Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are among the leading threats to patient safety, affecting one out of every 31 hospital patients at any one time. Over a million HAIs occur across the U.S.

For more information: Patient Experience Measures from the CAHPS Health Plan Survey (PDF, 308 KB) Getting Needed Care Q9 Easy for respondent to get necessary care, tests, or treatment Q18 Respondent ...

Medicaid agencies and Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP) are invited to submit survey data to the CAHPS Health Plan Survey Database. This page explains the requirements and the steps involved ...

Although the term “benchmark” is often thought to mean an “average,” the original meaning of this term in the context of quality improvement is performance that is known to be achievable because ...

Purpose: To evaluate the extent to which current processes align with the Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) process and includes: Identifying the existing process. Identifying the existing ...

Most Common Cause of Injuries Treated in Emergency Departments (PDF, 687 KB) ...

Status The National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) and National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) websites, including the primary content of guideline and measure summaries, respectively, are no ...

Patient health status or quality of life. Patient, provider, and population attitudes and behavior. New evidence, research, prevention strategies, treatments, and care models. For example, ...

Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation describes what federally funded programs have accomplished in understanding medical errors and implementing programs to improve patient ...

Every CAHPS survey produces several measures of patient experience. These measures include composite measures, which combine two or more related survey items; single-item measures; and rating measures ...

CEPI consists of four divisions: CEPI consists of four divisions: Evidence-based Practice Center Program: Produces a range of evidence syntheses—from systematic evidence reviews to rapid reviews ...

Latest available findings on quality of and access to healthcare ...