AHRQ Patient Safety Network ► Two leaders in the safety movement argue that a lack of valid measures makes it difficult to interpret the impact of the Hospital Engagement Network initiative, part of the federal Partnership for Patients. N Engl J Med. 2014;371:691-693.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Two leaders in the safety movement argue that a lack of valid measures makes it difficult to interpret the impact of the Hospital Engagement Network initiative, part of the federal Partnership for Patients.N Engl J Med. 2014;371:691-693.

Did hospital engagement networks actually improve care?

Pronovost P, Jha AK. N Engl J Med. 2014;371:691-693.

In this commentary, the authors raise concerns about the validity of large-scale reductions in patient harms and readmissions reported by the Partnership for Patients Hospital Engagement Networks initiative. They describe how lack of standardized measures and peer review to evaluate the interventions may affect the reliability of the results.

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