Health Care: Patient Safety and Medical Errors Subdirectory Page. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Introduction. Created in 1984, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) is an independent group of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that works to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screenings, counseling services, or preventive medications. The USPSTF is made up of 16 volunteer members who come from the fields of preventive medicine and primary care, including internal medicine, family medicine, pediatrics, behavioral health, obstetrics/gynecology, and nursing. All members volunteer their time to serve on the USPSTF, and most are practicing clinicians. When Congress authorized the USPSTF, it required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support the Task Force's work.
Helps with day-to-day operations,coordinates the production of evidence reportsensures consistent use of Task Force methods, andhelps disseminate Task Force materials and recommendations. Mhpsp_06_report.pdf (application/pdf Object) NQF:Home. Institute For Safe Medication Practices. Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices. An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices This evidence report updates the 2001 report, Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Analysis of Patient Safety Practices.
For a list of 22 patient safety strategies discussed in the new report that are ready for adoption, and for information on an Annals of Internal Medicine supplement featuring 10 articles on selected patient safety strategies from the report, go to www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/evidence-based-reports/makinghcsafer.html. View or download Summary/Report Structured Abstract Objectives: To review important patient safety practices for evidence of effectiveness, implementation, and adoption. Data sources: Searches of multiple computerized databases, gray literature, and the judgments of a 20-member panel of patient safety stakeholders. How important is the problem? We assessed individual studies for risk of bias using tools appropriate to specific study designs. Download Report Current as of March 2013.