Issue Brief #27
Prepared for:
Monika Haugstetter, M.H.A., M.S.N., R.N., CPHQ
Contract Officer Representative
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
www.ahrq.gov
Prepared by:
Joshua Biro, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare
MedStar Health Research Institute
Doug Salvador, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Medical Officer
ATW Health Solutions
This project was funded under contract number 47QRAA22D006G/75Q80124F80001 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The authors are solely responsible for this document’s contents, findings, and conclusions, which do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. Readers should not interpret any statement in this product as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. None of the authors has any affiliation or financial involvement that conflicts with the material presented in this product.
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Copyright Permissions. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Diagnostic Process Framework from Balogh EP, Miller BT, Ball JR, eds. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care, 2015 is used with permission from The National Academies Press conveyed through the U.S. Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
Suggested Citation: Biro, J; Salvador, D. Understanding the AI Wave: Foundational Knowledge for Improving Diagnosis and Beyond. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Publication No. 25-0060. June 2025.
