Table 4.

Patient Safety Actions and Settings Addressed by the AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Projects

	Number of Actions and Settings by Type of Grant
	FY 2000–2001	Challenge	Health IT	PIPS
Patient safety action
Administrative actions to prevent error	2	1		2
Altering physical environment/infrastructure	12	3	67	1
Altering staffing/work conditions/scheduling	14	2		3
Effecting change in patient safety culture	15	2	3	2
Health professional education/awareness	33	1	3	3
Monitoring/reporting adverse drug events	27	4	7	1
Monitoring/reporting adverse events	24	2	4	1
Patient/consumer awareness of patient safety	4	1	1	6
Patient/family communication of errors	11
Protocols to prevent nonmedication errors	13	4	13	4
Protocols to prevent medication errors	15	6		5
Provider proficiency/training to prevent errors	25	3	4	4
Use of technology to prevent diagnostic errors	4		22	1
Use of technology to prevent medication errors	17	6	47	3
Use of technology to prevent other errors	6	2	34	3
Risk assessment—prospective		9		1
Risk assessment—retrospective		4
Other	5
Unclear			4
Total number of actions	227	50	209	40
Average number per project	2.8	3.8	2.0	2.4
Health care setting
Outpatient clinic, provider' office	28	2	74	4
Inpatient acute care	28	6	10	9
Hospital ancillary (e.g., laboratory, radiology)	3	1
Hospital outpatient diagnosis or treatment	9		8	2
Entire hospital	16	3	54	2
Community-based diagnosis or treatment	2		1
Nursing home or inpatient rehab care	10	3	16
Home care	3		9
Health system	15	2	9	2
Health profession educational setting	14		2
Behavioral health			2
Hospice			2
Other	1		3
Total number of settings	129	17	190	19

AHRQ, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; FY, fiscal year; IT, information technology; PIPS, Partnerships in Patient Safety projects.