Information you can use on Quality and Patient Safety
The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement has developed resources on quality improvement, benchmarking, and patient safety that you can access free of charge.
Patient Safety Toolkits
Our patient safety toolkits are here! Each toolkit includes a brief overview of evidence-based information on important ambulatory safety issues with references, and patient assessment tools to aid in clinical decision-making and patient management.
Check back for new toolkits to come.
Ambulatory Surgery Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) Toolkit
Ambulatory Surgery Venous Thromoembolism (VTE) Toolkit
Ambulatory Surgery and Preventing Falls Toolkit
White Paper
The AAAHC Institute has also developed a document to help organizations use the data they collect in benchmarking studies, such as the AAAHC Institute studies, for quality improvement and to become substantially compliant with AAAHC benchmarking Standards. This white paper provides explicit information on the AAAHC benchmarking Standard and provides a detailed case study, as an example for readers.
Using benchmarking measurement to improve performance over time