News & Events
Stay up-to-date on current news and upcoming events where our Center's team members are presenting on topics of interest to improving diagnosis safety!
The Patient-Partnered Diagnostic Center of Excellence Celebrates World Patient-Safety Day!
September 23rd, 2024
University of Toronto and Michael Garron Hospital researchers celebrate World Patient Safety Day by engaging patients, families, and healthcare workers in activities emphasizing the importance of patient engagement in diagnostic safety. The event focused on raising awareness about the role of communication, shared decision-making, and patient involvement in improving safety and healthcare outcomes.
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Dr. Smith co-chairing the AcademyHealth Quality and Value Interest Group's session at the Annual Research Meeting
Academy Health
June 29- July 2, 2024.
The presentation included a brief overview of the QVIG, followed by two sets of presentations by the ECIAs in Quality & Value for 2024. The second section included the top 3 quality and value abstracts in the quality and value IG for 2024.
Helen Haskell honored by the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM)
Patient Safety Action Network
October 31, 2023
Helen Haskell, president of Mothers Against Medical Errors and co-founder of the Patient Safety Action Network, was honored by the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) with the Patient Engagement Award for Diagnosis.
Traber Giardina and Mary Hill Win Best Scientific Poster for TikTok Study on Patient Stories
October 2023
Dr. Traber Giardina and Mary A. Hill won Best Scientific Poster at the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) 2023 conference for their TikTok study exploring patient stories of misdiagnosis.
Panel - Patients as Partners in Diagnostic Safety
CQUIPS
February 21, 2023, 12-1 pm ET
Dr. Kelly Smith, our Center's Co-Principal Investigator led a panel of our patient-partners including Steven Coffee, Carole Hemmelgarn, and Martin Hatlie describing strategies to engage patients in diagnostic safety activities at the direct care, health system, and policy levels.
Announcement - Diagnostic Safety Centers of Excellence
Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
October 2022
In fiscal year 2022, Congress authorized funding to support AHRQ's research to address failures in the diagnostic process, which may include the establishment of Research Centers of Diagnostic Excellence to develop systems..