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CHRP Opens New Patient Safety Course

At least 44,000 Americans each year die as a result of medical errors.                 

This spring, faculty in Creighton’s Health Services Research Program (CHRP) will address this growing concern with an interprofessional course centered on the safety of patients.

While vitally important in any health care setting, patient safety is receiving increased national attention and focus, say Creighton’s CHRP faculty.

 Creighton’s federally funded CHRP was founded in 2004 and conducts health care research not just in patient safety, but in such areas as outcomes and pharmacoeconomics (the cost/benefit of therapies). Health information technology research is another special area of study in the Creighton program. As part of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, the program pulls together research and training efforts among faculty within an interdisciplinary and collaborative research environment.

CHRP faculty and staff serve the research interests of governmental agencies, health care facilities, employers, health care industry companies and educators.