Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS): Retrospectively Reviewing Inpatient Health Records To Identify Adverse Events

Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS) Retrospectively Reviewing Inpatient Health Records To Identify Adverse Events https://www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/qsrs/index.html A new AHRQ report, Adverse Events Among Medicare Hospitalizations in 2021–2023, presents national findings from the Quality and Safety Review System. The analysis captures more than 40 types of adverse events through systematic review of inpatient Medicare records from rural, targeted urban, critical access, and other acute care hospitals. Key findings of the report include the following: Between 2021 and 2023, the share of Medicare patients with at least one adverse event per hospital stay declined from 7.1 percent to 5.2 percent, while the overall rate of adverse events dropped from 83.1 to 59.4 per 1,000 discharges. Across all 3 years, medication events, pressure injuries/ulcers, and hospital-acquired infections represented about 80 percent of adverse events. Critical access hospitals consistently showed the lowest occurrence of adverse events compared with other hospital types. Read the full report for detailed data on adverse event trends across hospital types.