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

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is carrying out its congressional mandate to establish a patient-safety research and development initiative to help health care providers reduce medical errors and improve patient safety. In September 2003, AHRQ entered into a four-year contract...

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Corporate Authors: RAND Health, United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Other Authors: Farley, Donna
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Health, 2007.
Series:Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-463-AHRQ.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 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.