Email

hardeeps@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

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

Co-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 20th John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award by the Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum (NQF) for Individual Lifetime Achievement

04/2022

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

Recipient of the Academy Health 2012 Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award

Recipient of the 2016 VA Health System Impact Award

Executive Committee member, The Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare 2023 - Current

Nominated member, National Academy of Medicine Board on Health Care Services 2020 - Current

Department of Veterans Affairs Representative to the National Academy of Medicine’s Climate Collaborative 2022 - Current

Department of Veterans Affairs Representative to the Federal Health Systems Learning Network for Climate Action 2023 - Current

Work cited in PCAST Presidential Report “A Transformational Effort on Patient Safety”

Member of Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Patient Safety Structural Measure

Invited Expert. Fifth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety. Swiss Federal Office of Public Health. Montreux, Switzerland

Invited Expert for the Drafting and Review Task Force, Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030, World Health Organization (WHO). Released and adopted by the WHO

Invited Task Force Member, VA Sustainability Task Force (STF)

Research Scientist

Dr. Singh's research has informed several national and international patient safety initiatives and policy reports, including those by the National Academies, CDC, NQF, AMA, ACP, AHRQ, OECD and the WHO. His contributions include co-developing the "ONC SAFER Guides" which are CMS required guides that provide national recommendations for safe electronic health record use, co-chairing or participating on several national panels and workgroups on measuring or improving safety, and developing pragmatic resources to promote patient safety and diagnostic excellence in clinical practice.

Professional Interests

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

Websites

Selected Publications

• Singh H, Eckelman M, Berwick DM, Sherman JD "Mandatory Reporting of Emissions to Achieve Net-Zero Health Care." N Engl J Med. 2022 Dec 29;387(26):2469-76. Pubmed PMID: 36516087
• Bates DW, Singh H "Two Decades Since To Err Is Human: An Assessment Of Progress And Emerging Priorities In Patient Safety." Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Nov;37(11):1736-43. Pubmed PMID: 30395508
• Kulkarni PA, Singh H "Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Diagnosis: Opportunities, Challenges, and Hype." JAMA. 2023 Jul 25;330(4):317-8. Pubmed PMID: 37410477
• Singh H, Meyer AN, Thomas EJ "The frequency of diagnostic errors in outpatient care: estimations from three large observational studies involving US adult populations." BMJ Qual Saf. 2014 Sep;23(9):727-31. Pubmed PMID: 24742777