Experiences of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded projects that implemented practices for safer patient care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To synthesize lessons learned from the experiences of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded patient safety projects in implementing safe practices.

Data sources

Self-reported data from individual and group interviews with Original, Challenge, and Partnerships in Implementing Patient Safety (PIPS) grantees, from 2003 to 2006.

Study design

Interviews with three grantee groups (n=60 total) implementing safe practice projects, with comparisons on factors influencing project implementation and sustainability.

Data collection

Semi-structured protocols contained open-ended questions on lessons learned and more structured questions on factors associated with project implementation and sustainability.

Principal findings

The grantees shared

SUBMITTER: Taylor SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2677034 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature