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Creating a world where no patients are harmed by diagnostic error.

SIDM catalyzes and leads change to improve diagnosis and eliminate harm from
diagnostic error, in partnership with patients, their families, the healthcare
community, and every interested stakeholder.

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PATIENTS

Patients and family members have a significant opportunity to contribute to
diagnostic accuracy and timeliness by actively participating in the diagnostic
process. But often, they don't know the questions to ask, the information to
offer, or the steps to take to improve diagnosis.

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CLINICAL TEAMS

Every member of the clinical team has a role to play in ensuring that diagnoses
are accurate, timely and communicated to the patient. SIDM offers resources for
clinical team members to improve cognitive skills and work within their health
systems to improve the diagnostic process.

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MEDICAL EDUCATORS

Improving diagnosis requires continued investment in medical education,
leveraging trainees, practitioners, and educators to address gaps in the system
and focus on the teams that contribute to accurate and timely diagnostics.
SIDM's resources for medical educators examine clinical reasoning and system
factors that underlie diagnostic error, and offer tools and strategies to to
bring diagnostic quality and safety into the medical education curriculum.

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RESEARCHERS

Whether you're an established researcher or just joining the diagnostic error
research community, SIDM offers a variety of resources to help advance research
efforts in the field. Explore existing literature, engage with your peers, and
join the conversation as we work to foster the growth of the research community.

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ADVOCACY

Despite the fact that diagnostic error likely accounts for more patient harm
than all other medical errors combined, federal investment in research to
improve diagnosis amounts to about $7 million per year, or just .02% of the
total $35 billion federal health research budget. Learn how you can support
efforts to expand funding for research.

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IN THE NEWS




SIDM APPOINTS DOUG SALVADOR, MD, MPH AS NEW BOARD PRESIDENT

November 16, 2022

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) announced that Doug
Salvador, MD, MPH, has been appointed as its new president of the Board of
Directors. Dr. Salvador has been a SIDM board member since 2020. He is also the
senior vice president and chief quality officer of Baystate Health; chief
medical officer of Baystate Medical Center; and associate professor of medicine
for the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School—Baystate.






19 ORGANIZATIONS AWARDED GRANTS TO TEST INNOVATIONS THAT IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS AND
REDUCE DISPARITIES

September 22, 2022

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) is issuing the third grant
round, totaling $3 million over three years, as part of the organization’s DxQI
Seed Grant Program. 19 organizations will receive awards up to $50,000 to test
interventions to improve the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of diagnoses.






SIDM BOARD MEMBER RON WYATT LEADS ELEVATION OF HEALTHCARE EQUITY STANDARD TO
NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOAL

January 17, 2023

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) congratulates Ronald Wyatt,
MD, MHA, and SIDM board member for successfully advocating for healthcare
disparities to become a quality and safety priority and a new National Patient
Safety Goal (NPSG).






SIDM BOARD OF DIRECTORS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

January 4, 2023

We’re pleased to announce the 2023 call for candidates to be considered for
SIDM’s Board of Directors. During this critical time in our history, SIDM is
looking to recruit three (3) board members. This is an opportunity to serve
during a pivotal time as we implement our new strategic plan.   WHY SERVE ON
THE…






CONGRESS COMMITS FUNDING FOR RESEARCH TO REDUCE DIAGNOSTIC ERROR AND IMPROVE
PATIENT SAFETY IN FINAL FY2023 SPENDING BILL

December 30, 2022

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) is thrilled to announce that
Congress included language in the final FY 2023 Omnibus spending bill that
doubles dedicated federal funding for research to reduce patient harm from
diagnostic error.  Statistically, each of us is likely to experience a
meaningful diagnostic error in our lifetime. The significant…






IN THE WAKE OF A NEW REPORT ON DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS, SOCIETY TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS
IN MEDICINE (SIDM) INVITES COLLABORATION AND POLICY ACTION

December 19, 2022

A newly released report, “Diagnostic Error in the Emergency Department: A
Systematic Review,” authored by investigators at the Johns Hopkins University
Evidence-based Practice Center and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), contributes new data to inform practitioners, researchers,
policymakers, and patient advocates working to improve diagnosis in medicine.
The research, led by David Newman-Toker, MD, PhD, a former president of SIDM,
highlights the need to accelerate diagnostic excellence as a norm and a
justified expectation of patients as well as healthcare professionals.






