Physician Jerard Kneifati-Hayek, the first Patient Safety Research Fellow at Columbia, leads efforts to improve care and enhance safety for patients from underserved communities.
The EQUIP Center for Learning Health System Science will support researchers working to improve patient safety, particularly among groups that experience persistent health care disparities.
Columbia's HHT Center for Excellence is working to increase awareness of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, a rare condition that causes frequent nosebleeds and more serious complications.
Although palliative care has traditionally been associated with hospice patients, it is being redefined by nurses as a way to help people living with chronic diseases.
Michael Argenziano, MD, likens heart surgery to flying on a plane: The risk of disaster is low because pilots and their teams are highly trained and have completed many successful flights.
In an opinion piece in Al Jazeera America, a Columbia clinician describes the importance of expanding Medicaid to improve access to patient care for more Americans.
At Columbia, personalized medicine represents a commitment to harness the institution’s intellectual and technological resources to transform both medical research and patient care.