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161. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship2.html
     August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Introduction … Page Table of Contents Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis … supported by bringing the clinical laboratory into a broader strategy to advance accurate and timely diagnoses

162. Defining Diagnostic Error: A Scoping Review to Assess the Impact of the National Academies’ Report Improving Diagnosis in Health Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/defining-diagnostic-error-a-scoping-review.pdf
     April 27, 2022 - .36 Missed and delayed diagnoses were not considered distinct concepts.10 Watari et al,21 looking … error by selecting from existing categories of malpractice claims: failure to diagnose, delay in diagnoses … • Articles that focus on a specific disease with limited potential for generalizability to other diagnoses … Gupta et al22 United States Failure to diagnose, delay in diagnoses, wrong diagnosis, and other … Did not distinguish “missed” from “delayed” diagnoses Retrospective medical record review Timeliness

163. Final Progress Report: What About Mom? Using Administrative Data To Develop Measures for Monitoring Healthcare Quality in Pregnancy & Childbirth (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Third, although most of the indicators explicitly exclude pregnancy-related diagnoses from the denominator … of interest is coded as a principal diagnosis. … becomes irrelevant, because such codes cannot be used as principal diagnoses in MDC 14. … First, and foremost, the project relies on the accuracy of coding of diagnoses and procedures. … , present on admission, and inclusion of some pregnancy-specific codes/diagnoses. 16 For many of the

164. Diagnostic Stewardship Interventions To Reduce Diagnostic Error | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Diagnostic Stewardship … Page Table of Contents Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis … to a range of actions to promote optimal use of diagnostic tests, improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosis … 36 Although it is plausible that fewer unnecessary tests translated to reductions in false positive diagnoses … Finally, improving specimen collection practices can further reduce false positive diagnoses and is an

165. Documentation and Coding for Patient Safety Indicators (pdf file)
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     March 15, 2016 - All of them have roles in the coding of diagnoses and procedures from medical records, which will be … The code numbers are detailed to accurately describe the diagnoses (the conditions the patient is seen … • Document the outcomes of “rule out,” “consider,” and “possible” diagnoses. … diagnoses equally meet the definition of principal diagnosis … The coder should never assume a diagnosis of respiratory failure without a documented diagnosis by

166. SOPS® Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Item Set for the SOPS Medical Office Survey - Spanish (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2022 - medical offices assess the extent to which their organizations support the diagnostic process, accurate diagnoses … , and communication around diagnoses. … Testing and Referrals (4 items) (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.81) • Provider and Staff Communication Around Diagnosis

167. S2: Using EHR-Based Simulations to Reduce Diagnostic Errors in Ambulatory Care Settings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/spotlight-s2-gold-ratwani.html
     May 01, 2024 - Making diagnoses in an ambulatory care setting requires processing information collected over a long … this grant, the research team will use a combination of administrative and claims data to identify diagnoses

168. Medical Failure-to-Rescue Final Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/silber-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Methods: A split-sample design was used to develop a set of diagnoses and procedures with clinical … Cohort Selection: The hospitalization record was scanned for admissions including principal diagnoses … First, if we restricted our list to only count diagnoses … regardless of POA status (e.g., acute-on-chronic exacerbations, or diagnoses with very high risk of … Diagnosis Categories with POA and Emergent Rules, with Examples Code Category Diagnosis Category (

169. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses – Slides (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/skin-soft-tissue-guide.docx
     September 01, 2022 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cellulitis and Skin and Soft Tissue Abscesses – Slides … The most common alternative diagnosis was venous stasis dermatitis; other diagnoses included, trauma-related … soft tissue abscesses after alternative diagnoses have been ruled out. … Slide 22 Take-Home Messages SAY: Make the right diagnosis! … Always rule out noninfectious diagnoses that mimic cellulitis before diagnosing and starting antibiotic

170. TeamSTEPPS Patient Videos | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2023 - Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) foster effective communication in time-sensitive diagnoses

