Diagnostic Error in Medicine 8th International Conference - Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine

Diagnostic Error in Medicine 8th International Conference - Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine

Save the Date: September 27-29, 2015. Abstract Submissions Now being Accepted

AHRQ Director Richard Kronick, Ph.D., will deliver a keynote address at the 8th International Diagnostic Error in Medicine Conference on September 28 in Washington, D.C.  A call for abstracts is open, and you are invited to submit abstracts addressing the epidemiology of diagnostic error, predisposing factors for diagnostic error, and strategies to detect or reduce diagnostic error. The conference, which runs September 27- 29, will also include keynote addresses by Tejal K. Gandhi, M.D., President and CEO of the National Patient Safety Foundation, and Francis J. Crosson, M.D., Vice President of the American Medical Association.  

Learn more about the conference and abstract submission: http://www.improvediagnosis.org/?page=DEM_2015.

Save the Date: The Diagnostic Error in Medicine 8th International Conference

Mark your calendar to attend the Diagnostic Error in Medicine 8th International Conference on
27-29 September 2015 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center just outside Washington, D.C. Our theme this year is After the IOM Report: What's Next?

In 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) will release a report on diagnostic error as a quality of care challenge. The report will examine current definitions of diagnostic error, the epidemiology, burden of harm, costs associated with diagnostic error, and efforts to improve diagnosis. We anticipate release of the report prior to the conference, but regardless, the meeting will ensure a timely discourse on the subject by featuring experts who presented to the committee as well as members of the committee. We will also begin to focus on what we each can do to drive improvements in diagnostic performance whether in the practice of medicine, the preparation of physicians, research, policy or the role of the patient.

Download the save the date flyer.

Abstracts for poster display or oral presentation are now being accepted.  For more information, visit the abstract submission page here.

Further information about the conference faculty will be announced soon.

Keynote Presenters

Sunday, 27 September

Tejal K. Gandhi, MD, MPH, CPPS, is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Patient Safety Foundation. She is a board certified internist, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a certified professional in patient safety. She won the 2009 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Award for her contributions to understanding the epidemiology and possible prevention strategies for medical errors in the outpatient setting.

Monday, 28 September

Richard Kronick, PhD, is the director of AHRQ; his work, and that of the Office of Health Policy under his leadership, was integral to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. AHRQ is an important funder of diagnostic error research, is a sponsor of the IOM report on diagnostic error, and provides grant support for the DEM conference.

Tuesday, 29 September

Francis “Jay” Crosson, M.D., is a current commissioner of MedPac.  He spent 35 years as a physician and physician executive at Kaiser Permanente including time as a senior fellow at the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy and director of public policy for The Permanente Medical Group. From July 2012 through October 2014 he was group vice president, American Medical Association in Chicago, IL, where he oversaw work related to physician practice satisfaction, efficiency and sustainability. He previously served on MedPAC from 2004 to 2010, including as vice chair from 2009 to 2010.