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 ...

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 & ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Survey on Patient Safety Culture is a staff-administered survey that helps ambulatory surgery centers assess how their staff perceive various aspects of safety culture.

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

Care coordination means different things to different people; no consensus definition has fully evolved. A recent systematic review identified over 40 definitions of the term "care coordination." 2 ...

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 ...

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