Patient Safety

 DR. ABHA AGRAWAL, MD, FACP, FACHE 155 N Harbor Drive, Apt 5310 Chicago, IL 60601 Tel: +1-224-266-1362 | Email: agrawal.abha@gmail.com Dr. Abha Agrawal is an alumna of Yale University, a former faculty at Harvard Medical School, a Fulbright Scholar, author of several books on patient safety and health information technology, and an international leader in healthcare and health technology. She is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics. Dr. Abha Agrawal has served in numerous leadership roles in the US and she is currently appointed as the Chief Medical Officer at Humboldt Park Health in Chicago, IL. She served as Chief Medical Officer at New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation – Kings County Hospital, a 700-bed academic teaching center in NY. She is the founder of A4 CLINICS (www.a4clinics.com), a positive social impact venture to launch a chain of clinics with the aim to reduce the burden of unnecessary disability in India through advanced robotic and technology enabled rehabilitation made affordable to an average citizen. It was recognized at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017, inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Modi and Advisor to the US President, Ivanka Trump, held in Hyderabad, India. Some selected board / leadership roles include: Board of Directors, American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Trustees, American College of Medical Quality Founding Member and Board of Directors, The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE – MP chapter) Board of Governors, The Institute of Medicine, Chicago President of the Board, Chicago Physicians for Social Responsibility Member, National Medical Informatics Committee, American College of Physicians National Medical Leadership Committee, America’s Essential Hospitals Member, Governor’s Council, the American College of Physicians, Illinois Chapter Commissioner, Certification Commission for Health Information Technology Her books include: EndNote 1-2-3: Reference Management for the Professional (Author), published by Springer. 1st edition 2003, 2nd edition 2008, 3rd edition 2019.  4th edition underway.  “Patient Safety: A Case-based Comprehensive Guide” (Editor), published by Springer and released in October 2013. Second edition underway.  “Health IT and Patient Safety: A Clinical Case Series” (Editor), published by Springer and released in September 2016.  She was teaching faculty at Harvard Medical School, Northwestern University and State University of New York in Brooklyn. She received her post-graduation in Medicine at the State University of New York and a fellowship in Medical Informatics at Yale School of Medicine. She obtained her M.B.B.S. degree from SN Medical College, Agra, India and was a gold medalist in all professional exams. 

High Reliability in Healthcare.- Health Equity: A key aspect of patient safety.- The culture of safety.- Human factors in patient safety.- COVID-19 and patient safety.- Patient identification.- Teamwork and communication.- Handoff and care transitions.- EHR and patient safety.- Clinical ethics and patient safety.- Medication error.- Wrong-site surgery.- Hospital-acquired infections.- Hospital falls.- Diagnostic error.- Opioid safety.- Patient safety in pediatrics.- Patient safety in radiology.- Patient safety in anesthesia.- Patient safety in behavioral health.- Patient safety in outpatient care.- Patient safety in long-term care and nursing homes.- Patient safety in emergency department.- International safety considerations.- Communication and resolution.- Second victim.