Safety Event Reporting and Learning

Resource Overview

• This Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality resource introduces core concepts related to identifying, reporting, and learning from safety events.
• Highlights how timely reporting and evaluation support risk identification, pattern recognition, and system-level improvement across emergency care settings.

How to Use This Resource

• Review to build awareness of safety principles and reporting approaches.
• Use to support education around event reporting, transparency, and learning systems.
• Apply concepts to strengthen local processes for reviewing events and implementing improvements.