Table 6.

Assessment by National Stakeholders of Progress for the Five Patient Safety Components, 2006

	Mean Scores (SD) by National Stakeholders Interviewed (Scale of 1 to 5 where 1=lowest; 5=highest)
System Component	Progress Made Nationally	AHRQ Effectiveness in Providing Leadership
Building and sustaining a national monitoring system	2.1 (1.0)	2.7 (1.1)
Expanding, conducting epidemiology research	2.5 (0.7)	3.2 (0.8)
Development of safe practices and tools	2.7 (0.9)	3.2 (0.9)
Building the infrastructure for safety	2.4 (1.1)	2.6 (1.4)
Adoption and diffusion of safe practices at the community, provider, or system levels	2.4 (1.1)	2.3 (0.9)

Source: Assessment of the National Patient Safety Initiative: Final Report (Farley et al. 2008).