AHRQ resources offer insight into patient safety risks

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released new chart books and updated dashboards to aid health care organizations in better understanding patients’ safety risks. The materials offer data on hospital-patient safety incidents reported to AHRQ’s Network of Patient Safety Databases through Dec. 31, 2022. The chart books show patterns and trends associated with in-hospital falls and generic patient safety concerns. The Data Submissions Dashboard and Generic Dashboard permit users to look at data from more than 2.6 million reports on patient safety concerns. (AHRQ news article, 10/17/23)