AHRQ sponsored the development of the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture® (SOPS®) Community Pharmacy Survey in response to requests for a survey in this setting. This survey is designed specifically ...

Purpose of the tool: This tool describes the key perinatal safety elements with examples for the safe administration of magnesium sulfate during labor. The key elements are presented within the ...

This Guide is composed of four evidence-based strategies that promote meaningful engagement with patients and families in ways that affect safety. Each strategy contains practical materials to support ...

This toolkit, developed through an AHRQ Patient Safety Learning Lab, consists of a formal risk assessment and tailored plan of care for each patient. The toolkit has reduced falls by 25 percent in ...

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.

There are seven steps to using the PEMAT to assess a patient education material. The instructions below assume that you will score the PEMAT using paper and pen. If you use the PEMAT Auto-Scoring Form ...

The Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool (PEMAT) is a systematic method to evaluate and compare the understandability and actionability of patient education materials. The following are our ...

This project was funded under contract number HHSA290201000025I, task order 8, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Disclaimer: AHRQ and its contractor, Health Research & ...

The Toolkit to Engage High-Risk Patients in Safe Transitions Across Ambulatory Settings (PDF, 1.36 MB) includes a: The Health Research & Educational Trust (HRET) adapted select, evidence-based patient ...

The CAHPS Ambulatory Care Improvement Guide is a comprehensive resource for health plans, medical groups, and other providers seeking to improve their performance in the domains of patient experience ...

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

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 ...