Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation (Volume 1: Research Findings)

Abstract

The contents of this volume, summarizing AHRQ- and other government-sponsored patient safety research over the past 5 years, demonstrates solid, broad, and rapid progress in the other key element upon which successful execution will rest: ideas. Here you will find every dimension of safe patient care delivery, ranging from state-of-the-art detection and tracking systems (concurrent and retrospective clinical trigger systems), to successful interventions that addressed specific, single injury sources (e.g., adverse drug events), to organizational structures (e.g., building a culture of safety; nursing roles; teamwork), to safety features within and among care delivery locales (e.g., rural versus urban care; ambulatory versus inpatient care; patient transitions), to core theory (e.g., human factors; cognitive factors; work load; transitory work assignments), to the role of technology (decision-support systems for safe care; methods to safely deploy new technologies), to the role of national and State-level policy.