Email

hardeeps@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Medicine-Health Srvcs Research
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Chief, Health Policy, Quality and Informatics (HPQI)

Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQuESt)
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Department of Veteran Affairs
Houston, Texas United States

Director

Diagnosis Improvement Safety Center (DISCovery)
Department of Veteran Affairs
Houston, Texas United States

Honors & Awards

Recipient of the 2016 VA Health System Impact Award

Recipient of the 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Barack Obama

Recipient of the 2012 Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award

AcademyHealth

Elected Fellow

American College of Medical Informatics is an honorary College of elected informatics fellows from the U.S. and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics and who have met rigorous scholarly scrutiny by their peers.

American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) (11/2014)

Recipient of a K23 research career development award from the NIH, 2007-2012 and several federally funded research grants from the VA and AHRQ

Committee Co-Chair

VHA Ordering and Reporting Test Results Directive Revision Work Group

Associate Editor

Diagnosis

Research Scientist

• Research has informed several national and international patient safety initiatives and policy reports, including those by the National Academies, CDC, NQF, AMA, AHRQ, OECD and the WHO. • Previous contributions include co-chairing the NQF committee on recommendations for health IT safety measurement, co-developing the "ONC SAFER Guides" that provide national recommendations for safe electronic health record use, co-chairing ‘Closing the Referral Loop in EHR’ expert panel convened by the IHI, advising ECRI Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety and serving as a nominated member of the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee, which advises the CDC, FDA and CMS.

Professional Interests

• Understanding and reducing diagnostic errors
• Use of health information technology to improve health care
• Safety of electronic health record implementation and use

Websites

Selected Publications

• Sittig DF, Singh H "Electronic health records and national patient-safety goals.." N. Engl. J. Med.. 2012 Nov 8;367(19):1854-60. Pubmed PMID: 23134389
• Singh H, Zwaan L "Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Reducing Diagnostic Error-A New Horizon of Opportunities for Hospital Medicine." Ann Intern Med. 2016 Oct 18;165(8):HO2-HO4. Pubmed PMID: 27750328
• Singh H, Graber ML "Improving Diagnosis in Health Care - The Next Imperative for Patient Safety." N Engl J Med. 2015 Dec 24;373(26):2493-5. Pubmed PMID: 26559457
• Singh H, Giardina TD, Meyer AN, Forjuoh SN, Reis MD, Thomas EJ "Types and origins of diagnostic errors in primary care settings.." JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Mar 25;173(6):418-25. Pubmed PMID: 23440149