Inaugural Blog by New Director Highlights AHRQ’s Role in Preventing Medical Errors

A blog authored by AHRQ’s new director, Andrew Bindman, M.D., highlights the agency’s pivotal role in supporting growing national efforts to prevent medical errors. The blog underscores AHRQ’s efforts to develop evidence, tools and training materials to help health care providers prevent medical errors, as well as the agency’s work with colleagues across the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to make care safer, more reliable and more affordable. Dr. Bindman, who assumed his position May 2, is a primary care physician who practiced, taught and conducted health services research at San Francisco General Hospital. The blog entry is his first contribution to AHRQ Views, a platform for AHRQ leaders to provide updates on a variety of health care topics.