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Causes: Health
Mission: The society catalyzes and leads change to improve diagnosis and eliminate harm, in partnership with patients, their families, the healthcare community, and every interested stakeholder.
Programs: Diagnostic error in medicine (dem) conferences to provide platforms to present the latest research and policy initiatives on diagnostic quality and safety and network with international peers active in the field. The conferences include multi-disciplinary speakers from a range of scientific domains involved in improving diagnosis, including psychology, medical education, clinical and laboratory medicine, human factors engineering, epidemiology, informatics and quality and safety research.
promote diagnostic training and error awarness and initiate the research required to find solutions.
coalition with leading health organizations and government agencies involved in patient care working together to find solutions that enhance diagostic safety and quality, reduce harm, and ultimately, ensure better outcomes for patients.