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"Canary measures" among the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators.

Yu H, Greenberg MD, Haviland AM, et al. "Canary measures" among the AHRQ patient safety indicators. Am J Med Qual. 2009;24(6):465-73. doi:10.1177/1062860609341585.

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September 9, 2009
Yu H, Greenberg MD, Haviland AM, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2009;24(6):465-73.
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This study sought to identify which of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) could be used as a single measure to screen for patient safety problems. The PSI "selected infections due to medical care" (a measure of health care–associated infections) appeared to be the best single measure for this indication.

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Yu H, Greenberg MD, Haviland AM, et al. "Canary measures" among the AHRQ patient safety indicators. Am J Med Qual. 2009;24(6):465-73. doi:10.1177/1062860609341585.

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