Using Digital Health Tools to Improve Patient Safety during Acute Care

Using Digital Health Tools to Improve Patient Safety during Acute Care: Grantee Profile Anuj Dalal, M.D., associate physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, is helping to reduce adverse events during care transitions with digital health interventions that improve patient safety and outcomes. With funding from AHRQ, Dr. Dalal has designed, developed and implemented digital health tools that promote patient engagement, facilitate effective patient-clinician communication and automate workflow tasks by leveraging the electronic health record and patient-generated health data.