Maryland Patient Safety Center

Maternal health equity - the Maryland Patient Safety Center supports state health improvement goals to improve Safety and equity for mothers and babies with education and improvement programs addressing pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality and perinatal and neonatal Safety. One such program, b.i.r.t.h. Equity Maryland, includes tools for non-obstetric providers to address the substantial disparity in maternal morbidity rate for black-and all-- birthing people in Maryland.

Maternal mortality review (mmr)-the organization provides administration for the maternal mortality review program for the Maryland department of health. The grant-funded work includes the request for records, abstraction of data, preparation of case reviews, entry of data into the database, and coordination of mmr meetings. The organization also convened an annual maternal mortality summit to share knowledge and best practices.

Annual Patient Safety conference - the annual Patient Safety conference brings together over 850 healthcare professionals and nationally recognized speakers and presenters to learn and exchange best practices related to current issues in Patient Safety.

Maternal health innovation program (mdmom and mhip)- the Maryland maternal health innovation program (mdmom) aims to improve maternal health across the state of Maryland by coordinating innovation in the areas of maternal health data, training and resource availability. Mdmom is a collaboration between johns hopkins university, Maryland department of health and the Maryland Patient Safety Center. It is funded by health resources and services administration. The Maryland Patient Safety Center has been-and has been recently renewed-- a grantee under the mdmom maternal health innovation program.

Medication Safety - the organization supports hospitals and other healthcare organizations to prevent medication errors and adverse drug events via a conference, other educational offerings and programs.

Opioid misuse - this program is a statewide effort to proactively inform consumers about the risks of opioid use; what questions to ask their doctor, what are the alternative pain management techniques, and how to properly store and dispose of unused prescriptions.

Patient Safety consultation - the organization offers a comprehensive approach to Patient Safety improvement. The consultant program offers mpsc experts to do more in-depth, organization-specific review indicators and other data, as well as key policies and use of evidence-based Patient Safety tools and interventions, quality and Patient Safety structures. These offerings will help impact change in acute and non-acute facilities for Safety and quality for all patients.

Perinatal/neonatal collaborative - the collaborative is designed to support hospitals and other outpatient or community settings addressing foundational issues related to perinatal and neonatal Safety and quality, including safe standards, teamwork, communication, and other evidence-based interventions.

Patient family centered care - the pfacq program has been designed to help organizations take their Patient and family engagement strategies to the next level with a focus on improving outcomes, reducing costs, promoting transparency and reinforcing staff joy and meaning in healthcare work.

Caring for the caregiver - this program is based on the johns hopkins hospital peer support program for healthcare providers known as the resilience in stressful events or rise program. A "train the trainer" model with support and coaching from the rise staff, this program provides timely support to healthcare employees who are "second victims" of stressful, often patient-related events.

Adverse event reporting - the organization partners with healthcare providers in Maryland to collect and analyze data on adverse events and near misses. The data are used to explore patterns and trends related to Patient Safety.

Education -the Maryland Patient Safety Center builds capacity to improve Patient Safety and quality in Maryland via education and outreach, offering conferences, in-person, and virtual educational offerings that help assure that Maryland hospitals and other healthcare organizaitons actively participate each year with the Maryland Patient Safety Center.

Other - includes a wide range of consulting and advisory services on various topics.