Title: Assessing patient safety practices and outcomes in the U.S. health care system
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.
Subjects: Safety measures, Health Care Quality Assurance, Evaluation, Safety Management, Outcome assessment (Medical care), Evaluation Studies, Hospital patients, Prevention & control, Medical Errors, Quality assurance, Medical care, united states
Places: United States