The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released its new Network of Patient Safety Databases, according to AHRQ’s “News Now” newsletter released June 25. The NPSD is the first public, ...

The Trump administration's efforts to downsize the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) are causing alarm among public health workers as well as researchers who study patient safety and ...

Patient safety culture is a cornerstone of healthcare quality. Fostering patient safety culture requires an understanding of an organization's values, beliefs, and norms. According to the Agency for ...

The focus will be on patient safety when the window opens for voluntary data submission for the AHRQ SOPS Nursing Home Database from Sept. 1 through Sept. 21. Eligible providers will be nursing homes ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released results from the Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture, which is an expansion of AHRQ’s Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

Newly released data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) show mixed results in how nursing homes address staff safety, which is closely connected to care quality and workforce ...

Sue Sheridan’s baby boy, Cal, suffered brain damage from undetected jaundice in 1995. Helen Haskell’s 15-year-old son, Lewis, died after surgery in 2000 because weekend hospital staffers didn’t ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In recent years, children's hospitals have joined in the national push to improve patient safety and avoid preventable problems. But it has been hard to measure progress, because ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has issued an evidence-based handbook for nurses focusing on patient safety and quality ...

AHRQ, the federal agency charged with improving health care quality and safety, has staved off death, but it remains unclear ...