Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality

AHRQ Releases Draft Report on Implantable Defibrillators and Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death

On March 21, 2013, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Technology Assessment Program released a draft technology assessment report regarding implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and the evidence...more

Preventable Medical Error: Never Events

We talked recently about wrong site surgery, a type of wholly unnecessary medical mistake termed a never event. While steps are taken each year to reduce the occurrence of malpractice events, they still occur too often — as a...more