NOT-HS-20-004: Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): Health Services Research Priorities for Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality

NOT-HS-20-004: Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): Health Services Research Priorities for Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality

AHRQ Continues Interest and Support of  Diagnostic Safety in 2020

AHRQ outlined its ongoing support for research to solve the problem of diagnostic errors in a Federal funding notice published on Dec. 27, 2019. Improving diagnostic safety is a key priority for AHRQ and for Congress, which gave funding to the Agency to address this problem in 2019. In a newly published Special Emphasis Notice, the Agency outlines its continued interest in diagnostic safety research through 2020 and beyond. Key areas of interest are: quantifying the incidence of diagnostic errors; understanding what contributes to these errors; and learning more about the link between diagnostic errors and outcomes, including adverse events.  Select for the notice:  https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-20-004.html