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Meyer AND, Scott TMT, Singh H. Adherence to National Guidelines for Timeliness of Test Results Communication to Patients in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System. JAMA Network Open. 2022 Apr 1; 5(4):e228568.
Meyer AND, Giardina TD, Khawaja L, Singh H. Patient and clinician experiences of uncertainty in the diagnostic process: Current understanding and future directions. Patient education and counseling. 2021 Nov 1; 104(11):2606-2615.
Rubin G, Meyer AND. Diagnostic errors and harms in primary care: insights to action. BMJ quality & safety. 2021 Dec 1; 30(12):930-932.
Zwaan L, El-Kareh R, Meyer AND, Hooftman J, Singh H. Advancing Diagnostic Safety Research: Results of a Systematic Research Priority Setting Exercise. Journal of general internal medicine. 2021 Oct 1; 36(10):2943-2951.
Singh H, Khanna A, Spitzmueller C, Meyer AND. Recommendations for using the Revised Safer Dx Instrument to help measure and improve diagnostic safety. Diagnosis (Berlin, Germany). 2019 Nov 26; 6(4):315-323.
Meyer AND, Singh H. The Path to Diagnostic Excellence Includes Feedback to Calibrate How Clinicians Think. JAMA. 2019 Feb 26; 321(8):737-738.
Meyer A, Singh H. Using Electronic Health Records to Improve Diagnoses. FORUM : Translating Research into Quality Healthcare for Veterans. 2019 Jan 2; 2018(Winter): 4.
Bhise V, Meyer AND, Menon S, Singhal G, Street RL, Giardina TD, Singh H. Patient perspectives on how physicians communicate diagnostic uncertainty: An experimental vignette study. International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care. 2018 Feb 1; 30(1):2-8.
Murphy DR, Meyer AND, Vaghani V, Russo E, Sittig DF, Wei L, Wu L, Singh H. Development and Validation of Trigger Algorithms to Identify Delays in Diagnostic Evaluation of Gastroenterological Cancer. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2018 Jan 1; 16(1):90-98.
Meyer AND, Singh H. Calibrating how doctors think and seek information to minimise errors in diagnosis. BMJ quality & safety. 2017 Jun 1; 26(6):436-438.
Nystrom DT, Meyer A, Paull DE, Singh H. Virtual Patient Simulation: A Method to Study Diagnostic Process as an Emergent Aspect of Information Sampling Behavior. Presented at: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual International Meeting; 2016 Sep 20; Washington, DC.
Meyer AN, Murphy DR, Singh H. Communicating Findings of Delayed Diagnostic Evaluation to Primary Care Providers. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM. 2016 Jul 1; 29(4):469-73.
Meyer AN, Longhurst CA, Singh H. Crowdsourcing Diagnosis for Patients With Undiagnosed Illnesses: An Evaluation of CrowdMed. Journal of medical Internet research. 2016 Jan 14; 18(1):e12.
Murphy DR, Wu L, Thomas EJ, Forjuoh SN, Meyer AN, Singh H. Electronic Trigger-Based Intervention to Reduce Delays in Diagnostic Evaluation for Cancer: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2015 Nov 1; 33(31):3560-7.
Meyer AN, Singh H, Graber ML. Evaluation of outcomes from a national patient-initiated second-opinion program. The American journal of medicine. 2015 Oct 1; 128(10):1138.e25-33.
Murphy DR, Thomas EJ, Meyer AN, Singh H. Development and Validation of Electronic Health Record-based Triggers to Detect Delays in Follow-up of Abnormal Lung Imaging Findings. Radiology. 2015 Oct 1; 277(1):81-7.
Bhise V, Meyer AN, Menon S, Singh H. Recording Diagnostic Uncertainty in Outpatient Settings. Paper presented at: Diagnostic Error in Medicine Annual International Conference; 2015 Sep 28; Washington, DC.
Giardina TD, Sarkur U, Gourley G, Modi V, Meyer AN, Singh H. Public Reactions to Diagnostic Error Burden in US Outpatient Care. Poster session presented at: Diagnostic Error in Medicine Annual International Conference; 2015 Sep 28; Washington, DC.
Murphy DR, Meyer A, Wei L, Bhise V, Wu L, Russo E, Singh H. Leveraging VINCI Data to Identify Patients at Risk for Delays in Follow-up of Abnormal Lung Imaging. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 8; Philadelphia, PA.
Nystrom DT, Smith MW, Meyer AN, Singh H. Using the Abstraction-Decomposition Space Model of Medical Diagnosis to inform Simulator Requirements for Research on Diagnostic Processes. Paper presented at: International Naturalistic Decision Making Annual Conference; 2015 Jun 11; McLean, VA.
Al-Mutairi A, Meyer AN, Chang P, Singh H. Lack of timely follow-up of abnormal imaging results and radiologists' recommendations. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR. 2015 Apr 1; 12(4):385-9.
Meeks DW, Meyer AN, Rose B, Walker YN, Singh H. Exploring new avenues to assess the sharp end of patient safety: an analysis of nationally aggregated peer review data. BMJ quality & safety. 2014 Dec 1; 23(12):1023-30.
