Health Care Services

Patient Safety Practices

July 2001

Clinical Focus*

• Prevalence of the problem targeted by the practice.
• Severity of the problem targeted by the practice.
• The current utilization of the practice.
• Evidence on efficacy and/or effectiveness of the practice.
• The practice's potential for harm.
• Data on cost.
• Implementation issues.

*Addressed in the summary or evidence report.

Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices
Summary (Publication No. 01-E057, July 2001)
Evidence Report (Publication No. 01-E058, July 2001): HSTAT; HTML (File Download)

EPC: UCSF-Stanford
Topic Nominator: Center for Primary Care Research, AHRQ

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