Inquiries can be directed to Leonard Lamkin, Executive Director 312-431-9110 or lamkin_cpsf@iomc.org

Several of our members are available to speak on patient safety issues:

Ambulatory Care - John Hickner, MD, MSc
Anesthesiology - Stephen D. Small, MD
Drug Name Confusion - Bruce Lambert, PhD
Electronic Medical Records, CPOE - Gordon Schiff, MD
Geriatrics - James Webster, MD
Geropharmacology - James Webster, MD
Illinois Medical Studies Act - Stephen D. Small, MD, James Webster, MD
Infection Prevention - Gary Noskin, MD
Mandatory Reporting vs. Voluntary Reporting - Stephen D. Small, MD
Medication Safety - Bruce Lambert, PhD
Nursing - Barbara Gaffke, PhD, MSN
Patient Safety - Kevin Weiss, MD, MPH
Patient Safety in Ambulatory and Primary Care - John Hickner, MD, MSc, Carrie Nelson
Patient Safety Simulator - Stephen D. Small, MD, James Tarrant
Pediatric Patient Safety - Donna Woods, EdM, PhD
Safe Clinical Practices - Gordon Schiff, MD

For more information on all issues, please contact Leonard Lamkin, Executive Director, 312-431-9110 or lamkin_cpsf@iomc.org

• Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signs Executive Order creating new Division of Patient Safety within the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Read more...
  
• Federal Patient Safety Legislation S-544: "Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005." Read more...
  
• On May 31, in a surprise action, our state legislature slipped in a provision to the Illinois SB157, whose purpose was to establish a mandatory hospital reporting system for major adverse events.
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• SORRY WORKS! PILOT PROGRAM PASSES ILLLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY Illinois to become first state to try Sorry Works! pilot program as fix to med-mal crisis. Read more...
  

• CPSF Executive Director Leonard Lamkin interviewed by ABC News for University of Chicago insulin errors (July22, 2007)
  
• Letter to the editor: Chicago Tribune - "Pediatric Guidelines", December 14, 2006
  
• CPSF named as Greater Chicago Node for IHI 100,000 Lives Campaign. Read more...
  
• Daily Chronicle: "Kish Hospital participates in forum on patient safety," October 21, 2005
  
• Nursing Spectrum, Greater Chicago Edition: "100,000 Lives Campaign Gains Momentum," October 10, 2005
  
• Chicago Tribune: "Hospitals set goal: Save 100,000 lives," October 5, 2005
  
• Nursing Spectrum, Greater Chicago Edition: "Patient Safety Comes First for Forum," August 1, 2005
  
• CPSF Executive Director Leonard Lamkin gives favorable review to patient safety film "Things you should know before entering the hospital"
  
• Chicago Tribune Featured Letter to the Editor, "Keeping Illinois hospitals safer", June 8, 2005

• March 3, 2006 - 2006 CPSF Annual Scientific Meeting: "Culture of Safety: A System Strategy to Reduce Medical Errors and Improve Patient Safety"
  
• The Chicago Patient Safety Forum and the Illinois Foundation for Quality Health Care Partner to Save 100,000 Lives - Regional meetings to be held for participating hospitals throughout the state
  
• Chicago Patient Safety Forum named lead partner in the Chicago area for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) 100,000 Lives Campaign
  
• Chicago Patient Safety Forum Strongly Supports S.544 "The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005"
  
• 2005 CPSF Annual Meeting March 10, 2005