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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42745/psn-pdf
October 31, 2014 - For certain
diagnoses, such as pulmonary embolism, the risk of death was elevated during the first 48 … However, patients with cancer-related diagnoses continued to have elevated
mortality risk for the full … Other diagnoses, such as stroke, showed a mixed
pattern of system and patient factors. … By providing a nuanced view of the types of diagnoses and factors
associated with the weekend effect
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/acute-stroke-chameleons-university-hospital-risk-factors-circumstances-and-outcomes
March 05, 2025 - with younger age and lower cerebrovascular risk were more likely to experience a missed or delayed diagnosis … As expected, those with missed or delayed diagnosis had worse outcomes. … These results argue for cognitive training to improve timely and accurate diagnosis of stroke. … Missed serious neurologic conditions in emergency department patients discharged with nonspecific diagnoses … April 3, 2019
A method to identify pediatric high-risk diagnoses missed in the emergency
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46064/psn-pdf
April 19, 2017 - issue/prognosis-undiagnosed-chest-pain-linked-electronic-health-record-cohort-study
Missed and delayed diagnoses … The authors conclude that patients without a timely diagnosis merit further evaluation to reduce
the … prognosis-undiagnosed-chest-pain-linked-electronic-health-record-cohort-study
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/diagnostic-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-diagnoses-acute-myocardial-infarction-emergency-department-variation-patient-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/process-care-failures-breast-cancer-diagnosis
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue … /improving-diagnosis-health-care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antibiotic-timing-and-errors-diagnosing-pneumonia
March 20, 2024 - antibiotic administration in patients with pneumonia in fact led to decreased accuracy in making the diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prioritizing-patient-safety-efforts-office-practice-settings
October 12, 2022 - why ambulatory care accounted for 30-35% of annual medical malpractice costs and missed or delayed diagnoses … March 23, 2022
Missed diagnosis of new-onset systolic heart failure at first presentation … May 11, 2019
Incidence, origins and avoidable harm of missed opportunities in diagnosis … Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/future-directions-diagnostic-decision-support
February 25, 2019 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
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Supporting nurses as essential partners in diagnosis. … June 25, 2018
How health care changes when algorithms start making diagnoses. … May 10, 2017
A learning health care system using computer-aided diagnosis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45536/psn-pdf
October 05, 2016 - Clinician-identified problems and solutions for delayed
diagnosis in primary care: a PRIORITIZE study … Clinician-identified problems and solutions for delayed diagnosis in
primary care: a PRIORITIZE study … Missed or delayed diagnoses are a common reason for malpractice claims. … This study sought to determine
barriers and solutions to delays in diagnosis in primary care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38621/psn-pdf
February 18, 2011 - Process of care failures in breast cancer diagnosis. … Process of care failures in breast cancer diagnosis. … Missed or delayed cancer diagnoses are a frequent cause of malpractice lawsuits,
and errors in cancer … diagnosis are also a noted challenge. … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-overconfidence-problem
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33851/psn-pdf
January 01, 2017 - The specific diagnoses for which the weekend effect has been
documented include acute coronary syndrome … specialized diagnostics or therapeutics (particularly invasive
procedures) on weekends could delay diagnosis … For certain diagnoses (for example, acute coronary syndrome), the risk of death was elevated
during … Other diagnoses, such as stroke, showed a mixed pattern of system and patient factors. … Such data, which is collected mostly for
billing purposes, contain clinical information on diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45483/psn-pdf
March 20, 2018 - Impact of initial hospital diagnosis on mortality for acute
myocardial infarction: a national cohort … 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 … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-diagnoses-acute-myocardial-infarction-emergency-department-variation-patient-and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33574/psn-pdf
March 15, 2025 - of ambulatory care in outpatient settings increases the challenge of making a timely and
