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Hardeep Singh, MD, Internal Medicine, Houston, TX, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center

HardeepSinghMDMPH

Internal Medicine • Houston, TX

Healthcare Research and Healthcare Policy

Professor, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

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Summary

  • Hardeep Singh, M.D., M.P.H. is Chief of the Health Policy, Quality & Informatics program at the Houston VA Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He conducts multidisciplinary research on diagnostic errors, as well as on using health information technology to deliver safe and effective patient care. Dr. Singh’s current research is supported by grants from the VA and AHRQ and has informed several national patient safety initiatives and policy reports, including those by the AMA, AHRQ and IOM. Additionally, he co-developed the "ONC SAFER Guides" for safe and effective electronic health record use and helped write national policy in the VA for test results communication.

    In 2012, Dr. Singh received the AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award for high-impact research. As a result of his scientific contributions, in 2013 he was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee, which advises the CDC, FDA and CMS. In April 2014, he received the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Obama for his pioneering work in the field of diagnostic errors and patient safety improvement.

    Dr. Singh was recently elected as a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics for significant and sustained contributions and advancements in the field of biomedical informatics. He also serves as the Associate Editor of the journal Diagnosis and co-chairs the National Quality Forum Health IT Patient Safety Committee.

Education & Training

  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997
  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences
    All India Institute of Medical SciencesClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1997 - 2024
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers President Barack Obama; The White House, 2014
  • Health Systems Impact Award Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research, 2016
  • Elected Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics American College of Medical Informatics, 2014
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Diagnostic Decision-Making in the Emergency Department  
    Prashant Mahajan, Hardeep Singh, ScienceDirect

Authored Content

  • What Is Constructive Feedback in Medicine?February 2019
  • What Is Constructive Feedback in Medicine?February 2019
  • Frustrated with Your EHR?12/7/2017

Press Mentions

  • Replace Diagnostic Errors with Excellence
    Replace Diagnostic Errors with ExcellenceMay 24th, 2023
  • Clinical Missteps Obscuring a Lung Cancer Diagnosis
    Clinical Missteps Obscuring a Lung Cancer DiagnosisOctober 8th, 2019
  • Medical Director of Turning Point of Tampa Named Top Doctor in Addiction Medicine
    Medical Director of Turning Point of Tampa Named Top Doctor in Addiction MedicineJuly 25th, 2019
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Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Hardeep Singh, Dr. Hardeep Singh, MD, Dr. H Singh