Department of Health
John J. Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, Commissioner
Tennessee Improving Patient Safety
Documents and Publications
- Improving Patient Safety Coalition Members
- Health Data Reporting Act of 2002 #68-11-211 (PDF)
- Click here to view the "Interpretative Guidelines for Reporting Unusual Incidents Manual
- 2003-2007 Quarterly Reports
- 2002 Unusual Event Summary Report
- 2003 Unusual Event Summary Report
- 2004 Annual Patient Safety Report
- 2005 Annual Patient Safety Report
- Seven Components of Abuse Prevention
- Wrong Site Surgery
- Medication Errors (10 Confusing Abbreviations to Avoid)
- Medication Errors (15 Ways to Lower your Dose of Medication Errors)
- Effective and Underused Safety Practices
- Falls Tool Kit
- Ensuring Correct Surgery
- Choking
- Universal Medication List Form Introduction
- Universal Medication List Form - English
- Universal Medication List Form - Spanish
- 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors
- 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children
- Nursing Home Compare Surveys
Governor Bill Haslam
