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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865923/psn-pdf
May 22, 2024 - This
study estimates the missed diagnoses of screenable cancers from March to December 2020. … Diagnoses of
included cancers were 6% lower than would be expected, even 10 months after the start of … , followed by breast and lung cancers, with an overall
estimate of more than 134,000 missed cancer diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-science-ambulatory-care-safety-novel-method-develop-context-sensitive
April 17, 2019 - Diagnostic error in the ambulatory care setting is common , particularly with regard to missed or delayed diagnoses … high-risk conditions and to identify vulnerabilities in the monitoring process that could lead to delayed diagnoses … Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-emergency-department-learning-national-patient-safety-incident-report
January 12, 2022 - The majority of incidents (86%) were delayed diagnoses; the remainder were wrong diagnoses. … November 7, 2012
Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-delayed-and-missed-injury-rate-after-inter-hospital-transfer-severely-injured-trauma
December 02, 2020 - Missed injuries and delayed diagnoses are an ongoing problem in trauma care. … For half of these patients, the new diagnoses led to a change in treatment course. … February 3, 2021
Association of low-dose whole-body computed tomography with missed injury diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/landscape-inappropriate-laboratory-testing-15-year-meta-analysis
February 12, 2020 - routine laboratory tests and underutilization of certain tests (which could lead to missed or delayed diagnoses … February 12, 2020
Antecedent treat-and-release diagnoses prior to sepsis hospitalization … Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-initial-hospital-diagnosis-mortality-acute-myocardial-infarction-national-cohort-study
April 19, 2017 - Study
Impact of initial hospital diagnosis on mortality for acute myocardial infarction … Editor's Choice - Impact of initial hospital diagnosis on mortality for acute myocardial infarction: … In this study, researchers sought to assess whether a correct initial diagnosis had an impact on the … cohort of patients over 9 years across 243 acute care hospitals in England and Wales with discharge diagnoses … June 16, 2019
Missed diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/860389/psn-pdf
January 10, 2024 - Diagnosis (Berl). 2023;10(4):375-382. doi:10.1515/dx-2023-0010. … issue/error-codes-autopsy-study-potential-biases-diagnostic-error
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-diagnoses-and-autopsy-findings-discrepancies-critically-ill-patients … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-diagnoses-vs-autopsy-findings-early-deceased-septic-patients-intensive-care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/racial-and-ethnic-bias-diagnosis-alcohol-use-disorder-veterans
September 23, 2020 - Study
Racial and ethnic bias in the diagnosis of alcohol use disorder in veterans … Racial and ethnic bias in the diagnosis of alcohol use disorder in veterans. … Racial and ethnic bias in the diagnosis of alcohol use disorder in veterans. … April 24, 2018
Consensus statement on effective communication of urgent diagnoses and … significant, unexpected diagnoses in surgical pathology and cytopathology from the College of American
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.194_slideshow.ppt
March 01, 2009 - , the low oxygen levels, the cardiac arrest, and the chest x-ray), the ED physician made a presumed diagnosis … adverse event or near miss after an ED-to-inpatient transfer
These events were most often
errors in diagnosis … Hazards of Premature Closure
Tendency to stop considering other possible diagnoses after a diagnosis … is reached
As a result, inpatient providers may trust too strongly (or “anchor”) on the ED diagnosis … The cognitive psychology of missed diagnoses.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-clinically-undiagnosed-injuries-survival-estimates
April 03, 2024 - Missed diagnoses may also adversely affect the accuracy of prognostic systems. … authors conclude that maintaining a high autopsy rate is essential to improving the accuracy of clinical diagnoses … November 21, 2018
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February 12, 2020 - Diagnosis. 2020;7(2):107-114. doi:10.1515/dx-2019-0070. … Diagnosis . 2020; 7 (2) :107-114 .
View more articles from the same authors. … contributing to diagnostic error was atypical patient presentations (83%), failure to consider other diagnoses … Diagnosis. 2020;7(2):107-114. doi:10.1515/dx-2019-0070. … Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cross-check-qa-quality-assurance-workflow-prevent-missed-diagnoses-alerting-inadvertent
March 04, 2015 - Study
Cross-Check QA: a quality assurance workflow to prevent missed diagnoses by … Cross-Check QA: a quality assurance workflow to prevent missed diagnoses by alerting inadvertent discordance … analyzed, with 46 triggering the automatic review; of those, 26 (0.02%) were true positives (i.e., missed diagnosis … Cross-Check QA: a quality assurance workflow to prevent missed diagnoses by alerting inadvertent discordance
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39116/psn-pdf
April 30, 2014 - The most common missed
or delayed diagnoses were pulmonary embolism and drug reactions or overdose, … taxonomy tool, Diagnostic Error Evaluation and Research (DEER), as
a method to aggregate cases by diagnosis … issue/diagnostic-errors-next-frontier-patient-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-cancer-diagnosis
April 08, 2008 - Review
Quality in cancer diagnosis. … Quality in cancer diagnosis. CA Cancer J Clin. 2010;60(3):139-165. doi:10.3322/caac.20068. … Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses … April 12, 2011
Process of care failures in breast cancer diagnosis. … February 18, 2011
The "Big Dog" effect: variability assessing the causes of error in diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rethinking-diagnostic-delay-cancer-how-difficult-diagnosis
August 19, 2020 - Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the diagnosis? … Past studies have found that delays in cancer diagnosis are common and harmful . … Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the diagnosis? … Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses … 2013
Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-missed-opportunities-more-timely-diagnosis-cancer-symptomatic-patients-after
February 17, 2021 - Study
Understanding missed opportunities for more timely diagnosis of cancer in symptomatic … Understanding missed opportunities for more timely diagnosis of cancer in symptomatic patients after … Understanding missed opportunities for more timely diagnosis of cancer in symptomatic patients after … October 1, 2014
Clinical diagnoses vs. autopsy findings in early deceased septic patients … 2015
Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46219/psn-pdf
July 26, 2017 - Comorbid conditions delay diagnosis of colorectal
cancer: a cohort study using electronic primary care … Comorbid conditions delay diagnosis of colorectal cancer: a
cohort study using electronic primary care … Prior research has shown that cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contribute to delayed cancer
diagnoses … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-errors-and-logistical-breakdowns-contributing-missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-breast … /issue/rethinking-diagnostic-delay-cancer-how-difficult-diagnosis
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/primary-care-collaboration-improve-diagnosis-and-screening-colorectal-cancer
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influence-availability-heuristic-physicians-emergency-department
September 30, 2020 - shortness of breath and diagnosed with pulmonary embolism increased subsequent pulmonary embolism diagnoses … While pulmonary embolism diagnosis did increase over the following ten days, that effect did not persist … January 31, 2013
Accuracy of emergency department clinical findings for diagnosis of … April 25, 2016
Contextual information influences diagnosis accuracy and decision making … May 10, 2013
Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of closed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accuracy-emergency-department-clinical-findings-diagnosis-coronavirus-disease-2019
September 09, 2020 - Study
Accuracy of emergency department clinical findings for diagnosis of coronavirus … Accuracy of emergency department clinical findings for diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019. … October 21, 2020
Antecedent treat-and-release diagnoses prior to sepsis hospitalization … November 25, 2020
Characteristics and unexpected COVID-19 diagnoses in resuscitation … August 12, 2020
COVID-19: making the right diagnosis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45336/psn-pdf
September 21, 2016 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-misdiagnoses-put-pressure-patients-stay-engaged
Delayed diagnoses … patients and families involved, explores the importance of engaging
patients in determining correct diagnoses … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/patient-engagement-and-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-health-care