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Missed diagnosis of cancer … misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: the "Big Three": vascular events, infections, and cancers … errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses of breast and colorectal cancers
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January 01, 2024 - Interventions to promote safety culture in cancer care: a
systematic review. … Interventions to promote safety culture in cancer care: a systematic
review. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-promote-safety-culture-cancer-care-systematic-review
A culture … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/interventions-promote-safety-culture-cancer-care-systematic-review
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851389/psn-pdf
July 31, 2023 - safety net and a colon
cancer safety net.1 The ASN was constructed for colon cancer by creating a quality … Overall, the effectiveness of the colon cancer safety net was 44% and the lung cancer safety net was … Understanding racial disparities in cancer treatment and outcomes. … Health disparities and cancer: racial disparities in cancer
mortality in the United States, 2000–2010 … Disparities in cancer diagnosis and survival. Cancer.
2001;91(1):178-188.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60715/psn-pdf
July 22, 2020 - Human-computer collaboration for skin cancer
recognition. … Human–computer collaboration for skin cancer recognition. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-computer-collaboration-skin-cancer-recognition
This study explored … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/human-computer-collaboration-skin-cancer-recognition
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45745/psn-pdf
August 02, 2017 - Emergency diagnosis of cancer and previous general
practice consultations: insights from linked patient … Emergency diagnosis of cancer and previous general practice
consultations: insights from linked patient … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/emergency-diagnosis-cancer-and-previous-general-practice-consultations- … insights-linked
This survey study of patients presenting to the emergency department with cancer found … The study team concluded that many cancer
diagnoses are initially missed, especially among women, older
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44994/psn-pdf
October 11, 2017 - Diagnostic delays and errors in head and neck cancer
patients: opportunities for improvement. … Diagnostic Delays and Errors in Head and Neck Cancer
Patients: Opportunities for Improvement. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-delays-and-errors-head-and-neck-cancer-patients-opportunities … -
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This retrospective review of 100 consecutive patients with head and neck cancer at a … Prior studies have found
that delays in cancer care are common and harmful.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42266/psn-pdf
May 15, 2013 - Medication errors in the home: a multisite study of
children with cancer. … Medication errors in the home: a multisite study of children with
cancer. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-home-multisite-study-children-cancer
The ability to treat … many types of cancer with oral chemotherapy has benefited patients by minimizing
hospitalizations, … Prior studies have shown that adults and children with cancer are particularly
vulnerable to medication
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42612/psn-pdf
July 05, 2016 - Delivering High-Quality Cancer Care: Charting a New
Course for a System in Crisis. … Committee on Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Addressing
the Challenges of an Aging Population, … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/delivering-high-quality-cancer-care-charting-new-course-system-crisis
Cancer … that
light, this Institute of Medicine report, which bluntly concludes that the current system of cancer … To reshape how cancer care is delivered,
the report recommends leveraging information technology to
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73331/psn-pdf
May 26, 2021 - Cancer diagnoses delayed among prisoners in
Washington state. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cancer-diagnoses-delayed-among-prisoners-washington-state
Delays and mistakes … This news story highlights problems in correctional system cancer diagnoses and
treatment that may indicate … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cancer-diagnoses-delayed-among-prisoners-washington-state
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50859/psn-pdf
January 31, 2020 - visitor and inspector for accreditation on behalf of the National Accreditation Program for
Breast Cancer … mammography in the early 2000’s to
flag differences in density and shape to identify potential breast cancers … The AI we are doing now with
mammography to tag breast cancer, is not that. … We are using
deep learning to study patterns of mammograms to predict breast cancer risk. … , not just a very superficial
risk that we may get from the NCI [National Cancer Institute] website.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42794/psn-pdf
December 04, 2013 - Improving Diagnosis: Teenage Cancer Trust Report on
Improving the Diagnostic Experience of Young People … With Cancer. … December 4, 2013
London, England: Teenage Cancer Trust; 2013. …
