Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare
Patient safety research is growing, spanning across more healthcare settings, and considers a wide array of contextual factors. The combination of emerging patient safety threats and the growing amount of published patient safety research, patient safety resources, and accrediting body standards makes it increasingly difficult to prioritize adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices. AHRQ’s fourth iteration of Making Healthcare Safer intends to address this issue by publishing rapid evidence reports of patient safety practices and topics as they are completed. The timely ongoing release of reports will aid healthcare organization leaders in prioritizing implementation of evidence-based practices in a timelier way. These reports also will help researchers identify where more research is needed and assist policymakers in understanding which patient safety practices have the supporting evidence for promotion.
The following protocols are available:
- Making Healthcare Safer IV: Active Infection Surveillance of Clostridioides difficile and Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales (CRE), Candida auris
- Making Healthcare Safer IV: Computerized Clinical Decision Support To Prevent Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events
- Making Healthcare Safer IV: Deprescribing to Reduce Medication Harms in Older Adults
- Making Healthcare Safer IV: Engaging Family Caregivers with Structured Communication for Safe Care Transitions
- Making Healthcare Safer IV: Failure to Rescue-Rapid Response Systems
- Making Healthcare Safer IV: Healthcare Workers’ Implicit Bias Training and Education
- Making Healthcare Safer IV: Opioid Stewardship
- Making Healthcare Safer IV: Patient and Family Engagement
- Making Healthcare Safer IV: Prevention of Transmission of Infection With Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms
- Making Healthcare Safer IV: Sepsis Prediction, Recognition, and Intervention
- Making Healthcare Safer IV: Use of Report Cards and Outcome Measurements to Improve the Safety of Surgical Care
AHRQ’s prior Making Healthcare Safer reports I (2001), II (2013), and III (2020) have shown the positive impact of patient safety practices on the reduction of medical errors. However, threats to patient safety are still emerging and evolving in a dynamic world.
I encourage you and your team to review these protocols and consider them for use in your setting. There’s a plethora of resources and information with each protocol. Bookmark this landing page for future reference as well.
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