Patient Safety Research Summaries

https://www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/research-summaries/index.html The updated Patient Safety Research Summary “Improving Patient Safety by Enhancing Care Coordination” summarizes AHRQ’s investments in care coordination—the process of organizing patient care activities and sharing information among all individuals concerned with a patient’s care to achieve safe and effective care. Released in May, the summary provides examples of project findings and products, collective outputs, and impacts of this work. Focus areas include improving handoff communication among providers, improving the discharge process, and exploring quality improvement strategies in a variety of healthcare settings. The summary is the result of one of 47 patient safety research projects AHRQ supported from 2000 through 2024. Collectively, the projects have resulted in the creation of a broad collection of tools and toolkits that help healthcare professionals implement evidence-based care coordination protocols into clinical care, among other impacts. Review the Research Summary.