Issue Brief 16
Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Rockville, MD 20857
www.ahrq.gov
Contract Number HHSP233201500022I/75P00119F37006
Prepared by:
Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt),
Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas
Sundas Khan, M.D.
Rosann Cholankeril, M.D.
Jennifer Sloane, Ph.D.
Alexis Offner, M.P.H.
Andrea Bradford, Ph.D.
Roni Matin, Ph.D.
Umber Shahid, Dr.P.H.
Hardeep Singh, M.D., M.P.H.
Supported by:
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston,
Houston, Texas
Dean F. Sittig, Ph.D.
Xavier Roshitha Ramisetty, B.D.S.
This project was funded under contract number HHSP233201500022I/75P00119F37006 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The authors are solely responsible for this document’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. Readers should not interpret any statement in this product as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. None of the authors has any affiliation or financial involvement that conflicts with the material presented in this product.
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Suggested citation: Khan S, Cholankeril R, Sloane J, Offner A, Sittig DF, Bradford A, Matin R, Shahid U, Ramisetty XR, Singh H. Current State of Diagnostic Safety: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; January 2024. Publication No. 24-0010-1-EF.