Katie Raffel, MD

Dr. Raffel recognizes the importance of the system of care in achieving excellent diagnostic outcomes and has dedicated her early career to understanding inpatient diagnostic error and systems prevention. Dr. Raffel is a part of the UPSIDE (Using Predictive Systems to identify Inpatient Diagnostic Error) study, an ongoing AHRQ-funded multi-site study evaluating diagnostic error among ICU escalations or inpatient death. She also currently serves as core faculty at the Institute for Healthcare Quality Safety and Efficiency, an organization dedicated to transforming people, processes in order to improve organizations and patient outcomes.