Center for Patient Safety Science
Center for Patient Safety Science
The Center for Patient Safety Science is bringing together cutting-edge programs in research, education, and implementation to help us invent the future of quality and patient safety not only at Columbia but nationally. I have every confidence that the remarkable team we are assembling at VP&S will succeed in developing the next generation of best practices. This is an enormously exciting moment for all of us involved in this field.
Katrina Armstrong, MD
The Center for Patient Safety Science (CPSS) is a multidisciplinary collaboration among Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Weill Cornell Medicine, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital designed to develop and test innovative strategies for improving patient safety and health outcomes using rigorous research methods. We conduct federally funded and hospital-supported research to test solutions that are replicable, scalable, and contribute to important advances in healthcare delivery.
News
- February 8, 2024
CPSS will bring together experts from Columbia University’s many schools, cultivating interdisciplinary collaboration and creating innovative patient safety solutions.
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AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and QualityJanuary 15, 2024The EQUIP Center for Learning Health System (LHS) Science is one of 16 centers nationwide to be funded as a Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research (LHS E-StaR) Center.
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National Patient Safety BoardJune 9, 2023Pioneers in patient safety research discuss evaluating tech-enabled solutions to help design safer systems.
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The Joint CommissionJanuary 23, 2023Awardees made advancements in the areas of medical errors in health IT, critical anesthesia-related events, and postpartum care.