Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine and Institute for Healthcare Improvement Request Proposals by September 8 on Diagnostic Safety Project
The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) are jointly sponsoring a prototyping project that will engage six selected health care organizations to use and evaluate one or more interventions aimed at improving the diagnostic process and its outcomes. The selected health care organizations will join a 6-month collaborative during which they will learn improvement skills and pilot test one or more interventions to increase diagnostic safety. The initiative will directly address one of the major goals from the National Academy of Medicine’s landmark report, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, which is to develop and deploy approaches to identify, learn from, and reduce diagnostic errors and near misses in clinical practice. Proposals are due by September 8. AHRQ is continuing to work with SIDM, IHI, and other groups in its ongoing work in diagnostic safety.
Improving Diagnostic Safety
Diagnostic error is a significant and under-recognized threat to patient safety. AHRQ is funding research to better understand how these errors happen and what can be done to prevent them.
AHRQ is the lead Federal agency investing in research to improve diagnostic safety. According to the AHRQ-sponsored report, Improving Diagnosis in Health Care 
, published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2015, most patients will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime. These errors occur in all settings of care, contribute to about 10 percent of patient deaths, and are the primary reason for medical liability claims.
, published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2015, most patients will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime. These errors occur in all settings of care, contribute to about 10 percent of patient deaths, and are the primary reason for medical liability claims.Since 2007, AHRQ has invested in research to discover findings that advance the knowledge of diagnostic safety and to develop practical tools and resources to improve diagnostic safety.
Access tools and other materials that clinicians and patients can use to improve diagnostic safety.
Find out what funding is available to investigate diagnostic safety.
Learn more about diagnostic safety and what can be done to improve it.
Page last reviewed March 2016
Page originally created March 2016
Page originally created March 2016
Internet Citation: Improving Diagnostic Safety. Content last reviewed March 2016. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/diagnostic-safety/index.html
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