Developed in a joint effort in 2003 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Veterans Administration’s National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS), the Patient Safety Improvement Corps (PSIC) is one of the largest federal patient safety initiatives.
As ambulatory surgery becomes a more common alternative to inpatient hospitalization, this study identifies the realm of risk factors associated with surgical site infections at ambulatory surgery centers; and recommends interventions to reduce the likelihood of such infections due the most common risk factors: Infection control practices and communications ...
AIR conducted media and influencer analyses that examined the content and tone of traditional and online media coverage of vaccines and vaccine safety, identified supportive individuals and organizations, and recommended influential and vocal allies. Our findings helped inform the National Vaccine Program Office's messaging and media outreach strategy. ...
The purpose of this project is to plan, research, design, and execute the annual Indicators of School Crime and Safety, a flagship report co-sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
AIR supported the Federal Aviation Administration’s Aviation Safety Action Program—the voluntary safety reporting program—for over 10 years. Our work was geared primarily toward assisting participating air carriers with evaluating the voluminous data that result from the reports that their employees submit that identify threats to safety. ...
Considering the decline in preventive care services and the continuing pandemic, it is important that health care providers ensure that their patients understand the continued need for preventive care and the efforts health care providers and systems have taken to make health care seeking behavior safe. ...
This document presents the results of a 12-month investigation of airline safety Event Review Committee (ERC) Best Practices. The identified best practices are listed and described. Strategies to achieve the best practice and factors that airlines should consider when implementing the best practice are also presented. ...
AIR conducted a scoping review of the literature on brain injury education provided to adult patients and/or family members affected by traumatic brain injury. The goals of the project were to describe the types of educational interventions that have been developed; to review the effects of these interventions; and to ...
Communities across the nation have vastly different experiences with the systems responsible for ensuring public safety. The AIR Equity Initiative hosted the first in a two-part roundtable series to explore data-informed efforts to enhance equitable public safety and policing experiences that promote safe communities for all. ...