New AHRQ Grantee Profile: Leora Horwitz, M.D., Uses a Systems Approach To Improve Patient Safety

AHRQ grantee Leora Horwitz, M.D., principal investigator at the AHRQ-funded Patient Imaging Quality and Safety Laboratory, or PIQS Lab, at New York University, is leading a transdisciplinary team studying ways to improve radiology services. Dr. Horwitz is using a systems-based approach to improve patient safety and clinical outcomes by redesigning various aspects of radiology services. The following AHRQ New Nowitem provides an example of recent health services research conducted by Dr. Horwitz and colleagues. Visit her profile and those of other AHRQ grantees who have made major advances in the field.