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-teenage-cancer-trust-report-improving-diagnostic … -
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This report spotlights challenges to early diagnosis of cancer in pediatrics
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43081/psn-pdf
July 28, 2014 - Providers' perceptions of communication breakdowns in
cancer care. … Providers' perceptions of communication breakdowns in cancer
care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/providers-perceptions-communication-breakdowns-cancer-care
Quality cancer … Prior research has
described cancer patients' perspectives related to communication breakdowns, but … /issue/delivering-high-quality-cancer-care-charting-new-course-system-crisis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60905/psn-pdf
September 09, 2020 - Doctors turned my sister away; less than two years later
she died of cervical cancer. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doctors-turned-my-sister-away-less-two-years-later-she-died-cervical-cancer … This story highlights how dismissed concerns
resulted in a delay in cancer diagnosis that contributed … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doctors-turned-my-sister-away-less-two-years-later-she-died-cervical-cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43732/psn-pdf
January 07, 2015 - Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the
diagnosis? … Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the diagnosis? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rethinking-diagnostic-delay-cancer-how-difficult-diagnosis
Past studies … have found that delays in cancer diagnosis are common and harmful. … /issue/errors-cancer-diagnosis-current-understanding-and-future-directions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45412/psn-pdf
November 18, 2016 - The multidisciplinary approach to GI cancer results in
change of diagnosis and management of patients … The Multidisciplinary Approach to GI Cancer Results in Change
of Diagnosis and Management of Patients … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/multidisciplinary-approach-gi-cancer-results-change-diagnosis-and-
management-patients … Multidisciplinary team discussions are thought to make cancer care safer and more effective. … pre–post
study found that the use of a multidisciplinary program for evaluation of gastrointestinal cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37400/psn-pdf
June 30, 2011 - Errors in cancer diagnosis: current understanding and
future directions. … Errors in cancer diagnosis: current understanding and future directions. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-cancer-diagnosis-current-understanding-and-future-directions
Missed … or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of malpractice lawsuits in the ambulatory
setting. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-cancer-diagnosis-current-understanding-and-future-directions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45555/psn-pdf
June 15, 2017 - Variations in GPs' decisions to investigate suspected
lung cancer: a factorial experiment using multimedia … Variations in GPs' decisions to investigate suspected lung
cancer: a factorial experiment using multimedia … Missed and delayed diagnoses of cancer are a
major source of diagnostic error in primary care and account … how primary care physicians in the
United Kingdom chose to initiate the diagnostic workup for lung cancer … found that electronic triggers increased the rate of appropriate workup in patients with
suspected cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46729/psn-pdf
January 17, 2018 - Diagnostic error in pediatric cancer.
January 17, 2018
Carberry AR, Hanson K, Flannery A, et al. … Diagnostic Error in Pediatric Cancer. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-pediatric-cancer
Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses can … This
retrospective cohort study of new pediatric cancer patients found that there were diagnostic delays … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-pediatric-cancer
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-health-record-based-triggers-detect-potential-delays-cancer-diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61127/psn-pdf
November 11, 2020 - Drug error at Eskenazi Hospital killed prominent cancer
researcher. Here's how it happened. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/drug-error-eskenazi-hospital-killed-prominent-cancer-researcher-heres-how-it … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/drug-error-eskenazi-hospital-killed-prominent-cancer-researcher-heres-how-it-happened … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/drug-error-eskenazi-hospital-killed-prominent-cancer-researcher-heres-how-it-happened
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38694/psn-pdf
June 10, 2009 - Clinical staging error in prostate cancer: localization and
relevance of undetected tumour areas. … Clinical staging error in prostate cancer: localization and relevance
of undetected tumour areas. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-staging-error-prostate-cancer-localization-and-relevance-undetected … -
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This study raises concern for the understaging of prostate cancer, which the authors … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-impact-and-frequency-anatomic-pathology-errors-cancer-diagnoses