Council of Medical Specialty Societies Announces Awards to Promote Diagnostic Excellence
The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) has awarded 11 grants to promote diagnostic excellence across the field of medicine. The American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Anesthesiologists received awards co-funded by JAHF to focus on improving diagnosis for older adults.
CMSS is a coalition of 48 specialty societies representing more than 800,000 physicians across healthcare. This grant program funds a diverse array of projects to support the development and dissemination of resources and programs to improve the timeliness, accuracy, safety, efficiency, patient-centeredness, and equity of diagnostic outcomes for patients in the United States. The grant program was administered by CMSS and funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. JAHF is supporting two of the selected awardee projects that focus on older adults:
- American College of Surgeons (ACS) - Diagnostic Excellence of Dementia and Cognitive Impairment in the Surgical Setting
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) - Perioperative Diagnostic Excellence for the Older Adult: An Educational Initiative
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