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April 01, 2013 - Diagnoses are often made under time
pressure with incomplete information and almost always involve some … the "word-finding difficulties" should (and apparently did) prompt clinicians to consider
alternate diagnoses … infectious encephalitis, although about 5% of biopsies lead to unanticipated stroke or inflammatory
diagnoses … Providers could track their own certainty in relation to actual patients' diagnoses to improve
calibration … Challenge yourself to apply and maintain a certainty rating when recording your patient's diagnoses.
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March 17, 2021 - Declaring uncertainty: using quality improvement
methods to change the conversation of diagnosis. … Declaring Uncertainty: Using Quality Improvement Methods to
Change the Conversation of Diagnosis. … /psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/declaring-uncertainty-using-quality-improvement-methods-change-
conversation-diagnosis … This article outlines a process for identifying pediatric inpatients with uncertain
diagnoses and improving … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/declaring-uncertainty-using-quality-improvement-methods-change-conversation-diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73891/psn-pdf
September 29, 2021 - Clinical features and preventability of delayed diagnosis
of pediatric appendicitis. … Clinical features and preventability of delayed diagnosis of
pediatric appendicitis. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-features-and-preventability-delayed-diagnosis-pediatric-appendicitis … Diagnostic errors, including delayed diagnoses, continue to be a patient safety concern. … diagnosis led to longer hospital length of
stay, higher perforation rates, and additional surgical
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42001/psn-pdf
August 02, 2015 - The concern is that reliance on these dermatologic
applications could delay diagnoses and ultimately … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/10-derm-mistakes-you-dont-want-make
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34678/psn-pdf
February 09, 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
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September 14, 2022 - Diagnosis (Berl). 2022;9(3):348-351. doi:10.1515/dx-2022-0010. … pause-pediatrics-implementation-pediatric-diagnostic-time-out
Diagnostic timeouts can improve the differential diagnosis … In the majority of cases, the diagnostic
timeout led to the pursuit of alternative diagnoses. … pause-pediatrics-implementation-pediatric-diagnostic-time-out
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-time-out-improve-differential-diagnosis-pediatric-abdominal-pain … web-mm/diagnostic-delay-emergency-department
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-time-outs-improve-diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-resident-physician-participation-reporting-patient-safety-and-quality-concerns
May 18, 2022 - November 16, 2022
Consensus statement on effective communication of urgent diagnoses … and significant, unexpected diagnoses in surgical pathology and cytopathology from the College of American … January 11, 2023
Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis.
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September 23, 2020 - May 29, 2024
WebM&M Cases
Under Pressure: Delayed Diagnosis … April 1, 2020
Missed diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department … April 8, 2018
Missed diagnoses of acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department.
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September 28, 2022 - Diagnosis (Berl).
2022;9(3):332-339. doi:10.1515/dx-2021-0092. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-delays-infectious-diseases
Delayed diagnosis of infectious diseases … This survey of over 500
infectious disease clinicians revealed that diagnostic delay often involved diagnoses … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-misdiagnosis-and-delayed-diagnosis-covid-19-syndemic-approach
https … /web-mm/dangers-missing-epidural-abscess-multiple-visits-and-delayed-diagnosis-severely-negative
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overdiagnosis-low-dose-computed-tomography-screening-lung-cancer
August 04, 2021 - August 20, 2018
Complexity and challenges of the clinical diagnosis and management of … September 23, 2020
Evaluation and accurate diagnoses of pediatric diseases using artificial … Patient Safety Innovations
Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses … June 14, 2011
Delayed or missed diagnosis of cervical spine injuries.
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January 01, 2023 - The fallacy of a single diagnosis.
September 21, 2022
Redelmeier DA, Shafir E. … The fallacy of a single diagnosis. Med Decis Making. 2023;43(2):183-190. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fallacy-single-diagnosis
Premature closure occurs when clinicians accept … a diagnosis before it has been confirmed and alternative
diagnoses have been explored and can lead … to missed diagnosis.
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May 01, 2019 - Inpatient notes: just what the doctor ordered—checklists
to improve diagnosis. … Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Just What the Doctor
Ordered-Checklists to Improve Diagnosis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-notes-just-what-doctor-ordered-checklists-improve-diagnosis
Standardized … which can can help manage cognitive challenges, and
content checklists, which provide differential diagnoses … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inpatient-notes-just-what-doctor-ordered-checklists-improve-diagnosis
https
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November 13, 2019 - Thresholds, rules and defensive strategies: how
physicians learn from their prior diagnosis-related … Thresholds, rules and defensive strategies: how physicians
learn from their prior diagnosis-related … Diagnosis (Berl). 2019;7(2):115-121. doi:10.1515/dx-
2019-0025. … This qualitative study examined primary care providers experience with missed diagnoses. … After reviewing
cases involving a missed diagnosis, clinicians proposed both analytical and intuitive
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73352/psn-pdf
June 02, 2021 - Improving diagnosis by feedback and deliberate practice:
one-on-one coaching for diagnostic maturation … Improving diagnosis by feedback and deliberate practice: one-on-one
coaching for diagnostic maturation … Diagnosis (Berl). 2021;8(2):157-160. doi:10.1515/dx-2020-0129. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-feedback-and-deliberate-practice-one-one-coaching- … These sessions focused on generating differential diagnoses and identifying cognitive
errors and knowledge
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January 19, 2012 - Difficulty in identifying missed and delayed diagnoses has hampered
progress in addressing diagnostic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/ambulatory-care-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45754/psn-pdf
September 01, 2018 - risk in the outpatient setting is significant and that claims
frequently involve missed and delayed diagnoses … primary-care-closed-claims-experience-massachusetts-malpractice-insurers
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38639/psn-pdf
May 20, 2009 - eight-ct-lessons-we-learned-hard-way-analysis-current-patterns-radiological-
error-and
In this study, systematic analysis of missed and discrepant diagnoses … False-negative diagnoses were the most common type of error, but
misdiagnosis relating to poor communication
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rebecca-omalley-report
June 14, 2017 - 2022
Potential preanalytical and analytical vulnerabilities in the laboratory diagnosis … July 13, 2016
Clinical impact and frequency of anatomic pathology errors in cancer diagnoses … August 9, 2011
The "Big Dog" effect: variability assessing the causes of error in diagnoses
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February 28, 2011 - Appreciate how emergency physicians and inpatient physicians differ in their approach to patient diagnoses … Emergency department diagnoses are often uncertain at best (due to patient acuity, limited interaction … Premature closure is the tendency to stop considering other possible diagnoses after a diagnosis is reached … Diagnoses may seem obvious initially, but time is often our best diagnostic tool, and this simple mental … The cognitive psychology of missed diagnoses. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:115-120.
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November 03, 2021 - Do my feelings fit the diagnosis? Avoiding misdiagnoses
in psychosomatic consultation services. … Do my feelings fit the diagnosis? Avoiding misdiagnoses in psychosomatic consultation
services. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-my-feelings-fit-diagnosis-avoiding-misdiagnoses-psychosomatic-
consultation-services … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-my-feelings-fit-diagnosis-avoiding-misdiagnoses-psychosomatic-consultation-services … diagnostic-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/confirmation-bias-why-psychiatrists-stick-wrong-preliminary-diagnoses