SIDM APPOINTS DOUG SALVADOR, MD, MPH AS NEW BOARD PRESIDENT

November 16, 2022

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) announced that Doug
Salvador, MD, MPH, has been appointed as its new president of the Board of
Directors. Dr. Salvador has been a SIDM board member since 2020. He is also the
senior vice president and chief quality officer of Baystate Health; chief
medical officer of Baystate Medical Center; and associate professor of medicine
for the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School—Baystate.






19 ORGANIZATIONS AWARDED GRANTS TO TEST INNOVATIONS THAT IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS AND
REDUCE DISPARITIES

September 22, 2022

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) is issuing the third grant
round, totaling $3 million over three years, as part of the organization’s DxQI
Seed Grant Program. 19 organizations will receive awards up to $50,000 to test
interventions to improve the quality, accuracy, and timeliness of diagnoses.






SIDM BOARD MEMBER RON WYATT LEADS ELEVATION OF HEALTHCARE EQUITY STANDARD TO
NATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY GOAL

January 17, 2023

The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) congratulates Ronald Wyatt,
MD, MHA, and SIDM board member for successfully advocating for healthcare
disparities to become a quality and safety priority and a new National Patient
Safety Goal (NPSG).






SIDM BOARD OF DIRECTORS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

January 4, 2023

We’re pleased to announce the 2023 call for candidates to be considered for
SIDM’s Board of Directors. During this critical time in our history, SIDM is
looking to recruit three (3) board members. This is an opportunity to serve
during a pivotal time as we implement our new strategic plan.   WHY SERVE ON
THE…





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DID YOU KNOW?

1 in 3

One-third of malpractice cases that result in death or permanent disability stem
from an inaccurate or delayed diagnosis, making it the number one cause of
serious harms among medical errors.

*Research published in Diagnosis

 

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Diagnostic errors affect an estimated 12 million Americans each year, and likely
cause more harm to patients than all other medical errors combined.

*Research published in BMJ Quality & Safety

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Roughly 80,000 deaths in U.S. hospitals each year can be attributed to
diagnostic error. It’s about the same number of people who die annually from
breast cancer or diabetes.

*From Improving Diagnosis in Health Care


WHAT IS DIAGNOSTIC ERROR?

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PROGRAMS & PROJECTS


EXPLORE HOW WE'RE HELPING IMPROVE THE ACCURACY AND TIMELINESS OF DIAGNOSIS.

TESTING INTERVENTIONS

Inaccurate or delayed diagnosis is the most common, catastrophic, and costly
type of medical error. Through the DxQI Seed Grant Program, SIDM will award
grants to support specific quality improvement work directed towards improving
diagnosis.

DxQI Seed Grant Program

COLLABORATING TO IMPROVE DIAGNOSIS

The Coalition to Improve Diagnosis is comprised of 60+ healthcare organizations
working to find solutions that enhance diagnostic quality and safety, reduce
harm and ultimately, ensure better health outcomes for patients.

Coalition to Improve Diagnosis

DIAGNOSIS AND TELEMEDICINE

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the usage of telemedicine overnight,
establishing it as a mainstay for healthcare delivery and diagnosis. To navigate
this new era of “telediagnosis,” SIDM will convened a series of conversations
about TeleDx research priorities.

Telediagnosis Project

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DXQI SEED GRANT PROGRAM

SIDM has established the DxQI Seed Grant Program to engage healthcare
organizations in efforts to identify, develop, and test interventions aimed at
improving diagnostic quality and reducing harm from diagnostic error.

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