Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Our active studies in patient safety

• Medication management
  • Real-time detection of prescribing problems
    • Medicaid population (Nebeker, Xu, and Sauer)
    • VA health care system (Nebeker and Weir)
  • Clinical decision support systems in rural settings
    • Primary care (Samore and Bateman)
    • Nursing homes (Rubin)
  • Optimal laboratory monitoring intervals (Sauer)
• Error-producing conditions in intensive care units, including interruptions and task ambiguity
  • Medical device problems
    • Use of observation (Drews and Samore)