Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

The National Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety

Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery

AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care, Phase 2

The National Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety

Learn about the public-private collaboration to improve patient and workforce safety.

Toolkit for Improving Surgical Care and Recovery

Tools to help hospitals implement evidence-based practices to improve outcomes and prevent complications in surgical patients

AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care, Phase 2

Resources to help labor and delivery units reduce obstetric hemorrhage and severe hypertension in pregnancy

Areas of Interest

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AHRQ’s Patient Safety Work

AHRQ is the lead Federal agency for patient safety research. Our work helps providers make care safer for patients.

Preventing Infections

AHRQ funds work to help frontline providers prevent HAIs by improving how care is delivered to patients.

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Learn About Patient Safety

Research-based tools to get your team on board and help them understand and use core concepts of patient safety.

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National Steering Committee Releases Patient Safety Action Plan

Achieving safer care and reducing harm to patients and caregivers

As the lead federal agency for advancing patient safety, AHRQ invests in research and implementation projects that bridge the gap between research and the delivery of safer patient care. AHRQ’s patient safety research summaries reflect the work of agency grantees and contractors. Organized by theme, the summaries provide brief descriptions of individual projects as well as research highlights.

AHRQ has developed a wealth of materials focused on a wide range of patient safety risks in specific healthcare settings: acute, hospital, labor and delivery units, long-term, ambulatory, and more.

Quality improvement measurement tools and information, including AHRQ Quality Indicators Hospital Toolkit, ambulatory clinical performance measures, and TalkingQuality.

Collections of professional and academic publications, reports, and National Action Plans.

AHRQ offers free tools to help prioritize concerns and maximize interactions between providers, patients, and families.

AHRQ is the lead Federal agency for patient safety research. Our work helps providers make care safer for patients.

Evidence-based products and tools provide resources, free continuing education events, and case studies on how our products and tools are being implemented.

Tips for preventing medical errors and promoting patient safety, measuring health care quality, consumer assessment of health plans, evaluation software, report tools, and case studies