Question

Driving patient safety forces reviewed by the IOM in 1999 include: a. _________________________________________________ b. _________________________________________________ c. _________________________________________________ d. _________________________________________________

Answer 1

The Agency's official designation as the Federal lead in patient safety began when the Healthcare Research and Quality Act of 1999 was signed into law. It required AHRQ to "conduct and support research and build private-public partnerships to:

(a) identify the causes of preventable health care errors and patient injury in health care delivery.
(b) develop, demonstrate, and evaluate strategies for reducing errors and improving patient safety
(c) disseminate such effective strategies throughout the health care industry.
(d) Educate and train health care professionals about the emerging patient safety concepts, findings, and ways to disseminate the new information.