AHRQ Patient Safety Network ► Understanding and Improving Diagnostic Safety in Ambulatory Care.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network

AHRQ announces new funding for studies and projects related to decreasing outpatient diagnostic errors.Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 8, 2015. PA-15-179 and PA-15-180.

Understanding and Improving Diagnostic Safety in Ambulatory Care.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; April 8, 2015. PA-15-179 and PA-15-180.

Interest in diagnostic safety has gained prominence in patient safety circles. AHRQ seeks to support this increased attention through a two-component funding opportunity. The efforts will support health services research projects (R01) to improve understanding about the epidemiology of diagnostic error as well as demonstration and dissemination projects (R18) to design and evaluate interventions to reduce diagnostic error.

Research Project Grant (R01) (PA-15-180) 
Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects (R18) (PA-15-179) 

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