March 14 through March 20 is Patient Safety Awareness Week, which aims to raise “awareness about the importance of making health care as safe as possible,” according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
“Health care usually starts with a diagnosis, but all too often, diagnoses are not accurate or timely,” Jeff Brady, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), said in a video on the agency’s website.
He cited data that suggest one in (Read more...)
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