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- The project assessed safety and quality improvement culture at the Family Medicine Center (FMC) using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) as a benchmark for comparisons.
- In 2015, 2017, and 2019, AHRQ surveys were administered to staff, establishing baseline perceptions of safety and monitoring changes after implementing quality improvement projects.
- Results indicated significant improvements in areas like patient-centeredness and overall safety from 2015 to 2019, although some discrepancies in responses were noted, likely due to varying interpretations of questions.
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Objectives: This project analyzed the culture of safety quality improvement at the Family Medicine Center (FMC). The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) was used as a benchmark for internal and external comparison.
Methods: The AHRQ was administered to health care staff in 2015, 2017, and 2019, respectively, at the Family Medicine Center. Baseline perceptions of safety and quality were established using the data from the AHRQ in 2015. We performed multiple large-scope quality improvement projects that focused on identified deficiencies. The changes in perception were monitored over time every 2 years. We analyzed the results using the Kruskal-Wallace test (=.05).
Results: The AHRQ showed statistically significant improvement in patient centeredness, effectiveness, timeliness, efficiency, equitableness, and overall patient safety from 2015 to 2019. Some inconsistencies were seen between different sections of responses, likely due to wording interpretations by the participants.
Conclusion: Overall, the AHRQ is an effective way to help monitor employee perception of multiple domains that lead to a safe and effective clinical environment as compared to other practices across the country. Clinic-wide implementation of quality and patient care strategies resulted in significant improvements in nearly every category of the survey.
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| http://dx.doi.org/10.22454/PRiMER.2023.918491 | DOI Listing |
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