Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) developed and released the Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture in 2008 to enable medical offices to assess their culture of patient safety from the perspectives of providers and staff. The survey and associated toolkit materials are free and available in the public domain. Medical offices can use the survey results to identify areas for patient safety culture improvement, and a comparative database enables comparison of results to other medical offices. AHRQ provides technical assistance to users who may have questions regarding the content, administration, and data analysis of the survey, or regarding use of the survey for patient safety improvement.