Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health received a federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality contract to create, test and circulate a new guide to improve patient safety in primary care settings by boosting patient and family engagement.
While hospital-based efforts to involve patients and families in patient safety have advanced in recent years, engagement in primary-care based settings continues to lag.
The contract, spanning more than three years, was awarded through AHRQ's ACTION III research network. MedStar investigators Kelly Smith, PhD, and Christine Goeschel, RN, and patient and family investigator Martin Hatlie have collaborated on patient and family engagement initiatives for more than a decade, and will continue to be involved under the AHRQ contract.
"MedStar Health is dedicated to bringing the community voice into our quality and safety initiatives through the efforts of Christine Goeschel, Kelly Smith and Martin Hatlie," said MedStar Health Vice President of Quality and Safety David Mayer, MD. "We look forward to collaborating with the ACTION III Network to extend this critical work even further into the growing ambulatory care setting."
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