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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs.html
July 01, 2025 - Safety Issue Briefs
Starting in 2019, AHRQ supported the development of a series of papers on … Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Learning from AHRQ's Diagnostic Safety … Culture Survey at a Tertiary Care Health System in Brazil: A Case Study Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions … Vol.1: Why Patient Narratives Matter Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact … Vol.2: Eliciting Patient Narratives Health Information Technology for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/action-alliance/naa-october-2024-webinar-slides.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Influence leadership behaviors to promote patient safety
2. … Traditional Patient Safety Leader Rounding:
“So how are we going to harm the next
patient around here … ↑ SCORE results when leaders provide visible support and feedback
Michigan SCORE results, n=16,797 respondents … perceptions of
leadership was
associated with a
28% reduction in
the odds of
burnout for the
respondent … the Nation's Nurses Survey Series: Mental Health and Wellness
Survey 4, May 2023
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/kennerly-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - safety program to improve patient safety culture and reduce AEs. … Patient Surveys: We developed a patient survey to estimate the economic impact of AEs and patients’ experiences … Respondent Characteristics
One of the six respondents was a man, and five were women. … Patient Telephone Surveys Examining Economic Impact of AEs
We administered a phone survey to the sample … Many organizations rely on voluntary
reporting systems, patient surveys, or malpractice claims/risk
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2019qdr-datasources.pdf
December 01, 2020 - Hospital staff are asked to
complete 2-page questionnaires (Patient Record Forms, or PRFs) on a sample … Current sample design began in 2016; current questionnaire design
began in 1997. … The average age of the patient respondent on the HHCAHPS is 79 years old, and about 12% of
the HHCAHPS … surveys are completed by proxy respondents who are related to the patients or
friends of the patients … Since 2010, client-level RSR data have been used to
assess the numbers and types of clients receiving
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/communication_2012_04_01_transcript.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Now Wendy is going to use examples for the CAHPS Hospital Survey. … the CAHPS
surveys. … many CAHPS and
patient satisfaction survey items. … Slide 35
Example: a patient insists on smoking. Well, they’re not allowed to smoke. … or experience surveys.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/sustainability-guideapa.pdf
January 01, 2009 - par with patient safety
and quality improvement goals for my facility. … My facility routinely completes an assessment of
teamwork and safety culture. … (i.e., Hospital Survey
on Patient Safety Culture, Safety Attitude
Questionnaire)
My facility presents … My facility is committed to maintaining an
engaged senior leader on CAUTI prevention. … CAUTI is measured on my facility’s strategic
dashboard.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/2-2023hcbs-survey-webcast-bakdash.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Participating in the 2023 CAHPS® Home and Community-Based Services Survey Database: What You Need to … Social Science Analyst,
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare … CAHPS Surveys
Measuring patient experience of care in different settings
Experience
with Providers … CAHPS Surveys
Measuring patient experience of care in different settings
Experience
with Providers … Experience
CAHPS Surveys
Uses for CAHPS Surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/2-case-mix-mode-adjustments-webcast-bakdash.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Social Science Analyst,
Center for Quality Improvement & Patient Safety, AHRQ
Agency for Healthcare … with Clinicians
Getting
Information
Shared Decision
Making
Self
Management
Support
7
CAHPS Surveys … Plans
• Health Plans
• Dental Plans
• Home and
Community-
Based Services
8
Uses for CAHPS Surveys … Experience: CAHPS® Program
CAHPS Surveys Measuring patient experience of care in different settings … Uses for CAHPS Surveys
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_PFE_Benefits_Hosp_508.docx
January 01, 2012 - in quality and safety
When your approach to care centers on patients and families, they become allies … scores and patient experiences of care
Many of the CAHPS Hospital Survey measures reflect key elements … Under this program, achievement and improvement on patient experiences of care scores (based on the CAHPS … benchmarked performance on the CAHPS Hospital Survey, and hospitals are rewarded or penalized based … on their performance on specific CAHPS measures.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/sustainability-guideapa.pdf
January 01, 2009 - par with patient safety
and quality improvement goals for my facility. … My facility routinely completes an assessment of
teamwork and safety culture. … (i.e., Hospital Survey
on Patient Safety Culture, Safety Attitude
Questionnaire)
My facility … My facility is committed to maintaining an
engaged senior leader on CAUTI prevention. … CAUTI is measured on my facility’s strategic