accurate diagnosis … Indeed, one study estimated that 5% of adults in the United States experience a
missed or delayed diagnosis … suggests that timely information availability and
managing test results contribute to delayed and missed diagnoses … systems
for following up on test results—a problem that has been implicated in missed and delayed diagnoses … 2016 systematic review commissioned by the World Health Organization identified missed and
delayed diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-event-screening-tool-based-routinely-collected-hospital-acquired-diagnoses
July 23, 2008 - An adverse event screening tool based on routinely collected hospital-acquired diagnoses … An adverse event screening tool based on routinely collected hospital-acquired diagnoses. … An adverse event screening tool based on routinely collected hospital-acquired diagnoses.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/misdiagnosis-and-missed-diagnoses-foster-and-adopted-children-prenatal-alcohol-exposure
June 27, 2018 - Study
Misdiagnosis and missed diagnoses in foster and adopted children with prenatal … Misdiagnosis and missed diagnoses in foster and adopted children with prenatal alcohol exposure. … Misdiagnosis and missed diagnoses in foster and adopted children with prenatal alcohol exposure.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/relationship-between-response-time-and-diagnostic-accuracy
February 06, 2014 - Cognitive shortcuts, or heuristics, are often used by clinicians to make diagnoses. … However, this simulation study found that diagnoses made rapidly were also more accurate, even when controlling … September 26, 2016
Should electronic differential diagnosis support be used early or … August 4, 2021
Complexity and challenges of the clinical diagnosis and management of … November 30, 2022
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August 10, 2025 - Diagnosis (Berl) . 2019; 6 :227-240 . … to 2002 was performed to determine the rate at which autopsies detect important, clinically missed diagnoses … Researchers also sought to determine the types of diagnoses most vulnerable to misdiagnosis. … Missed or delayed diagnoses accounted for 21% of 55,377 claims analyzed, and the majority of these cases … Fifty-three autopsy series were studied that reported diagnoses involving a primary cause of death (major
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44031/psn-pdf
November 03, 2015 - This study sought to quantify error rates in breast
cancer diagnosis by having a broad sample of pathologists … review a standardized set of biopsies whose
diagnoses had been established by expert clinicians. … substantial variability,
with pathologists tending to overdiagnose these specimens (i.e., ascribe a diagnosis … of cancer or pre-
cancerous lesions when the correct diagnosis was benign). … diagnostic-concordance-among-pathologists-interpreting-breast-biopsy-specimens
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-impact-and-frequency-anatomic-pathology-errors-cancer-diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37257/psn-pdf
April 19, 2011 - determine its ability to accurately diagnose acute medical
problems compared with final discharge diagnoses … Building on a past study,
investigators discovered that the system displayed the final discharge diagnosis … validation-diagnostic-reminder-system-emergency-medicine-multi-centre-study
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/importance-cognitive-errors-diagnosis-and-strategies-minimize-them … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/beyond-dr-google-evidence-consumer-facing-digital-tools-diagnosis
August 20, 2018 - Google: the evidence on consumer-facing digital tools for diagnosis. … Diagnosis (Berl). 2018;5(3):95-105. doi:10.1515/dx-2018-0009. … Diagnosis (Berl). 2018;5(3):95-105. doi:10.1515/dx-2018-0009. … January 23, 2019
How health care changes when algorithms start making diagnoses. … May 8, 2017
The effectiveness of electronic differential diagnoses (DDX) generators:
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-declining-clinical-autopsy-need-revised-healthcare-policy
February 14, 2018 - review discusses how autopsy rates for patients are at an all-time low, while major errors in clinical diagnoses … February 9, 2011
The "Big Dog" effect: variability assessing the causes of error in diagnoses … September 28, 2010
Quality in cancer diagnosis. … August 9, 2007
Discrepancies between clinical and autopsy diagnosis and the value of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/care-approach-reducing-diagnostic-errors
November 06, 2013 - authors used the CARE mnemonic (communicate, assess for biased reasoning , reconsider differential diagnoses … Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses … November 1, 2017
A learning health care system using computer-aided diagnosis. … March 22, 2017
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