Medical Errors & Patient Safety
The very critical issues of medical errors and patient safety have received a great deal of attention. In November 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report estimating that as many as 98,000 patients die as the result of medical errors in hospitals each year.
A major Federal initiative has been launched to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety in federally funded health care programs, and by example and partnership, in the private sector.
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AHRQ's Patient Safety E-newsletter
Online Journal
Web M&M: Morbidity & Mortality Rounds Online
Documents
Five Steps to Safer Health Care (PDF File, 360 KB)
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors: Patient Fact Sheet
(PDF File, 222 KB)
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children
(PDF File, 283 KB)
AHRQ's Patient Safety Initiative: Building Foundations,
Reducing Risk
Interim Report to the Senate Committee on Appropriations
Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical
Analysis of Strategies
Closing the Quality Gap: Diabetes Care
Strategies
Closing the Quality Gap: Hypertension
Care Strategies
The Effect of Health Care Working Conditions on Patient Safety
Impact of Working Conditions on Patient Safety
Improving Health Care Quality: Fact Sheet
Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety
Practices: Summary, Evidence Report, File Download
Medical Errors: The Scope of the Problem
Medication Errors Found To Be Common in Pediatric Inpatients
New Research Projects Awarded To Improve Patient Safety
(Watch Video Introduction)
Partnerships for Quality: Fact Sheet
Patient Safety: Achieving a New Standard for Care
Institute of Medicine report on health care data standards
Patient Safety Challenge Grants
Patient Safety Improvement Corps
Patient Safety Research Initiatives: Fiscal Year 2001
Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality
Reducing and Preventing Adverse Drug Events To Decrease
Hospital Costs
Reducing Medical Errors in Health Care: Fact Sheet
To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System
Institute of Medicine report on medical errors
Ways You Can Help Your Family Prevent Medical Errors!
Web Chat Transcript: Patient Safety Research
AHRQ Web M&M: Fact Sheet
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