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Partnerships
The Cardinal Health Foundation is proud to partner with the following organizations to improve patient safety and quality of care.Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
In 2006 and 2007, the Cardinal Health Foundation provided grants totaling $300,000 to the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) for its patient safety research program. This award is granted to an investigator(s) who submits a proposal for research relative to patient safety. APSF’s mission is to assure that no patient shall be harmed by anesthesia.Learn more about the APSF and the Cardinal Health Foundation Research Award.
Boston University and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
In partnership with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Boston University School of Management, Cardinal Health helped to develop a leadership program for directors of pharmacy at hospitals and health systems. Funded by the Cardinal Health Foundation, this weeklong program is designed to broaden business skills, managerial versatility and the extraordinary leadership demanded of today's directors of pharmacy. More than 200 directors of pharmacy have completed the program to learn how to provide better care for patients.Learn more about the executive education programs and the Pharmacy Leadership Institute at Boston University.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
The Cardinal Health Foundation became a lead sponsor of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) 100,000 Lives Campaign in Spring 2005 with a $500,000 commitment. The campaign focused on the implementation of six key interventions that were scientifically proven to save lives. Thousands of people are harmed in U.S. hospitals every day and IHI estimates that nearly 15 million instances of medical harm occur in the U.S. each year – a rate of 40,000 per day. IHI estimated that the 100,000 Lives Campaign partners saved over 120,000 lives over the 18-months of the campaign which ended in June 2006.IHI has followed this highly successful campaign with the 5 Million Lives Campaign which challenges American hospitals to adopt 12 changes in care that will save lives and reduce patient injuries. The Cardinal Health Foundation is also a leading sponsor of this two-year campaign with a commitment of $1 million.
Learn more about IHI’s 5 Million Lives Campaign.
Maryland Patient Safety Center
The Maryland Patient Safety Center was created in 2004 to develop and implement strategies to improve the safety of patient care in Maryland. The Cardinal Health Foundation partnered with the Maryland Patient Safety Center to offer two Cardinal Health Patient Safety Grants at $50,000 each. The grants were awarded in June 2006 to:- Atlantic General Hospital for the development and evaluation of an electronic medication and allergy reconciliation system linking primary care physicians’ practices with the Atlantic General Hospital’s inpatient data system.
- Johns Hopkins Children’s Center for the development, evaluation and dissemination of a tool for computerized prescribing of controlled substances to children, with decision support for improving patient safety.
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