Safety
Journal Articles: Aim of study is to report the feasibility and safety of AF ablation in an ambulatory setting (Alaska Heart and Vascular Institute). Metrics include procedural complications, postoperative utilization of hospital services, and emergency room utilization.
Checklists: Helpful checklist for the care team when treating a patient with cardiac tamponade.
Checklists: This Preoperative Checklist can be used by teams for all patients coming to the EP lab.
Organizations for QI: Library of completed/ongoing projects related to quality. Topics include Health and Well-Being, Person- and Family-Centered Care, Patient Safety, and Health IT.
Tools: The Toolkit for Using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Quality Indicators (QI Toolkit) is a free and easy-to-use resource for hospitals planning to use the AHRQ Quality Indicators (QIs), including the Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), to track and improve inpatient quality and patient safety. The QI Toolkit also may serve as a general guide to applying improvement methods in a hospital setting.
Education – Clinical: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety. This is an evidence-based set of teamwork tools, aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among healthcare teams, including patients and family caregivers. Program includes welcome guides, curriculum materials, a diagnosis improvement course, patient videos, measurement tools, and training simulation tools.
Organizations for QI: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Network is a national Web-based resource featuring the latest news and essential resources on patient safety. Supported by an extensive system for organizing the site’s patient safety information into categories and subcategories (i.e., a patient safety taxonomy) and robust Web architecture, AHRQ’s PSNet provides powerful searching and browsing capability, as well as the ability for diverse users to customize the site around their interests (My PSNet). AHRQ’s PSNet also includes WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web) content, including Cases and Commentaries as well as Perspectives on Safety.
Organizations for QI: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers free tools to help prioritize concerns and maximize interactions between providers, patients, and families. Whether you see patients at a hospital, primary care office, or other setting, time is often limited and patients and family members who have prioritized their questions or concerns will experience the most meaningful, efficient visits. To help you and your patients get the most out of your time together, AHRQ offers these free resources that you can use with your team and share with your patients.
Best Practices: Reports to help inform best practices in a variety of settings across the health care system. AHRQ consolidates information for healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers, and government agencies to improve patient safety.