Financials

Funders recognize that work needs to be done to help researchers, clinicians, and patients adapt to the changing healthcare landscape as a result of COVID-19. The pandemic has made everyone aware of the challenges in diagnostic quality and it has transformed the way care is being delivered. For example, COVID-19 has skyrocketed the use of telemedicine overnight, establishing it as a mainstay for healthcare delivery and diagnosis. What does that mean for diagnostic quality and safety? SIDM, with funding from PCORI, is convening a series of conversations about TeleDx research priorities. “Learning While We Build: Identifying the Must-Know Research Questions for Safe and Effective Telediagnosis” will bring together a multistakeholder group including SIDM’s Patient Engagement Committee, WomenHeart, Sepsis Alliance, American Telemedicine Association, Advocate Aurora Health, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, Digital Medicine Society, Teladoc Health, and others to make recommendations on the research most needed by the field. Understanding research questions important to patients, as well as other stakeholders, will be a crucial element of this work.

Diagnosis, SIDM’s peer-reviewed scientific journal, has published more than a dozen articles and editorials focused on the unique diagnostic challenges of COVID-19.