Harborview Medical Center Uses AHRQ’s Quality Indicators To Improve Patient Safety

Harborview Medical Center Uses AHRQ’s Quality Indicators To Improve Patient Safety: Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, has improved patient safety across its facilities using AHRQ’s Quality Indicators (QIs) — standardized measures used to assess and monitor healthcare quality. A level 1 trauma center and safety net hospital, Harborview uses QIs to review adverse events and integrate new, safer processes into standard care. Since adopting QIs in 2011, the hospital has reduced the percentage of potentially preventable blood clots after surgery.