.Matt Austin kicks off our new blog series on #ArtificialIntelligence , AI on AI, which will include thought experiments, interviews, project summaries & policy proposals to define the necessary features & considerations of an AI-equipped health system.
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Diagnostic error is the most underfunded public health crisis in America today. For nearly 400K deaths, Dx Error research gets <$75/death (some diseases get >$400,000/death). To achieve Diagnostic Excellence (DX), this must change. #DollarsForDX David Newman-Toker DiagnosticExcellence

Join us for World Patient Safety Day #WPSD at our 1st collaborative ISQua and American Academy of Pediatrics #AAPCOQIPS webinar on Preventing Home Medication Errors in Children! Learn about implementation tools to decrease pediatric ambulatory med errors. Register now: bit.ly/3BgoHQD

A new Leapfrog report, developed in collaboration with the nation’s leading experts on diagnostic excellence, identifies 29 evidence-based actions hospitals should implement to protect patients from harm or death due to #dxerrors . Check it out➡️ bit.ly/3PHuTXx

For top-quality patient care, invest in #nurses mck.co/3w5bZTh via McKinsey & Company #health Johns Hopkins WHOCC for Nursing & Midwifery World Health Organization (WHO) UOW Hopkins Nursing

Leapfrog's Recognizing Excellence in Diagnosis project is releasing a report this summer that recommends strategies hospitals can implement to prevent diagnostic errors. Stay tuned! bit.ly/3sxFQj5 Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Hardeep Singh MD Mark L Graber Matt Austin #AHRQChat #PSAW22

This paper has gems on gems. 💎
Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, MPH et. al., talks about capturing historic and geographic factors, intersectionality and more. A must-read for anyone doing research on structural racism.💪🏽

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J. Matt Austin, PhD., asst. professor at Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, and Missy Danforth, VP of Health Care Ratings at The Leapfrog Group will be speakers at our upcoming patient safety conference - we are looking forward to having them!

My amazing teammates & I are hiring!

'Work on developing novel hospital performance measures (covering...surgical outcomes and health equity), refining existing measures, and maintaining and expanding U.S. News & World Report’s portfolio of hospital & healthcare ratings.'
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Honored to partner with KRISTINA WEEKS and Peter Pronovost on this work. #healthequity #BlackLivesMatter

It is unusual for my view on an issue to change 180 deg. I came to this Health Affairs paper with the concern that adjusting quality measures for social risk would do more harm than good. I am now convinced that NOT adjusting is the real potential harm.
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I'm excited to work with The Leapfrog Group on helping pts and purchasers understand what hospitals are doing to identify and address health care disparities in their pt populations. A big thanks to colleagues KRISTINA WEEKS and @GoldenSherita for the valuable feedback on draft questions!

Read why the US needs standardized measures to effectively manage the COVID-19 pandemic response in this Perspectives piece 👉 fal.cn/3d58l Matt Austin Allen Kachalia Armstrong Institute Johns Hopkins Medicine

We are a year into this pandemic and we still haven't agreed upon standardized definitions for many measures that are needed to effectively manage this public health crisis. We urge HHS.gov to take the lead in pulling together a measurement workgroup to address this gap.

Why do we have so few standardized metrics to inform local & national decisions during the #COVID19 pandemic⁉️
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In our recent JAMA commentary, Allen Kachalia and I outline a number of ways our current approach to quality measurement in the U.S. have failed us during the COVID crisis. And then we offer a number of suggestions for improving measurement. ja.ma/3eD1VWw

I had the privilege to know Kious when he lived in Lansing, MI about 20 yrs ago; he was a close friend of my father's. K was kind, caring, and SUPER talented. His story didn't have to end this way. RIP.

We MUST prioritize PPE for our healthcare workers.

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Today AARP is pleased to announce the 2019 Quality Measures Innovation Grant Winners: the National Kidney Foundation and the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality! spr.ly/60151OIID National Kidney Foundation Johns Hopkins Medicine National Quality Forum (NQF) @OptumLabs #RTForum2019