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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219976803321

Titolo

Assessment of the AHRQ patient safety initiative : moving from research to practice evaluation report II (2003-2004

Pubbl/distr/stampa

RAND Corporation, 2007

[Place of publication not identified], : RAND Health, 2007

ISBN

0-8330-6002-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Technical report  Assessment of the AHRQ patient safety initiative

Disciplina

610.28/9

Soggetti

Medical errors - Prevention - Government policy - United States

Iatrogenic diseases - Prevention - Government policy - United States

Patients - Safety measures - United States

Medical Errors - prevention & control

Program Evaluation

Government Programs

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Context and input evaluations -- Process evaluation: monitoring progress and maintaining vigilance -- Process evaluation: patient safety epidemiology: effective practices and tools -- Process evaluation: building infrastructure for effective practices -- Process evaluation: achieving broader adoption of effective practices -- Product evaluation: selection of outcome measures.

Sommario/riassunto

Updates the policy context of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) patient safety initiative; documents the priorities and activities being undertaken; lays out an evaluation framework and possible measures of the effects on patient outcomes and on stakeholders other than patients. Discusses implications of the findings for future AHRQ policy, programming, and research; suggests ways to strengthen AHRQ activities.