Sec. 2. Research program to improve diagnostic safety and quality
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Part B of title IX of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 299b et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Director shall establish a comprehensive program of research and quality improvement to— assess and understand diagnostic errors, including diagnostic delays, and how to eliminate common failures in the diagnostic process that lead to significant patient harm; and identify, develop, implement, and disseminate evidence-based strategies and best practices for improving diagnostic quality, safety, and health care value. The program established under subsection
(a)shall include the following: A portfolio of conducted and supported activities that is consistent with the research, implementation, and dissemination activities of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, as described in section 933, including— investigator-initiated research to assess diagnostic errors and identify improved methods to prevent errors and the harm errors cause; translation and synthesis of research findings and development of tools for implementing prevention strategies into practice; implementation research to refine evidence-based tools for improving diagnostic processes and effectively integrate these solutions into practice; and dissemination to promote implementation of effective methods, strategies, and tools for wide-scale improvement, including identifying where digital- and artificial intelligence-enabled tools could be beneficial. Consistent with section 911(b), the health care improvement research centers described in such section shall link research directly with clinical practice in geographically diverse locations throughout the United States, and may include— academic medical and institutional research centers that combine demonstrated multidisciplinary expertise in diagnostic outcomes or quality improvement research with linkages directly or through national, State or local stakeholder partner organizations to relevant sites of care; and provider-based research networks, including plan, facility, or delivery system sites of care (especially primary care), that can evaluate outcomes and evaluate and promote quality improvement approaches. The Director may provide financial assistance to assist in meeting the costs of planning and establishing new centers, as well as operating existing and new centers, pursuant to section 902(c). The Director shall identify and enter into a supporting agreement, pursuant to a grant or contract, with a nonprofit entity that convenes a coalition of diverse health care stakeholders for the purpose of— raising attention to diagnostic safety and quality concerns; facilitating learning, adoption, and dissemination of effective quality improvement interventions; and catalyzing novel actions by individual member organizations to reduce harms from diagnostic error and improve patient outcomes. To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2026, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2027, and $45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2028 and 2029. Of the amount appropriated under paragraph
(1)for a fiscal year, $700,000 shall be allocated to carrying out the purpose described in subsection (b)(4). Amounts appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended. .
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