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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 22, 2024 - Cognitive Load Theory and its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-load-theory-and-its-impact-diagnostic-accuracy Cognition plays … This AHRQ issue brief summarizes key concepts of cognitive load theory (CLT), describes the relationship … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-load-theory-and-its-impact-diagnostic-accuracy https://psnet.ahrq.gov … /issue/cognitive-factors-health-care https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mind-overlap-how-system-problems-contribute-cognitive-failure-and-diagnostic-errors

  2. Distributed Cognition and the Role of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety in the Emergency Department (pdf file)

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    August 01, 2022 - Traditionally, the diagnostic process has been viewed as an individual cognitive activity of information … Using cognitive artifacts to understand distributed cognition. … The hidden lives of nurses’ cognitive artifacts. … ‘More than words’ - Interpersonal communication, cognitive bias, and diagnostic errors. … The importance of cognitive errors in diagnosis and strategies to minimize them.

  3. Distributed Cognition and the Role of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety in the Emergency Department (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/distributed-cognition-er-nurses.pdf
    August 01, 2022 - Traditionally, the diagnostic process has been viewed as an individual cognitive activity of information … Using cognitive artifacts to understand distributed cognition. … The hidden lives of nurses’ cognitive artifacts. … ‘More than words’ - Interpersonal communication, cognitive bias, and diagnostic errors. … The importance of cognitive errors in diagnosis and strategies to minimize them.

  4. Teaching Clinical Reasoning. | PSNet

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    August 20, 2018 - Diagnostic errors are often attributed to clinicians' cognitive biases . … August 1, 2024 Effect on diagnostic accuracy of cognitive reasoning tools for the workplace … September 14, 2022 The Cognitive Autopsy: A Root Cause Analysis of Medical Decision Making … November 27, 2013 The evolution of error: error management, cognitive constraints, and … See More About The Topic Hospitals Educators Medicine Diagnostic Errors Cognitive

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 07, 2021 - Crisis checklists in emergency medicine: another step forward for cognitive aids. … Crisis checklists in emergency medicine: another step forward for cognitive aids. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/crisis-checklists-emergency-medicine-another-step-forward-cognitive-aids … Checklists and other cognitive aids are used in a variety of clinical settings to improve patient safety … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/crisis-checklists-emergency-medicine-another-step-forward-cognitive-aids

  6. Communication Assessment Guide: Appendix 4 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    August 01, 2022 - Cognitive complexity. In: McCroskey JC, Daly JA, eds. … Cognitive complexity. In: McCroskey JC, Daly JA, Martin MM, Beatty MJ, eds. … Cognitive complexity and impression formation. In: Maher BA, ed. … Role category questionnaire measures of cognitive complexity: Reliability and comparability of alternative … Cognitive complexity: Using the role category questionnaire measure. In: Tardy CH, ed.

  7. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2013 - Although find- ings were inconsistent across 15 cognitive intervention tri- als, cognitive stimulation … with or without cognitive train- ing (k � 6; n � 513) seemed to improve global cognitive function at … mild cognitive impairment. … cognitive impairment. … Cognitive stimulation to improve cognitive functioning in people with dementia.

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 09, 2022 - Cognitive biases encountered by physicians in the emergency room. … Cognitive biases encountered by physicians in the emergency room. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-biases-encountered-physicians-emergency-room Cognitive biases … This study explored the types of cognitive biases contributing to diagnostic errors in emergency rooms … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-biases-encountered-physicians-emergency-room https://psnet.ahrq.gov

  9. Cognitive errors detected in anaesthesiology: a literature review and pilot study. | PSNet

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    November 21, 2012 - Study Cognitive errors detected in anaesthesiology: a literature review and pilot … Cognitive errors detected in anaesthesiology: a literature review and pilot study. … This study used expert consensus to develop a taxonomy of cognitive errors in anesthesiology and analyzed … Cognitive errors detected in anaesthesiology: a literature review and pilot study.

  10. Team cognition in handoffs: relating system factors, team cognition functions and outcomes in two handoff processes. | PSNet

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    February 16, 2022 - Study Team cognition in handoffs: relating system factors, team cognition functions and outcomes in two handoff processes. Citation Text: Wooldridge AR, Carayon P, Hoonakker PLT, et al. Team cognition in handoffs: relating system factors, team cognition functions and outcomes in two hand…

  11. Cognitive biases regarding utilization of Emergency Severity Index among emergency nurses. | PSNet

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    December 21, 2016 - Study Cognitive biases regarding utilization of Emergency Severity Index among emergency … Cognitive biases regarding utilization of emergency severity index among emergency nurses. … This study sought to identify cognitive biases that may negatively impact nurses' triage decision making … Cognitive biases regarding utilization of emergency severity index among emergency nurses.

