Assessment of the AHRQ Patient Safety Initiative Moving from Research to Practice Evaluation Report II (2003-2004)

by Farley, Donna O.; Morton, Sally C.; Damberg, Cheryl L.; Ridgely, Susan; Fremont, Allen

• ISBN13: 9780833041487
• ISBN10: 0833041487
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-27
• Publisher: RAND CORPORATION

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Context and input evaluations	p. 7
Process evaluation : monitoring progress and maintaining vigilance	p. 17
Process evaluation : patient safety epidemiology / effective practices and tools	p. 25
Process evaluation : building infrastructure for effective practices	p. 37
Process evaluation : achieving broader adoption of effective practices	p. 51
Product evaluation : selection of outcome measures	p. 61
Conclusion
AHRQ-funded patient-safety-reporting demonstrations	p. 71
Summary of the AHRQ-funded challenge grants	p. 73
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