Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Recommendations on methods to improve patient safety, from the surgical environment through medication.

• April 29, 2013

  Enhanced CLAS Standards The Office of Minority Health of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has launched the enhanced National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Healt...

• April 10, 2013

  Sentinel Event Alert Released on Alarm Safety in Hospitals On April 8, 2013, The Joint Commission released Sentinel Event Alert Issue 50 on "Medical device alarm safety in hospitals." In the Alert, The Joint Commission notes that "while these alarm-equipped ...

• November 15, 2012

  Public Comment for reVITALize Obstetric Data Definitions is now open! November 15, 2012– Public Comment for reVITALize Obstetric Data Definitions is now open and will run until January 15, 2013. During this time, the revised definitions along with the rationale for th...

• August 3, 2012

  reVITALize Obstetric Data Definitions Conference The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, in collaboration with members of the Women’s Health Registry Alliance, convened the reVITALize Obstetric Data Definitions Conference, a ...

• February 15, 2012

  Quality Patient Care in Labor and Delivery: A Call to Action The nation’s leading health care organizations in the area of maternal and infant health, including ACOG, has developed "Quality Patient Care in Labor and Delivery: A Call to Action." The ...

• May 11, 2010

  AHRQ Health Literacy Toolkit Available The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit....