It is unusual for my view on an issue to change 180 deg. I came to this Health Affairs paper with the concern that adjusting quality measures for social risk would do more harm than good. I am now convinced that NOT adjusting is the real potential harm. healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…

Honored to partner with KRISTINA WEEKS and Peter Pronovost on this work. #healthequity #BlackLivesMatter

My amazing teammates & I are hiring! "Work on developing novel hospital performance measures (covering...surgical outcomes and health equity), refining existing measures, and maintaining and expanding U.S. News & World Report’s portfolio of hospital & healthcare ratings." linkedin.com/jobs/view/2621…

J. Matt Austin, PhD., asst. professor at Johns Hopkins Medicine Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, and Missy Danforth, VP of Health Care Ratings at The Leapfrog Group will be speakers at our upcoming patient safety conference - we are looking forward to having them!

This paper has gems on gems. 💎 Rachel R. Hardeman, PhD, MPH et. al., talks about capturing historic and geographic factors, intersectionality and more. A must-read for anyone doing research on structural racism.💪🏽 doi.org/10.1377/hlthaf…

Leapfrog's Recognizing Excellence in Diagnosis project is releasing a report this summer that recommends strategies hospitals can implement to prevent diagnostic errors. Stay tuned! bit.ly/3sxFQj5 Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Hardeep Singh MD Mark L Graber Matt Austin #AHRQChat #PSAW22

For top-quality patient care, invest in #nurses mck.co/3w5bZTh via McKinsey & Company #health Johns Hopkins WHOCC for Nursing & Midwifery World Health Organization (WHO) UOW Hopkins Nursing

A new Leapfrog report, developed in collaboration with the nation’s leading experts on diagnostic excellence, identifies 29 evidence-based actions hospitals should implement to protect patients from harm or death due to #dxerrors. Check it out➡️ bit.ly/3PHuTXx

Join us for World Patient Safety Day #WPSD at our 1st collaborative ISQua and American Academy of Pediatrics #AAPCOQIPS webinar on Preventing Home Medication Errors in Children! Learn about implementation tools to decrease pediatric ambulatory med errors. Register now: bit.ly/3BgoHQD

Diagnostic error is the most underfunded public health crisis in America today. For nearly 400K deaths, Dx Error research gets <$75/death (some diseases get >$400,000/death). To achieve Diagnostic Excellence (DX), this must change. #DollarsForDX David Newman-Toker DiagnosticExcellence

.Matt Austin kicks off our new blog series on #ArtificialIntelligence, AI on AI, which will include thought experiments, interviews, project summaries & policy proposals to define the necessary features & considerations of an AI-equipped health system. …nginstitute.blogs.hopkinsmedicine.org/2024/04/02/ens…

Co-leading the development of the Digital Healthcare Equity Framework with my colleague, Dr. Elham Hatef, was a true privilege. I hope the framework is a helpful tool for improving health equity.

Terrific work to produce this guide by co-PIs Matt Austin & @elhamhatef with the help of #AHRQ! If you haven't checked it out, visit digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tool… Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins Medicine

“Addressing Social Needs to Achieve Kidney Health Equity” by @DrDeidraCrews at #HopkinsQualitySafetyResearch Day. #HealthEquity

The first half of the Inaugural Johns Hopkins #Quality and #Safety Research Day started with a bang! Amazing line up of Armstrong Institute Researchers across our health system, networking across disciplines, & cross-pollination of ideas to improve Q&S #HopkinsQualitySafetyResearch

Patient Engagement Program talk by Nicole Schechter at #HopkinsQualitySafetyResearch conference. #Communication matters.

Pediatric Q&S team Johns Hopkins Children's Center Johns Hopkins Dept of Pediatrics Research presenting and engaging in research discussions at #HopkinsQualitySafetyResearch! Incredible work by Veronica Natale, Ann Kane, & others on exploring employee safety event and opportunities for improvement

Matt Austin Allen Kachalia & team describe Johns Hopkins Medicine efforts to develop an overall health system-level composite performance score of healthcare-associated infections to streamline the Board’s review of health system quality measures. 🔗journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

.Emily Boss and team’s research aims to meaningfully improve how surgical care is delivered, communicated, and appropriately used – and it’s in jeopardy due to NIH funding cuts. Read an example of how #researchsaveslives hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/03/emi…

"You can think of it like this: A researcher's idea is like a seed; the university is the ground where the seed is planted; and the NIH provides the water and sunlight to help it grow." - Sarah Szanton bit.ly/3DJVNNI