Keep patient safety at the heart of everything you do.

Improve patient outcomes through efficient, targeted online education available in various formats to give you access to the learning you need. Additionally, ASA automatically reports your credits to the ABA when you complete your course work, saving you time.

ASA and Institute for Healthcare Improvement/National Patient Safety Foundation have partnered to offer a special 20% discount on the Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) review course and certification exam to all ASA members. Find out more about this certification and its impact from an ASA member. Advance patient safety and your professional goals by becoming certified in patient safety today. You can schedule your exam today, and find your the discount code.

Fundamentals of Patient Safety
Through quizzes, exercises, case studies, and examples, Fundamentals of Patient Safety brings key concepts to life and helps you improve the quality of care your provide. Free for student and resident members. 

• Approved by the Certification Board for Professionals in Patient Safety for 10 CPPS CE hours.
• Approved as a MOC Part 2 CME activity by the following ABMS Member Boards: Anesthesiology, Ophthalmology, Thoracic Surgery and Urology.

Patient Safety Highlights 2019
Advance patient safety strategies with 10 targeted sessions from the ANESTHESIOLOGY® annual meeting. These engaging recordings include insights for improving outcomes and mitigating risk in a variety of settings, as well as higher-level looks at quality and communication.

New! IV Infiltration and Extravasation
Improve patient safety by learning about incidence and risks for IV infiltration and extravasation, which medications and patients are high risk, and how to diagnose and treat the potential injury immediately. 

• Earn Quality Improvement (Part 4) credit with the IV Infiltration and Extravasation Quality Improvement module. 

Patient Safety Online Modules
Advance your patient safety skills and ensure your patients get the best quality of care. Choose from a broad list of patient safety-focused topics that will help you fill knowledge gaps. Many topics have been approved as MOC Part 2 CME activities for a variety of ABMS Member Boards.

Utilize registries to report outcomes
Registries are the modern-day method to remain vigilant and ensure high-quality patient care, and physician anesthesiologists are at the helm of patient safety. Submit quality data to AQI registries—NACOR, AIRS and Closed Claims—and demonstrate commitment to patient safety.        

Educate the entire care team! Contact Mike Thill at (847) 268-9187 or m.thill@asahq.org for more information.