Patient Safety Indicators Download

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User Guide

The User Guide provides direction on the interpretation of the Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs). It also provides an overview of the methods used to identify, select, and evaluate the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality Indicators (QIs), a summary of the literature based evidence, empirical rates based on the State Inpatient Databases, and detailed definitions for each PSI. Potential users of this document include hospitals, State data organizations, and hospital associations.

• Guide to Patient Safety Indicators, Ver. 2.1, Rev. 1, May 2003
  • Word® format, zipped — 961 KB
  • PDF format — 1.12 MB | (PDF help)

Software and Documentation

The PSI module software is available as programs to run in either SAS® or SPSS® statistical software packages. To use the PSI module software, users must have access to SAS® or SPSS® statistical software packages. All necessary components for running the software are included in the zip file, but users must provide a hospital discharge data file in the specified format. The software documentation describes the procedures for implementing the PSI module of the AHRQ QIs Version 2.1 and highlights features of the analytic approach of particular interest to users. The documentation and User Guide are not included in the software zip file and should be downloaded separately.

• SAS® PSI Software, Ver. 2.1, Rev. 1, May 2003
  • Zipped — 2.43 MB
• SAS® PSI Software Documentation, Ver. 2.1, Rev. 1, May 2003
  • Word® format — 1.25 MB
  • PDF format — 784 KB | (PDF help)
     
• SPSS® PSI Software, Ver. 2.1, May 2003
  • Zipped — 2.38 MB
• SPSS® PSI Software Documentation, Ver. 2.1, May 2003
  • Word® format — 1.23 MB
  • PDF format — 968 MB | (PDF help)

Other

PSI Change Log:  The log of changes summarizes all changes to the PSI software, software documentation, and guide made since the release of version 2.1 of the software in March 2003.

• Change Log to PSI Guide and Software, May 2003
  • Word® format — 108 KB
  • PDF format — 22 KB | (PDF help)

Indicator Definition Changes:  This document summarizes all changes to the PSI indicator definitions made between the publication of the Technical Report (August 2002) and the initial public release of the PSI software (March 2003).

• Changes to Indicator Definitions Before Software Release, March 2003
  • Word® format — 103 KB
  • PDF format — 78 KB | (PDF help)

Note: Although the QI program modules are free, both SAS® and SPSS® are commercially licensed software packages that must be purchased. Neither SAS® Institute Inc. nor SPSS® Inc. has any affiliation with development of the AHRQ QIs.