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"Canary measures" among the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators.

November 13, 2009

Yu H, Greenberg MD, Haviland AM, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2009;24(6):465-73.

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This study sought to identify which of the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs) could be used as a single measure to screen for patient safety problems. The PSI "selected infections due to medical care" (a measure of health care–associated infections) appeared to be the best single measure for this indication.

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