Assessing patient safety practices and outcomes in the U.S. health care system
By: Donna O. Farley ... [et al.].
Contributors: Farley, Donna.; Rand Corporation.
Series: Technical Report
Publisher: RAND; RAND Corporation
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780833047748
Subjects: Outcome assessment (Medical care) -- United States; Hospital patients -- United States -- Safety measures -- Evaluation; Medical Errors -- prevention & control -- United States -- Evaluation Studies; Quality Assurance, Health Care -- United States -- Evaluation Studies; Safety Management -- United States -- Evaluation Studies
Genres: Evaluation Studies
Description: Presents the results of a two-year study that analyzes how patient safety practices are being adopted by U.S. health care providers, examines hospital experiences with a patient safety culture survey, and assesses patient safety outcomes trends. In case studies of four U.S. communities, researchers collected information on the dynamics of local patient safety activities and on adoption of safe practices by hospitals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201).
Table of contents: title: Introduction and background; title: Uptake of patient safety practices in four U.S. communities; title: Use of the hospital survey on patient safety culture; title: National survey on adoption of NQF safe practices; title: Trends for patient safety outcomes; title: Suggested approach for monitoring effects of the patient safety initiative.