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The link between clinically validated patient safety indicators and clinical outcomes.

January 10, 2018

Gray DM, Hefner JL, Nguyen MC, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2017;32(6):583-590.

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The AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators are publicly reported measures of hospital performance. This retrospective study of patient discharges from an academic medical center over a 2-year period found an association between Patient Safety Indicators and longer length of stay, unplanned readmissions, and mortality.

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