Hospital safety was on the right track before COVID-19, AHRQ reports

In the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic, adverse safety events in hospitals decreased by more than 30%, according to a federally sponsored study published in JAMA Tuesday.

Safety and quality initiatives by health systems reduced adverse events involving infections, medications or surgeries among patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, pneumonia and major surgical procedures between 2010 and 2019, the Agency for…