Assessing patient safety practices and outcomes in the U.S. health care system / / Donna O. Farley ... [et al.].

• Author: Rand Corporation.
• TeilnehmendeR: Farley, Donna.; Rand Corporation.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Technical Report
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (231 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Presents the results of a two-year study that analyzes how patient safety practices are being adopted by U.S. health care providers, examines hospital experiences with a patient safety culture survey, and assesses patient safety outcomes trends. In case studies of four U.S. communities, researchers...

Table of Contents

• Introduction and background
• Uptake of patient safety practices in four U.S. communities
• Use of the hospital survey on patient safety culture
• National survey on adoption of NQF safe practices
• Trends for patient safety outcomes
• Suggested approach for monitoring effects of the patient safety initiative.