Making Healthcare Safer IV Report Expanded With New Evidence Reviews
As part of AHRQ’s ongoing efforts to advance patient safety, the agency has published four new evidence reviews to help healthcare leaders prioritize and implement safety strategies:
- Failure To Rescue—Rapid Response Systems.
- Prevention in Adults of Transmission of Infection With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms.
- Sepsis Prediction, Recognition, and Intervention.
- Engaging Family Caregivers.
The reviews are part of the agency’s Making Healthcare Safer IV report, a continuous updating of evidence on safety harms and practices. First published in 2001, Making Healthcare Safer reports have consolidated information sources for healthcare providers, health system administrators, researchers and government agencies. The reports align with the agency’s lead role in advancing safety, including establishment of the National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety, a growing public-private collaboration to improve safety across healthcare delivery setting.