For World Patient Safety Day 2023, AHRQ Recognizes the Imperative of Engaging Patients in Their Care

For World Patient Safety Day 2023, AHRQ Recognizes the Imperative of Engaging Patients in Their Care For World Patient Safety Day, Recognizing the Imperative of Engaging Patients in Their Care. AHRQ’s support of World Patient Safety Day 2023 and the agency’s ongoing efforts to emphasize patient safety as a core value is featured in blog post by Director Robert Otto Valdez, Ph.D., M.H.S.A. This year’s Sept. 17 observance recognized the crucial role played by patients, families and caregivers in receiving the safest possible healthcare. Dr. Valdez highlights numerous AHRQ resources for helping patients, families, caregivers and health professionals work together to improve care.