Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

A New Way of Thinking for Health Services Researchers

• Focuses on quality & safety before hospital is built rather than later as an after-thought; eliminates adoption problem
• Achieves maximum leverage by informing capitol budget decision- making rather than limited operating budgets
• Reaps daily savings in terms of safety, effectiveness & efficiency that accrue for decades & decades
• Hospital building boom is on national radar screen; now is the time to be involved