becomes even more critical for medical practices.

Use this tool to:

• Gain specific ideas to improve patient safety
• Compare your data to aggregate results for similar practices
• Enhance your team’s awareness of patient safety issues
• Heighten providers' awareness of characteristics that make a practice safer
• Create a new reference point and baseline for practices to enhance and support patient safety
• Document your successes and track your progress

As a result, your practice can provide safer and better care, reduce liability and facilitate conversation among staff and physicians to identify opportunities to increase patient safety.

• Click here to view some sample questions from the assessment tool.
  
  
• Click here to view domains.
  
  
• Click here to download a free PDF of the assessment and view ordering information.
  
  
• Click here to view testimonials from users and industry experts.
  
  
• Click here to read media articles about PPPSA.

Login for previous participants to access your assessment responses and other comparative information. Your assessment Login ID is required. For questions contact John Mendez at toll free 877-275-6462 extension 880 or e-mail at jcm@mgma.com.