ACT Update Newsletter

Back to ACT Update Journey to Zero Patient Harm What follows is an interview with Carrie Nelson, MD, MS, FAAFP, System Vice President and Chief Medical…

Back to ACT Update Advancing Patient Safety Together What follows is an interview with Jeffrey Brady, MD, MPH, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and…

Back to ACT Update Creating a Culture of Diagnostic Safety What follows is an interview with Harry Hoar, MD, med-peds hospitalist, assistant professor of pediatrics, and…

Back to ACT Update Better Communication for Better Diagnostic Outcomes What follows is an interview with Emily Tooley, MSN, RN, CPPS, CPHQ, Director of Patient Safety…

Back to ACT Update Improving Testing Accuracy for Better Health Outcomes What follows is an interview with AACC staff, including Dominique Smith, Director of Lab Tests…

Back to ACT Update Empowering Women Heart Patients What follows is an interview with Amy Friedrich-Karnik, Vice President of Advocacy and Communications at WomenHeart. Why does…

Back to ACT Update Supporting the Nation’s Laboratories What follows is an interview with Donna Sweet, MD, AAHIVS, MACP, chair of the COLA, Inc., Board, Master…

Back to ACT Update Partnering to Improve Pediatric Sepsis Diagnosis What follows is an interview with Lisa Anderson, PhD, Director of Education and Training at Sepsis…

Coalition Members Respond to COVID-19 Many of our Coalition to Improve Diagnosis members are on the frontlines working diligently to test and diagnose patients during the…

Back to ACT Update A Multi-Faceted Approach to Diagnostic Improvement Society of Hospital Medicine What follows is an interview with Benji Mathews, MD, FACP, SFHM, Chief…

PFACs in ACTion In December of 2019, the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) and the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) co-hosted a meeting of…

Back to ACT Update Addressing Biases Through a Think Tank Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) What follows is an interview with Andrea Colfer, MSN, RN, CPN,…