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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38491/psn-pdf
January 31, 2011 - 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/importance-cognitive-errors-diagnosis-and-strategies-minimize-them
https … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/diagnostic-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-diagnoses-commonly-associated-pediatric-malpractice-lawsuits-united-states
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867341/psn-pdf
January 01, 2025 - more diagnostic errors in the first 7 days of their PICU stay. 6.6%
of patients still had uncertain diagnoses … prevalence-and-characteristics-diagnostic-error-pediatric-critical-care-multicenter-study
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/uncertain-diagnoses-childrens-hospital-patient-characteristics-and-outcomes
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/undiagnosed-breast-cancer-mr-imaging-analysis-causes
August 22, 2015 - Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses … April 10, 2013
Clinical impact and frequency of anatomic pathology errors in cancer diagnoses … October 7, 2011
The "Big Dog" effect: variability assessing the causes of error in diagnoses … July 15, 2010
Quality in cancer diagnosis.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47372/psn-pdf
January 01, 2019 - Incorrect or delayed diagnoses can subject patients to unnecessary testing and delays in care that lead … A past WebM&M commentary highlighted an incident involving a
delay in cancer diagnosis. … frequency-diagnostic-errors-outpatient-care-estimations-three-large-observational-studies
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-cancer-diagnosis-current-understanding-and-future-directions
https … medical-office-survey-patient-safety-culture
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/costly-colonoscopy-leads-delay-diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mortality-among-patients-va-hospitals-first-2-years-following-acgme-resident-duty-hour-reform
February 18, 2011 - outcomes after duty hour limitations at Veterans Affairs hospitals for six common medical and surgical diagnoses … Mortality decreased significantly for four common medical diagnoses (but not surgical diagnoses) by the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33675/psn-pdf
October 01, 2008 - differed across institutions.(13) Although smaller hospitals had
more discharges with all secondary diagnoses … The study also found that the percentage of hospitals that coded all secondary diagnoses as
POA on all … Our
administrative system has a limitation of 15 diagnoses, and it is possible that the decubitus ulcer … was
identified by the coder but was not placed high enough on the list of possible diagnoses to be … Modifying DRG-PPS to include only
diagnoses present on admission: financial implications and challenges
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/database-construction-improving-patient-safety-examining-pathology-errors
December 22, 2008 - March 28, 2012
Clinical impact and frequency of anatomic pathology errors in cancer diagnoses … October 27, 2010
The "Big Dog" effect: variability assessing the causes of error in diagnoses … April 10, 2013
Clinical impact and frequency of anatomic pathology errors in cancer diagnoses … September 29, 2010
The "Big Dog" effect: variability assessing the causes of error in diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853245/psn-pdf
September 06, 2023 - This study
identified multiple discrepancies between pathologist-listed diagnoses included in intraoperative … communication-between-clinicians
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-well-do-we-communicate-comparison-intraoperative-diagnoses-listed-pathology-reports-and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ambulatory-care-adverse-events-and-preventable-adverse-events-leading-hospital-admission
April 11, 2011 - The most common type of APAE was a missed or delayed diagnosis, a concern also found in a past study … February 17, 2011
Missed and delayed diagnoses in the ambulatory setting: a study of … March 2, 2011
Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of closed … 2019
A qualitative analysis of physician perspectives on missed and delayed outpatient diagnosis … 2014
Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed and delayed diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-thyroid-gland-fine-needle-aspiration
March 28, 2012 - October 27, 2010
Clinical impact and frequency of anatomic pathology errors in cancer diagnoses … June 14, 2011
The "Big Dog" effect: variability assessing the causes of error in diagnoses … Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses … December 21, 2014
Root cause analysis reports help identify common factors in delayed diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/acog-committee-opinion-546-tracking-and-reminder-systems
May 22, 2019 - important characteristics for tracking systems and patient reminders to prevent missed or delayed diagnoses … Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-trigger-concepts-screen-emergency-department-visits-diagnostic-errors
March 12, 2025 - Diagnosis (Berl). 2021;8(3):340-346. doi:10.1515/dx-2020-0122. … Diagnosis (Berl) . 2021; 8 (3) :340-346 .
View more articles from the same authors. … Diagnosis (Berl). 2021;8(3):340-346. doi:10.1515/dx-2020-0122. … May 25, 2022
Antecedent treat-and-release diagnoses prior to sepsis hospitalization among … May 18, 2022
Antecedent treat-and-release diagnoses prior to sepsis hospitalization among
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/coming-err-missed-diagnosis-patient-recurrent-pneumothorax
December 14, 2022 - and failed to consider alternative diagnoses, such as LAM. … woman, particularly if testing for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency was normal, a search for alternate diagnoses … for diagnoses that are uncommon or unlikely? … Beyond educational efforts, achieving more timely, reliable diagnoses for rare conditions will likely … require innovative forms of decision support and reminders that alert clinicians to consider such rare diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73893/psn-pdf
September 29, 2021 - COVID pandemic, patients have shown reluctance to seek medical care, which contributes
to delayed diagnoses … cancer-diagnostic-delay-northern-and-central-italy-during-2020-lockdown-due-coronavirus
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-non-covid-conditions-collateral-harm-pandemic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/changes-rates-autopsy-detected-diagnostic-errors-over-time-systematic-review
April 06, 2011 - to 2002 was performed to determine the rate at which autopsies detect important, clinically missed diagnoses … Fifty-three autopsy series were studied that reported diagnoses involving a primary cause of death (major … April 12, 2023
COVID-19: making the right diagnosis. … of a Pelvic Mass versus Pregnancy
July 29, 2020
Comparison of the clinical diagnosis … February 4, 2009
Discrepancies between clinical and autopsy diagnosis and the value of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-accuracy-large-language-model-pediatric-case-studies
May 25, 2016 - increasingly interested in using chatbots like ChatGPT to learn more about their care, particularly for diagnoses … This study asked ChatGPT to provide a differential diagnosis list and final diagnosis for 100 pediatric … Among incorrect diagnoses, many were clinically related to the final diagnosis, but too broad to be classified
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/weekend-effect
April 01, 2008 - 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 the … 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/issue/patient-safety-anatomic-pathology-measuring-discrepancy-frequencies-and-causes
January 08, 2016 - February 15, 2010
Consensus statement on effective communication of urgent diagnoses … and significant, unexpected diagnoses in surgical pathology and cytopathology from the College of American … October 27, 2010
The "Big Dog" effect: variability assessing the causes of error in diagnoses … September 28, 2010
Clinical impact and frequency of anatomic pathology errors in cancer diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/international-comparability-patient-safety-indicators-15-oecd-member-countries-methodological
June 28, 2011 - safety indicators in 15 OECD member countries: a methodological approach of adjustment by secondary diagnoses … safety indicators in 15 OECD member countries: a methodological approach of adjustment by secondary diagnoses … safety indicators in 15 OECD member countries: a methodological approach of adjustment by secondary diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/time-trends-pulmonary-embolism-united-states-evidence-overdiagnosis
February 18, 2011 - Since the introduction of new diagnostic technologies in the late 1990s, pulmonary embolism diagnoses … This combination of findings likely represents overdiagnosis—either due to false-positive diagnoses … December 7, 2022
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