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 23, 2023 - Cognitive biases and moral characteristics of healthcare workers and their treatment approach for persons … Cognitive biases and moral characteristics of healthcare workers and their treatment approach for persons … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-biases-and-moral-characteristics-healthcare-workers-and-their- … treatment-approach Cognitive biases can influence treatment approach at the end of life. … treatment approaches (e.g., palliative care to aggressive treatment) were associated with clinician cognitive

  13. OR-to-ICU Transitions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    June 01, 2023 - Studies examining the incidence of cognitive bias among surgeons 10 , 77 and anesthesiologists, 78 … These studies also aimed to quantify the number of cases affected by common cognitive biases, ranging … from 32.7 percent of all cases 77 to more than half of emergencies. 78 These cognitive biases contribute … surgery related to communication, system, diagnostic, and judgment error—all errors in which these cognitive … No studies used a design method that explicitly focused on the mitigation of cognitive bias.

  14. Human-AI Interaction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    July 01, 2025 - Just as AI models are prone to hallucinations or biased reasoning, humans are susceptible to their own cognitive … Functional fixedness—a cognitive trap in which individuals struggle to think beyond the most obvious … of time pressure or high workload. 52 Ironically, because AI tools are often introduced to reduce cognitive … In addition to cognitive bias, over-dependence on AI tools may lead to long-term consequences for clinician … Just as the realization of cognitive biases helped explain errors in traditional diagnostic reasoning

  15. Recommendation: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

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    June 12, 2025 - to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Cognitive … See Current Final Recommendation Statement for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening(2020)

  16. App-F2-Surv-Report-2-Nonopioid-Pharmacol-Chronic-Pain (xls file)

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    October 08, 2025 - Effects: Specific AE Cognitive Effects: n Cognitive Effects: N N Randomized Dry Mouth: n Dry Mouth: … Effects: Specific AE Cognitive Effects: n Cognitive Effects: N N Randomized Dry Mouth: n Dry Mouth: … Effects: Specific AE Cognitive Effects: n Cognitive Effects: N N Randomized Dry Mouth: n Dry Mouth: … Effects: Specific AE Cognitive Effects: n Cognitive Effects: N N Randomized Dizziness: n Dizziness: … Effects: Specific AE Cognitive Effects: n Cognitive Effects: N N Randomized Langford, 2013 Good NPC

  17. Lack of Sepsis Recognition Leads to Delay in Care Following Cesarean Delivery. | PSNet

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    November 30, 2021 - Cognitive factors may have been particularly important in this case. … Cognitive biases are commonly identified in patients who experience post-operative complications. … The focus on cognitive errors ignores the reality that heuristics are a powerful and useful component … Knowledge deficits and cognitive biases are both associated with diagnostic errors. … Nonetheless, knowledge deficit may be a greater factor in misdiagnosis than cognitive biases in cases

  18. Impact of interruptions, distractions, and cognitive load on procedure failures and medication administration errors. | PSNet

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    March 02, 2012 - Study Impact of interruptions, distractions, and cognitive load on procedure failures … Impact of Interruptions, Distractions, and Cognitive Load on Procedure Failures and Medication Administration … interruptions and distractions are frequent during nursing medication administration, which increased cognitive … Impact of Interruptions, Distractions, and Cognitive Load on Procedure Failures and Medication Administration

  19. Cognitive processes involved in blame and blame-like judgments and in forgiveness and forgiveness-like judgments. | PSNet

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    August 23, 2017 - Study Cognitive processes involved in blame and blame-like judgments and in forgiveness … Cognitive processes involved in blame and blame-like judgments and in forgiveness and forgiveness-like … The researchers presented 32 scenarios involving medical error to participants and compared the cognitive … Cognitive processes involved in blame and blame-like judgments and in forgiveness and forgiveness-like

  20. Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses of breast and colorectal cancers: a process analysis of closed malpractice claims. | PSNet

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    March 02, 2011 - Study Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed … Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses of breast and … study analyzed 56 missed or delayed cancer diagnoses and found that virtually all cases involved cognitive … Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses of breast and
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