Hardeep
Singh
MBBS, MPH
Chief of Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program; Professor
Houston Veterans Affairs Health Services Research Center for Innovations and Baylor College of Medicine
Hardeep Singh, M.D., M.P.H. is a general internist and Chief of Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety based at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. He leads a portfolio of VA and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funded patient safety research in improving the use of health information technology and reducing diagnostic errors in health care. In 2012, he received the AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award for high impact research and in 2014, received the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Obama for pioneering work in the field. His multidisciplinary team’s work recently received the VA Health System Impact Award, which honors VA-funded research that significantly impacts clinical practice or policy.
Hardeep’s research has informed several national patient safety initiatives and policy reports, including those by the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the IOM), US Department of Health and Human Services, National Quality Forum, American Medical Association, AHRQ, and the WHO. In addition to co-developing the national VA policy on diagnostic test results communication in 2015, he co-chaired the National Quality Forum committee on recommendations for health IT safety measurement and co-developed the "ONC SAFER Guides" that provide national recommendations for safe electronic health record use. In 2014, he was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics for significant and sustained contributions to biomedical informatics. He currently serves on the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee, which advises the CDC, FDA and CMS, and as an Associate Editor for journal Diagnosis.
Hardeep’s research has informed several national patient safety initiatives and policy reports, including those by the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the IOM), US Department of Health and Human Services, National Quality Forum, American Medical Association, AHRQ, and the WHO. In addition to co-developing the national VA policy on diagnostic test results communication in 2015, he co-chaired the National Quality Forum committee on recommendations for health IT safety measurement and co-developed the "ONC SAFER Guides" that provide national recommendations for safe electronic health record use. In 2014, he was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics for significant and sustained contributions to biomedical informatics. He currently serves on the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee, which advises the CDC, FDA and CMS, and as an Associate Editor for journal Diagnosis.