AHRQ's tools and research to ensure safe and seamless transitions of patients from one care setting to another, reducing preventable adverse events, drug-related errors, and other problems.

This section provides an overview of the key concepts in the Introduction. More extensive explanations and illustrations are provided in section 2; methods for teaching the introduction's concepts are ...

The New SOPS Nursing Home Survey Version 2.0: Updates, Insights, and Implementation (58:12) About the Surveys on Patient Safety Culture The Surveys on Patient Safety Culture (SOPS) are a suite of ...

Note: Resources on this page were used in testing the Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families. The materials were ...

Before initiating antibiotics it is important to pause and review all relevant clinical and laboratory data and then weigh the potential benefit versus harm of initiating antibiotic therapy. Moment 2: ...

Resource: Care Management – An Implementation Guide for Primary Care Practices (PDF, 5.5 MB, 111 page) This guide, based upon research on successful strategies used in practices with documented ...

The list of valid and reliable indicators of inpatient quality of care continues to grow and evolve as measures are refined, introduced, and retired. The National Quality Forum has endorsed nearly 200 ...

Practice facilitators help primary care practices implement the best evidence and develop quality improvement capacity. To assist practice facilitators in gaining critical skills, AHRQ developed 14 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines health equity as “the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health.” 39 Back in 2001, ...

Teams are sets of people communicating, coordinating, and collaborating—in this case, to provide optimal care to patients. Some teams are formally defined and permanent. Other teams are rapidly ...

The United States Health Information Knowledgebase (USHIK) was an online, publicly accessible registry and repository of healthcare-related metadata, specifications, and standards. USHIK contained ...

Welcome to the TeamSTEPPS ® curriculum. The TeamSTEPPS 3.0 curriculum addresses the needs of the 21st century healthcare workforce. This document highlights the key aspects of the TeamSTEPPS 3.0 ...