Al-Mutairi A, Bhise V, Meyer A, Murphy D, Wei L, Russo E, Singh H. Failure to recognize red flags and delays in diagnosis of spinal epidural abscesses. Poster session presented at: Diagnostic Error in Medicine Annual International Conference; 2014 Sep 19; Atlanta, GA.
Davalos MC, Samuels K, Thammasitboon S, Sur MM, Roy K, Meyer A, Singh H. Application of a “Diagnostic Error Evaluation Tool” to reliably detect diagnostic errors in the pediatric intensive care unit. Poster session presented at: Diagnostic Error in Medicine Annual International Conference; 2014 Sep 16; Atlanta, GA.
Menon S, Murphy D, Meyer A, Modi V, Singh H, Sittig DF. Workarounds indicate the need to optimize electronic health records for improving test result follow-up. Poster session presented at: Diagnostic Error in Medicine Annual International Conference; 2014 Sep 16; Atlanta, GA.
Meyer A, Krishnamurthy P, Sur M, Payne V, Meeks DW, Rao R, Singh H. Is calibration of diagnostic accuracy and confidence in physicians working in academic settings? Poster session presented at: Diagnostic Error in Medicine Annual International Conference; 2014 Sep 16; Atlanta, GA.
Meyer A, Murphy D, Wu L, Thomas EJ, Forjuoh SN, Singh H. Providers’ responsiveness to messages about their patients’ delayed diagnostic evaluation. Poster session presented at: Diagnostic Error in Medicine Annual International Conference; 2014 Sep 16; Atlanta, GA.
Meyer A, Singh H, Graber ML. Patient-initiated second opinions for diagnosis and treatment: an evaluation of outcomes of a national program. Poster session presented at: Diagnostic Error in Medicine Annual International Conference; 2014 Sep 16; Atlanta, GA.
Meyer A, Payne V, Singh H, Graber ML. Patient Safety and Healthcare Improvement at a Glance. In: Panesar S, Carson-Stevens A, Salvilla S, Sheikh A, editors. Diagnostic Errors. Chichester, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014. 40-43 p.
Pergolotti M, Cutchin MP, Weinberger M, Meyer AM. Occupational therapy use by older adults with cancer. The American Journal of Occupational Therapy: Official Publication of The American Occupational Therapy Association. 2014 Sep 1; 68(5):597-607.
Singh H, Meyer AN, Thomas EJ. The frequency of diagnostic errors in outpatient care: estimations from three large observational studies involving US adult populations. BMJ quality & safety. 2014 Sep 1; 23(9):727-31.
Al-Mutairi A, Meyer A, Singh H. Lack of Timely Follow-up of Abnormal Imaging and Radiologists' Recommendations. Poster session presented at: Baylor College of Medicine Quality and Safety Annual Conference; 2014 May 15; Houston, TX.
Murphy D, Wu L, Thomas EJ, Forjuoh SN, Meyer A, Singh H. An Electronic Trigger-Based Intervention to Reduce Delays in Diagnostic Evaluation for Cancer: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. Paper presented at: Baylor College of Medicine Quality and Safety Annual Conference; 2014 May 15; Houston, TX.
Payne V, Singh H, Meyer A, Levy L, Harrison D, Graber ML. Patient-Initiated Second Opinions: Systematic Review of Characteristics and Impact on Diagnosis, Treatment and Satisfaction. Poster session presented at: Baylor College of Medicine Quality and Safety Annual Conference; 2014 May 15; Houston, TX.
Payne VL, Singh H, Meyer AN, Levy L, Harrison D, Graber ML. Patient-initiated second opinions: systematic review of characteristics and impact on diagnosis, treatment, and satisfaction. Mayo Clinic proceedings. 2014 May 1; 89(5):687-96.
Singh H, Meyer AN. "Expert opinion" software for medical diagnosis and treatment-reply. JAMA internal medicine. 2014 Apr 1; 174(4):639.
Menon S, Singh H, Meyer AN, Belmont E, Sittig DF. Electronic health record-related safety concerns: a cross-sectional survey. Journal of healthcare risk management : the journal of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management. 2014 Jan 1; 34(1):14-26.
Meyer AN, Payne VL, Meeks DW, Rao R, Singh H. Physicians' diagnostic accuracy, confidence, and resource requests: a vignette study. JAMA internal medicine. 2013 Nov 25; 173(21):1952-8.
Meeks DW, Meyer A, Rose B, Walker Y, Singh H. Prevalence of diagnosis related performance concerns in national peer review data. Poster session presented at: Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Diagnostic Error in Medicine International Conference; 2013 Sep 22; Chicago, IL.
Payne V, Singh H, Meyer A, Levy L, Harrison D, Graber M. Impact and characteristics of patient-initiated second opinion consultations: A systematic review. Poster session presented at: Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Diagnostic Error in Medicine International Conference; 2013 Sep 22; Chicago, IL.
Meyer A, Payne VL, Meeks D, Singh H. The relationship between physicians' diagnostic accuracy, confidence, and resource utilization. Poster session presented at: Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Diagnostic Error in Medicine International Conference; 2012 Nov 12; Baltimore, MD.