National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Chartbook on Patient Safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Chartbook on Patient Safety. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published March 2016

National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Chartbook on Patient Safety.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2017. AHRQ Publication No. 17-0037-EF.

The National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports review analysis specific to tracking patient safety challenges and improvements in areas of focus such as hospital-acquired infections. The most recent update documented a 66% improvement in patient safety measures tracked. This set of tools includes summaries drawn from the reports for use in presentations to enhance distribution and application of the data.

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