Current Projects
The Safe Care Study
- The Safe Care Study, done by the Center and published in 2023, found one in four patients were harmed by the care they received in the hospital. A follow-up paper was published in 2024 and focused on care outside of the hospital. This study showed one in 14 patients experienced harm each year from outpatient care, such as visits to primary care, specialty care, and emergency departments.
Achieving Better Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD): Identifying, supporting, and learning from marginalized patients who experience delayed cancer diagnosis
- Achieving Better Cancer Diagnosis, or ABCD, is a project led by the Center’s Dr. Gordy Schiff and sponsored by the NIH. In it, the authors propose a Diagnostic Center of Excellence (DCE) to seek out and transparently address cases and causes of delayed cancer diagnosis by bringing together national experts on diagnostic safety (Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School) and on Communication and Resolution Programs, or CRPs (University of Washington). Additional information on the project can be found here.
Project to improve secondary fracture care in patients with osteoporosis
- Project to improve secondary fracture care in patients with osteoporosis, led by the Center’s Dr. Patti Dykes, is evaluating whether a specific intervention in skilled nursing facilities and in the community after discharge improves physical function and quality of life in older people in the year after a hip or leg fracture. Patient-reported outcomes, from 1320 patients across 24 facilities, will be measured: Effectiveness of a Multimodal Intervention for Transitions of Care after Lower Limb Fracture
TELEM’s Innovative Talkateen to Support and Improve Student’s Well-Being and Mental Status: Qualitative Evaluation.
- Goal: to evaluate students’ and providers’ experience with Talkateen (mobile based app for teens and adolescents to enable remote therapy sessions fitting their lifestyle and availability) and its effect on various outcomes. (Funded by Telem, a non-profit association)
Making Healthcare Better, Safer and Efficient Using BriefCam’s Innovative Video Analytics Solution
- Goal: to assess the attitudes of key stakeholders towards the use of video surveillance and analytics in healthcare to improve patient safety and quality of care and streamline various operational processes. Specifically, the study aims to obtain information from stakeholders regarding the current use of video analytics in healthcare, the main gaps of the current systems, and the need for innovative solutions such as BriefCam. (Funded by BriefCam Ltd)
Breath of Health (BOH): Stakeholders' Perspectives
- Goal: to assess the attitudes of key stakeholders (e.g., gynecologists, breast cancer oncologists, nurse practitioners, patients, and family advisors), towards current breast cancer screening tests, the main gaps of the current screening solutions, and the need for innovative solutions such as the BOH platform, as well as their recommendations. (Funded by Breath of Health Ltd)
CaloSense Health’s AI-Based Virtual Platform to Support Patients Through Pre & Post-Bariatric Surgeries: Qualitative Evaluation
- Goal: to evaluate patients’ and healthcare providers’ experiences with this Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform. Specifically, the goal is to capture and analyze patient users’ (i.e., study group/intervention arm) and healthcare providers’ attitudes towards the platform, its perceived value, experience with and use of the platform, as well as reasons for or against acceptance of and compliance with the platform. (Funded by CaloSense Health Ltd)
