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Partnership for Patients.
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Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services.
Launched in 2011, the Partnership for Patients plans to invest approximately $1 billion total in an effort to decrease preventable harm in United States hospitals. Its emphasis on partnerships (between government, provider organizations, payers, and patients) echoes certain Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) campaigns, developed by Medicare director Dr. Donald Berwick while he led IHI. The Partnership focuses on skill building, demonstration projects, and collaboratives. Through 2019, the Hospital Improvement and Innovation Networks will work to achieve a 20% decrease in overall patient harm and a 12% reduction in 30-day hospital readmissions as a population-based measure from the 2014 baseline. In September 2015, the program awarded $110 million to 17 national, regional, or state hospital associations and health system organizations. CMS estimates that 2.1 million fewer patients were harmed and nearly $20 in health care costs were saved from 2010 to 2014. Medicare hopes these recent monetary awards will continue to drive this momentum on improving patient safety.
Award > Award Recipient
Quality and Patient Safety Awards.
Department of Defense Patient Safety Program.
This award recognizes outstanding patient safety improvement work in the Military Health System. The process for submitting applications for the 2016 awards has yet to be announced.
Award > Award Recipient
Nurturing Creativity: 2006 MacArthur Fellows.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
This Web site highlights the accomplishments of the 2006 MacArthur Fellowship honorees, including patient safety expert Dr. Atul Gawande, author of Complications.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation.
11760 Atwood Road, Suite 5, Auburn, CA 95603.
The purpose of the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation is to identify issues affecting patient safety in the emergency department and develop methods to support the delivery of safe care by physicians, allied health care personnel, and hospitals.
Grant > Government Resource
Funding Announcement for Projects Targeting the Reduction of Healthcare-Associated Infections.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; October 13, 2016. PA-17-007 and PA-17-008.
Health care–associated infections occur across various health care settings. AHRQ seeks to support large research (R01) and dissemination (R18) projects working to develop strategies and approaches for preventing and reducing health care–associated infections. Applications will be accepted on a standard submission schedule through January 26, 2021 for the R18 funding and March 6, 2021 for the R01 funding.
Grant > Fact Sheet/FAQs
Partnership for Patients and the Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks: Continuing Forward Momentum on Reducing Patient Harm.
Fact Sheets. Baltimore, MD: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; September 29, 2016.
The Partnership for Patients program is credited with supporting harm reduction in hospitalized patients across the United States through the Hospital Engagement Networks (HEN). This fact sheet summarizes the next round of funding that will build on HEN accomplishments to support innovation with a goal of reducing hospital-acquired conditions and preventable readmissions by 2019.
Grant > Government Resource
Advances in Patient Safety through Simulation Research (R18).
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. PA-16-420.
This grant will support funding for the development, testing, and evaluation of simulation as a mechanism to identify opportunities for improvements in safety. The submission process opens November 25, 2016 and is scheduled to run until January 26, 2022.
Newsletter/Journal
Innovations to improve patient safety.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Health Care Innovations Exchange. May 18, 2016.
This issue highlights innovations that can be applied in a variety of health care environments to prevent hospital-acquired conditions. The resources include the Chartbook on Patient Safety and checklist, decision support, and screening programs.
Grant > Government Resource
Understanding and Improving Diagnostic Safety in Ambulatory Care.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 8, 2015. PA-15-179 and PA-15-180.
Interest in diagnostic safety has gained prominence in patient safety circles. AHRQ seeks to support this increased attention through a two-component funding opportunity. The efforts will support health services research projects (R01) to improve understanding about the epidemiology of diagnostic error as well as demonstration and dissemination projects (R18) to design and evaluate interventions to reduce diagnostic error.
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Patient Safety in the Context of Perinatal, Neonatal, and Pediatric Care.
Bethesda, MD: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health. August 6, 2014. PA-14-311; PA-14-312; PA-14-313.
Press Release/Announcement
Hospira Carpuject pre-filled cartridges—drug alert: products may contain more than the intended fill volume.
MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; May 23, 2012.
This announcement raises awareness of pre-filled medication cartridges that may be overfilled, thereby increasing the risk of overdose. The FDA recommends that practitioners confirm the dosage prior to dispensing and administering the medication.
Grant > Government Resource
Improving Patient Safety Through Simulation Research: Funded Projects.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2011.
This AHRQ announcement lists projects funded in 2011 to evaluate how simulation can improve patient safety and health care quality.
Grant > Government Resource
Understanding Clinical Information Needs and Health Care Decision Making Processes in the Context of Health Information Technology (R01).
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Program Announcement No. PA-11-198.
This AHRQ funding program will support research in team decision making processes in health care.
Web Resource > Government Resource
TalkingQuality.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
This Web site provides tools to help organizations create and distribute quality of care reports to consumers.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
The Leapfrog Group.
c/o Academy Health, 1801 K Street, NW, Suite 701-L, Washington, DC 20006.
The Leapfrog Group is an initiative driven by health care purchasers who aim to promote improvements in the safety, quality, and affordability of health care. This voluntary program leverages the group's purchasing power to alert America’s health industry that big "leaps" in safety, quality, and customer value will receive recognition and reward.
Web Resource > Multi-use Website
Informed Patient Institute.
Annapolis, MD.
This organization rates online health care report cards and provides tips for reporting quality concerns.
Tools/Toolkit > Fact Sheet/FAQs
Medicare proposes new hospital value-based purchasing program.
Baltimore, MD: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Public Affairs; January 07, 2011.
This fact sheet highlights key points of a government effort to link performance on quality with select AHRQ patient safety indicators to raise Medicare reimbursement. The opportunity for submitting comments has passed.
Press Release/Announcement
AHRQ Announces Areas of Interest for Research on Healthcare–Associated Infections.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 3, 2010. Publication No. NOT-HS-11-002.
This announcement describes funding opportunities for research on health care–associated infections.
Newspaper/Magazine Article
Do no harm: hospital care in Las Vegas.
Allen M, Richards A. Las Vegas Sun. June 27, 2010.
This news series reports on an investigation that included hospital record review and interviews with stakeholders to explore the quality and safety of health care in Las Vegas.
Book/Report
Adverse Events in Hospitals: Public Disclosure of Information About Events.
Wright S. Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General; January 5, 2010. Report No. OEI-06-09-00360.
This brief report analyzes information from state reporting initiatives, Patient Safety Organizations, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding privacy practices and policies surrounding public disclosure of adverse events.