171. Introduction to the Quality Indicators Best Practices Tool (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - with a rationale for why best practices were not developed: • PSI 02 Death Rate in Low-Mortality Diagnosis … Given the heterogeneity of these diagnoses, it would not be feasible to develop a best practices form … Given the heterogeneity of these diagnoses, it would not be feasible to develop a best practices form

172. New AHRQ SOPS® Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Items for Medical Offices - Schiff (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2020 - organization's strengths, reduce redundant efforts, and 15 IOM Report September 2015 16 Diagnosis … 21 Misdiagnosis Leading Type of Error 22 Misdiagnosis 59 Mistake made during treatment Diagnosis … Missed and Delayed Diagnoses 2. Maternal Health across the Continuum 3. … ” • How to even know whether diagnosis was right or wrong? … • Spotty follow-up • Most diagnoses resolve,…or evolve w/errors unnoticed • Elusive to capture with

173. Cerner-Q-A-Session (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Q: What are the pros and cons of using pre-procedure and discharge diagnoses? … The order sets are based off a diagnosis, but they are not necessarily tied to the diagnosis. … taken is to put structured indications for physicians to choose, and then map those indications to diagnoses … • Within Epic, the diagnoses are associated with a particular encounter — so, we can confirm that the … diagnosis was recent.

174. Introduction | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2024 - older adults, it is essential to understand and address the unique challenges of accurate and timely diagnosis … Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis is a public health challenge and is estimated to affect at least 1 … polypharmacy) can mask or mimic symptoms of other diseases, ultimately leading to misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis … atypically, thus contributing to additional difficulties for clinicians to make timely and accurate diagnoses

175. Seamless Care: Safe Patient Transitions from Hospital to Home (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Spehar.pdf
     April 18, 2004 - were associated with a high risk of unscheduled readmission within 30 days of discharge for three Diagnosis … Numbers of secondary diagnoses, length of stay, and Clinical Classification Software (CCS) category … , All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (APR-DRG™) severity score, and secondary diagnoses. … Secondary diagnoses were transformed from ICD-9- CM codes to the number of secondary diagnoses. … secondary diagnosis, the likelihood of a readmission increased 1.2 times.

176. Conclusion | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-pediatric-safety-6.html
     August 01, 2023 - are needed to ensure future generations of children receive accurate, timely, and patient-centered diagnoses

177. Introduction on Diagnostic Documentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2024 - Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety Introduction … on Diagnostic Documentation Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Documenting Diagnosis … Diagnosis serves as the cornerstone of patient care, providing a roadmap for treatment, monitoring, and … sources such as cognitive biases, communication failures, and system-level issues. 6-9 Documentation of diagnoses … The 2017 narrative review “The Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnosis” explored how the EHR

178. Female Urinary Incontinence Smart Set (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - Stress Incontinence • What is Pelvic Floor PT • Antimuscarinic medications • Beta 3 agonists Diagnoses

179. The PRIDx framework to engage payers in reducing diagnostic errors in healthcare (pdf file)
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     July 05, 2023 - interviewswith subject matter experts to develop a multi-component ‘Payer Relationships for Improving Diagnoses … health problem, or communicate that explanation to the patient, and include delayed, wrong, or missed diagnoses … We then developed a multi-component framework ‘Payer Relationships for Improving Diagnoses’ (PRIDx) to … level 2 activity (still at the population level), which involves iden- tifying delayed or inaccurate diagnoses … Leadership to improve diagnosis: a call to action.

180. Why Are Leaders Essential to Diagnostic Safety? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action Why Are Leaders Essential to Diagnostic Safety? … Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action … Knowledge of the harms associated with missed, delayed, or inaccurate diagnoses is emerging. … Figure 2 (Safer Diagnosis Framework) illustrates how key leadership and management functions such as … Safer Diagnosis Framework for Measurement and Reduction of Diagnostic Errors 19 (Sociotechnical Work