In 2003, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released 20 patient safety
indicators (PSI) to facilitate measurement of adverse events. Though intended for internal …

Objective Health systems are grappling with improving the quality and safety of health care.
By setting clear expectations, there is an opportunity to configure care models to decrease …

Abstract Context Patient safety indicators (PSIs) are screening tools that use administrative
data to identify potential complications of care and are being increasingly used as measures …

The explicit declaration in the landmark 1999 Institute of Medicine report “To Err Is Human”
that, in the United States, 44,000 to 98,000 patients die each year as a consequence of …

As an initiative of Baylor Health Care System's Best Care Committee, we summarized the
association between the Joint Commission's hospital core measures/safety goals and …

Context Emphasis has been placed on quality and patient safety in medicine; however, little
is known about whether quality over time has actually improved in areas such as p atient s …

It has been more than 15 years since To Err Is Human, the landmark report by the Institute of
Medicine (IOM), revealed the substantial morbidity and mortality related to medical errors in …

Background: The Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs), developed by the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, are useful screening tools for highlighting areas in which quality …

Despite the fact that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality patient safety
indicators (PSIs) are useful for evaluating adverse events in hospitals, the 20 PSIs make it …

Background: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety
Indicators (PSIs) use administrative data to detect potentially preventable in-hospital …