Patient Safety Tools: Improving Safety at the Point of Care Information about medical errors, a leading health problem, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's efforts to reduce medical errors and improve patient safety. These toolkits are designed to help health care institutions and clinicians provide—and consumers receive—safe, quality health care at various points in the health care process—in the hospital, in the emergency department, in the intensive care unit, in the pharmacy, and when being discharged from one setting to another.These 17 toolkits were produced under AHRQ's Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety (PIPS) grant program, The projects have produced a variety of evidence-based tools, including training materials, medication guides and checklists, that are easily adapted to other institutions and care settings. The tools were developed in the field and are designed to be implemented by multidisciplinary users.Toolkits by Setting TypeHospital — GeneralEmergency DepartmentsHospital Care UnitsOutpatient SettingsConsumer/Patient Care Hospital—General – These toolkits contain evidence-based resources to help inpatient facilities improve performance around some of the most common and most serious patient safety problems faced by hospitals today.The Emergency Department Pharmacist as a Safety Measure in Emergency MedicineImproving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and EducationImproving Medication AdherenceInteractive Venous Thromboembolism Safety Toolkit for Providers and PatientsPatient Multidisciplinary Training for Medication ReconciliationImplementing a Program of Patient Safety in Small Rural HospitalsPreventing Venous Thromboembolisms in the HospitalReducing Central Line Bloodstream Infections and Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaReducing Discrepancies in Medication Histories and Orders at HandoffsTesting the Re-Engineered Hospital DischargeUsing Military Simulation to Improve Rural Obstetric Safety Emergency Departments – These toolkits contain resources to help hospitals apply evidence-based safe practices in the Emergency Department (ED) to improve patient flow, implement a multidisciplinary simulation-based safety curriculum, and improve medication safety by implementing a formal ED pharmacist program.The Emergency Department Pharmacist as a Safety Measure in Emergency MedicineImproving Patient Flow in the Emergency DepartmentA Simulation-Based Safety Curriculum in a Children's Hospital Emergency Department Hospital Care Units – These toolkits contain resources to help hospitals apply evidence-based safe practices.Implementing Reduced Work Hours to Improve Patient SafetyImproving Patient Safety Through Enhanced Provider CommunicationReducing Central Line Bloodstream Infections and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Outpatient Settings – These toolkits contain resources to help facilities address outpatient medication safety by applying evidence-based safe practices.Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and EducationImproving Medication Safety in Clinics for Patients 55 and OlderImproving Warfarin ManagementPatient Multidisciplinary Training for Medication ReconciliationTesting the Re-Engineered Hospital DischargeConsumer/Patient Care – These toolkits contain resources to help facilities educate consumers in medication safety and post-hospital care.Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and EducationImproving Medication AdherenceImproving Medication Safety in Clinics for Patients 55 and OlderImproving Warfarin ManagementTesting the Re-Engineered Hospital DischargeUsing Military Simulation to Improve Rural Obstetric Safety Current as of April 2011 Internet Citation: Patient Safety Tools: Improving Safety at the Point of Care. April 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/pips/index.html
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