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Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Areas of Interest

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Diagnostic Safety and Quality

Funding research to better understand how diagnostic errors happen and how to prevent them.

Network of Patient Safety Databases

Network of Patient Safety Databases

The Network of Patient Safety Databases provides valuable tools to identify and track patient safety problems and trends.

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AHRQ’s Patient Safety Work

Overview of AHRQ’s research programs, funding opportunities, and stories of impact from AHRQ’s patient safety investments.

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Preventing Infections

AHRQ funds work to help frontline providers prevent HAIs by improving how care is delivered to patients.

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Learn About Patient Safety

Research-based tools to get your team on board and help them understand and use core concepts of patient safety.

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National Steering Committee Releases Patient Safety Action Plan

Achieving safer care and reducing harm to patients and caregivers

 
 
As the lead federal agency for advancing patient safety, AHRQ invests in research and implementation projects that bridge the gap between research and the delivery of safer patient care. AHRQ's patient safety research summaries reflect the work of agency grantees and contractors. Organized by theme, the summaries provide brief descriptions of individual projects as well as research highlights.
AHRQ has developed a wealth of materials focused on a wide range of patient safety risks in specific healthcare settings: acute, hospital, labor and delivery units, long-term, ambulatory, and more.
Quality improvement measurement tools and information, including AHRQ Quality Indicators Hospital Toolkit, ambulatory clinical performance measures, and TalkingQuality.
Collections of professional and academic publications, reports, and National Action Plans.
AHRQ offers free tools to help prioritize concerns and maximize interactions between providers, patients, and families.
AHRQ is the lead Federal agency for patient safety research. Our work helps providers make care safer for patients.
Tips for preventing medical errors and promoting patient safety, measuring health care quality, consumer assessment of health plans, evaluation software, report tools, and case studies
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Funding Opportunities
Funding opportunities for patient safety & quality research.
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Connect with Patient Safety
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Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer.
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Patient Safety and Quality Areas
Learn about the breadth of AHRQ's Patient Safety and Quality offerings.