This cohort study developed and implemented a digital quality measure of the proportion of advanced-stage cancer diagnoses in the US to assess the rate of missed diagnostic opportunities.

Abstract . The Safety Assurance Factors for Electronic Health Record (EHR) Resilience (SAFER) Guides provide recommendations to healthcare organizations fo

Across the country, the Trump Administration’s assault on public institutions and its cuts to government funding are forcing scientists to abandon their work and the patients who benefit from it.

Please join the Center for American Progress for the second in a series of virtual events highlighting the impact that DOGE’s cuts are having on the lives of everyday Americans; this event will focus ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality helped improve health care safety in a country where thousands die of medical errors each year. It was effectively dissolved Tuesday.

Please join the Center for American Progress for the second in a series of virtual events highlighting the impact that DOGE’s cuts are having on the lives of everyday Americans; this event will focus ...

Please join the Center for American Progress for the second in a series of virtual events highlighting the impact that DOGE’s cuts are having on the lives of everyday Americans; this event will focus ...

Expert Introduction Podcast As part of the program, scholars get to connect with and learn from leaders and experts in the field during the monthly educational sessions. Scholars also get to serve as ...

This Viewpoint discusses the critical importance of continued funding for the intramural research program in the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Impact of Health Systems Research on Diagnostic Errors and Patient Safety

A federal judge blocked a new National Institutes of Health policy from going into effect in 22 states that sued the agency, but Texas wasn’t part of the suit.

This Viewpoint proposes a comprehensive sociotechnical approach spanning the entire plastics life cycle to reduce plastic use and pollution in health care.

The emergency department is a place of risk and errors. Those who work in the ED are acutely aware of this, and it conjures up tremendous cognitive pressures on staff every shift. Every ED clinicia…

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) models are increasingly utilized for medical applications. We tested whether such models are prone to human-like cognitive biases when offering medical recom...

This retrospective medical record review study develops and implements a portfolio of electronic triggers and examines their performance for identifying missed opportunities in diagnosis in emergency ...

This Viewpoint provides recommendations for health care organizations (HCOs) and clinicians to facilitate the use of artificial intelligence (AI)–enabled systems, including electronic health records w...

This Viewpoint discusses how health information technology (IT) and artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to transform patient safety.