Assessment of contributions to patient safety knowledge by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded patient safety projects.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize the activities of projects funded in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s patient safety portfolio and assess their aggregate potential to contribute to knowledge development.

Data sources

Information abstracted from proposals for projects funded in AHRQ's patient safety portfolio, information on safety practices from the AHRQ Evidence Report on Patient Safety Practices, and products produced by the projects.

Study design

This represented one part of the process evaluation conducted as part of a longitudinal evaluation based on the Context–Input–Process–Product model.

Principal findings

The 234 projects funded through AHRQ's patient safety portfolio examined a wide variety of patient safety issues and extended their work

SUBMITTER: Sorbero ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2677033 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature