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Improving Quality and Safety in the Care of Older Adults

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Knowledge and skills in patient safety and quality improvement principles and processes are vital for geriatricians to ensure high-quality and safe care for older adults. It is critical that all members of the healthcare team understand the overarching principles and specific processes and metrics to identify medical errors and quality problems to prevent harm to patients. Additionally, familiarity with key agencies such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (https://www.ahrq.gov/) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) (http://www.ihi.org/) that are leaders in quality and safety will assist the team in their ability to access evidence-based resources and toolkits and contribute to optimal care in their practices. Geriatricians and other geriatric-trained health professionals provide care to some of the most vulnerable patients; attention to patient safety and participation in quality improvement are essential to providing excellent care.

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  1. Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Deb Bakerjian

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  1. California Association of Long Term Care Medicine, Newbury Park, CA, USA

    Michael R. Wasserman

  2. Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Debra Bakerjian

  3. Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Aurora, CO, USA

    Sunny Linnebur

  4. Division of Geriatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA

    Sharon Brangman

  5. Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Matteo Cesari

  6. Section of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai, Beverly Hills, CA, USA

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    Debra Bakerjian PhD, APRN, FAAN, FAANP

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Bakerjian, D. (2024). Improving Quality and Safety in the Care of Older Adults. In: Wasserman, M.R., Bakerjian, D., Linnebur, S., Brangman, S., Cesari, M., Rosen, S. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74720-6_100

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