dashboard.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/education/curriculum-tools/cusptoolkit/toolkit/contentcalls/framework-slides/CUSP-A-Framework-for-Success-Mar-7-2012-508.ppt
January 01, 2012 - Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP): An Intervention to Learn from Mistakes and Improve Safety … Culture
Chris Goeschel, ScD MPA MPS RN FAAN
Director, Strategic Development and Research Initiatives … Are Patient Outcomes
Improving? … Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program
An intervention to learn from mistakes and improve safety culture … CUSP to maintain success
*
Science of Safety Education
Education done prior to CAUTI
Safety survey
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/applying-cusp/perioperative_asst.docx
December 01, 2017 - Perioperative Staff Safety Assessment
Introduction
Problem Statement
One of the strongest determinants of safety … culture is whether local and hospital leadership respond to staff patient safety concerns. … Frontline providers understand patient safety risks in their clinical areas and have great insight into … Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program employs the Staff Safety assessment, often called the two-question survey … How will the next patient develop a surgical site infection on your unit?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/gawande-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - present prior to implementation (e.g.,
structural factors, patient safety culture, leadership, and … Surveys
were administered to trainees as part of the training sessions on paper. … The surveys were administered electronically using the
Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) survey … Effect of a comprehensive surgical safety system on
patient outcomes. … On Simple adjustments to chi-square tests with sample survey data.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsifinal.pdf
October 01, 2012 - safety culture on hospital units. … Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS)
and the Team Checkup Tool (TCT). … on Patient Safety Culture
In order to measure the second major project goal of improving safety culture … , teams
administered the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS) at project onset or baseline … Respondent
1.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/040-mrsa-surveillance-notes.docx
October 01, 2024 - National and hospital surveys estimate MRSA carrier prevalence among hospitalized inpatients is between … Between 18 and 33 percent of adult patients colonized with MRSA go on to develop MRSA invasive disease … All patients known to have had MRSA infections or to have been colonized with MRSA will be placed on … While waiting for results, these patients will be placed on contact isolation precautions.
4. … If a tested patient has a positive MRSA surveillance test, they will remain on contact isolation precautions
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-datasources.pdf
October 01, 2019 - Hospital staff are asked to complete 2-page questionnaires
(Patient Record forms, or PRFs) on a sample … Current sample design began in 2006; current questionnaire design
began in 1997. … The average age of the patient respondent on the HHCAHPS is 79 years old, and about 12% of
the HHCAHPS … surveys are completed by proxy respondents who are related to the patients or
friends of the patients … Since 2010, client-level RSR data have been used to
assess the numbers and types of clients receiving
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/modules/assemble/team-notes.html
December 01, 2012 - This is done by sharing stories about patients affected by a problem and estimating the number of patients … of survey results with the team, staff members, and senior executives hospital wide. … safety culture assessment. … With the tool, unit teams review the patient safety culture results to identify potential barriers and … every 3 to 6 months, or as needed, to encourage culture conversations, evaluate cultural issues between survey
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/index.html
February 01, 2025 - Based on expert input and lessons learned from the Agency's $23 million Patient Safety and Medical Liability … plan of care for each patient. … Hospital SOPS is a staff-administered survey that helps hospitals assess how their staff perceive various … aspects of safety culture. … Organizations on the nature of patient safety events in hospital settings.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/024-ss-cusp-learning-from-defects.pptx
April 01, 2025 - Nurses, providers, surgeons, anesthesiologists, scrub technicians, environmental services personnel, patients … factors, related to the clinical conditions of patients
Technical factors, related to devices, procedures … LFD
Data capture challenges
Aim to simplify the data capture process (e.g., observational audits or surveys … J Patient Saf. 2005. 1(1):33-40.
Tucker AL. … The impact of operational failures on hospital nurses and their patients.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/howtogetstarted/How_PFE_Benefits_Hosp_508.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Overall improvements in quality and safety
When your approach to care centers on patients and
families … scores and patient experiences of care
Many of the CAHPS Hospital Survey measures reflect key
elements … Under this
program, achievement and improvement on patient
experiences of care scores (based on the … tied to benchmarked
performance on the CAHPS Hospital Survey, and
hospitals are rewarded or penalized … based on their
performance on specific CAHPS measures.