AHRQ Views Blog: New National Action Plan Aimed at Keeping Patients and Healthcare Workers Safe

A new national action plan for safer care and reduction of harm to patients and caregivers is the subject of a new AHRQ Views blog post. The report, Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety, is the result of two years of work by the 27-member National Steering Committee for Patient Safety. In their blog post, committee co-chairs Jeffrey Brady, M.D., M.P.H., and Tejal K. Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H., explain that the report and a companion implementation resource guide provide the latest tactics, tools and resources for immediate implementation. The new resources are built on four foundational areas: culture, leadership and governance; patient and family engagement; workforce safety; and learning systems. Dr. Brady is director of AHRQ’s Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, and Dr. Gandhi is chief safety and transformation officer at Press Ganey Associates and a senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Access the blog post.