AHRQ issues critical analysis of patient safety practices.

A new evidence report/technology assessment on patient safety from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) lists and evaluates 73 practices aimed at improving patient safety nationwide. The report, Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices, is an attempt to "bridge what we need to know about patient safety and what we now know about patient safety," says AHRQ Administrator John Eisenberg, MD.