Webinar: Advancing Patient Safety Through Diagnostic Excellence
Summary
In this webinar, experts from the University of Toronto, Baylor College of Medicine, and RAND shared recently developed tools and strategies for reducing diagnostic error.
Webinar Recording
National Action Alliance Webinar: Advancing Patient Safety Through Diagnostic Excellence (59:29)
Speakers
- Kelly Smith, PhD, Michael Garron Chair in Patient-Oriented Research, Michael Garron Hospital, and associate professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, provided an overview of the Toolkit for Engaging Patients to Improve Diagnostic Safety. She discussed the critical role patients played in the toolkit's development and feature examples from the pilot test to showcase lessons learned and effective organizational implementation strategies.
- Andrea Bradford, PhD, associate professor, Baylor College of Medicine, introduced the Measure Dx toolkit, designed to help healthcare organizations identify diagnostic safety events and learn from them. She offered real-world examples from the toolkit's pilot test to demonstrate the most effective ways organizations can use these tools to measure and improve diagnostic safety.
- Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia, PhD, senior policy researcher and associate research department director, Behavioral and Policy Sciences Department, RAND, outlined an exciting AHRQ implementation opportunity. She will detail what participation will involve and how organizations can advance diagnostic safety practices within their healthcare settings.
Slides
- Advancing Patient Safety Through Diagnostic Excellence (PDF, 5.5 MB)
