title: Using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality patient safety indicators for targeting nursing quality improvement.
abstract: Quantifying the critical impact nurses have on the prevention and early recognition of potential complications and adverse events, such as those identified by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) patient safety indicators (PSI), is becoming increasingly important. In this paper, we describe how the AHRQ PSI may be used to identify nursing-specific opportunities to improve care based on data from the national AHRQ PSI validation pilot project.
authors: Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California-Davis, UC Davis Medical Center, 2103 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. pazrelak@ucdavis.edu
authors: Patricia A
authors: PA
authors: Zrelak
authors: Garth H
authors: GH
authors: Utter
authors: Banafsheh
authors: B
authors: Sadeghi
authors: Joanne
authors: J
authors: Cuny
authors: Ruth
authors: R
authors: Baron
authors: Patrick S
authors: PS
authors: Romano
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality