Hospital—General – These toolkits contain evidence-based resources to help inpatient facilities improve performance around some of the most common and most serious patient safety problems faced by hospitals today.
- The Emergency Department Pharmacist as a Safety Measure in Emergency Medicine
- Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and Education
- Improving Medication Adherence
- Interactive Venous Thromboembolism Safety Toolkit for Providers and Patients
- Patient Multidisciplinary Training for Medication Reconciliation
- Implementing a Program of Patient Safety in Small Rural Hospitals ;
- Preventing Venous Thromboembolisms in the Hospital
- Reducing Central Line Bloodstream Infections and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
- Reducing Discrepancies in Medication Histories and Orders at Handoffs
- Testing the Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge (One of my favorites- see Louise)
- Using Military Simulation to Improve Rural Obstetric Safety
Emergency Departments – These toolkits contain resources to help hospitals apply evidence-based safe practices in the Emergency Department (ED) to improve patient flow, implement a multidisciplinary simulation-based safety curriculum, and improve medication safety by implementing a formal ED pharmacist program.
- The Emergency Department Pharmacist as a Safety Measure in Emergency Medicine
- Improving Patient Flow in the Emergency Department
- A Simulation-Based Safety Curriculum in a Children's Hospital Emergency Department
Hospital Care Units – These toolkits contain resources to help hospitals apply evidence-based safe practices.
- Implementing Reduced Work Hours to Improve Patient Safety
- Improving Patient Safety Through Enhanced Provider Communication
- Reducing Central Line Bloodstream Infections and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Outpatient Settings – These toolkits contain resources to help facilities address outpatient medication safety by applying evidence-based safe practices.
- Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and Education
- Improving Medication Safety in Clinics for Patients 55 and Older
Improving Warfarin Management - Patient Multidisciplinary Training for Medication Reconciliation
- Testing the Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge
Consumer/Patient Care – These toolkits contain resources to help facilities educate consumers in medication safety and post-hospital care.
- Improving Hospital Discharge Through Medication Reconciliation and Education
- Improving Medication Adherence
- Improving Medication Safety in Clinics for Patients 55 and Older
- Improving Warfarin Management
- Testing the Re-Engineered Hospital Discharge
- Using Military Simulation to Improve Rural Obstetric Safety
Additional toolkits may be added as they are developed and will be found at http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/pips/
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