HRET - Quality and Patient Safety

Quality & Patient Safety

First, do no harm. Health care organizations cannot possibly meet their most important objective--providing safe, quality care--without taking measures to identify systems, procedures and environmental conditions that permit medical errors to occur. Second, provide the best care possible to all members of society. Health care organizations must constantly examine and refine the methods used to train health care professionals, support health infrastructures, and inform patients.

Hospital-Based Palliative Care Consortium Through an educational curriculum, site visits, and technical assistance, the HBPCC program helps hospitals and health systems across the country to develop and implement hospital-based palliative care programs. Learn More	Reducing Disparities in Care, Outcomes Disparities in care and health outcomes are due to more than access to health care. The quality of health care received by patients already in the system varies by race and socioeconomic status. Learn More	The Physician Practice Patient Safety Assessment^TM This simple, interactive tool helps physician practices to evaluate their safety practices and find areas for improvement. The tool covers 79 processes related to topics such as medication safety, patient handoffs and others. Learn More	Publications and other Resources HRET's research on Quality and Patient Safety is published in numerous articles, reports, books and more each year. Learn More New Report - Clinical Simulators: Considerations for Hospitals

Hospital Capital Financing Demands for quality and safety are driving hospitals to invest in infrastructure and technology. HRET is examining how health care executives make decisions in order to meet these challenges. Learn More	Assessing Quality Improvement Activities in Hospitals What processes and structures are behind successful quality improvement efforts? In a landmark study led by Boston University's Institute for Health Policy, HRET will survey hospitals on the state and impact of QI activities. Learn More	Pathways for Medication Safety^® HRET has teamed up with the AHA and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices to develop a series of tools aimed at helping hospitals reduce medication errors. Learn More	Patient Safety Leadership WalkRounds^TM WalkRounds are an effective tool for promoting a culture of patient safety by openly discussing hazards in systems of care and engaging front-line staff in improvement processes. Learn More