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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2017 - identification of stones has an extremely high negative predictive value for cholecystitis.(2) The other diagnoses … reduce the risk of error.(12) Ensuring that providers develop deliberate and thorough differential diagnoses … to reduce diagnostic error could include methods to encourage deliberate reasoning and differential diagnoses … Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. … Assist in weighing diagnoses Support intelligent selection of diagnostic testing Enhance access to
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    July 01, 2004 - As with most diagnoses in medicine, there is a bell-shaped curve of presentations, https://psnet.ahrq.gov … Therefore, one should be very cautious of making these diagnoses in patients presenting with their first … is found in roughly two thirds of patients with SAH and will occasionally suggest the alternative diagnoses … Avoiding pitfalls in the diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage. … Incorrect Diagnoses Assigned to Patients with SAH No diagnosis made, or headache of unknown etiology
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    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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    August 01, 2006 - Physical Diagnosis: A Lost Art? PSNet [internet]. 2006. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/physical-diagnosis-lost-art Although few studies examine physical diagnosis … Furthermore, the medical students in this study were unaware of the patients' clinical diagnoses, whereas … correctly.(6) The reassurance offered to those in training by watching their faculty member correctly make diagnoses … Proficiency in physical examination skills may lead to fewer missed diagnoses, improved physician- patient
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    October 07, 2020 - The accuracy of preliminary diagnoses made by paramedics - a cross-sectional comparative study. … The accuracy of preliminary diagnoses made by paramedics – a cross-sectional comparative study. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/accuracy-preliminary-diagnoses-made-paramedics-cross-sectional- comparative-study … This cross-sectional study evaluated the accuracy of preliminary diagnoses made by paramedics for … Agreement between the preliminary diagnosis and the hospital diagnosis was 70% and varied depending
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    April 01, 2015 - The diagnosis and management of aortic dissection. … Chest radiography for the diagnosis of acute aortic syndrome. … Acute aortic dissection in the ED: risk factors and predictors for missed diagnosis. … Instead missed diagnoses were significantly higher in the absence of pulse deficit and the absence … Acute aortic dissection in the ED: risk factors and predictors for missed diagnosis.
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    May 27, 2020 - Dramatic drop in cancer diagnoses amid COVID pandemic is cause for concern, doctors say. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dramatic-drop-cancer-diagnoses-amid-covid-pandemic-cause-concern- doctors-say … This article discusses how reductions in cancer diagnosis may represent a worrying trend that has the … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dramatic-drop-cancer-diagnoses-amid-covid-pandemic-cause-concern-doctors-say … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/untold-toll-pandemics-effects-patients-without-covid-19 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-diagnosis-cancer-primary-care-insights-malpractice-claims-data
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    December 21, 2022 - Pursuit of "endpoint diagnoses" as a cognitive forcing strategy to avoid premature diagnostic closure … Pursuit of “endpoint diagnoses” as a cognitive forcing strategy to avoid premature diagnostic closure … Diagnosis (Berl). 2022;9(4):421-429. doi:10.1515/dx-2022-0013. … This commentary proposes a cognitive forcing strategy of “endpoint diagnosis,” or continuing to ask … The authors describe four common contexts when endpoint diagnoses are not pursued or reached.
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    December 19, 2018 - Diagnosis (Berl). 2018;5(4):215-222. doi:10.1515/dx-2018-0083. … patient-groups-clinicians-and-healthcare-professionals-agree-all-test-results- need-be-seen Inadequate test result follow-up places patients at risk of delayed diagnosis … patient-safety-concerns-arising-test-results-return-after-hospital-discharge https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-ambulatory-setting-study-closed-malpractice-claims … failure-follow-test-results-ambulatory-patients-systematic-review https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/delayed-diagnosis-endocrinologic-emergencies
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    May 13, 2015 - Patient–doctor continuity and diagnosis of cancer: electronic medical records study in general practice … Patient-doctor continuity and diagnosis of cancer: electronic medical records study in general practice … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-doctor-continuity-and-diagnosis-cancer-electronic-medical-records … patient–doctor continuity for up to 2 years before diagnosis. … that future studies should focus on the process of care between referral and diagnosis.
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    April 08, 2018 - Missed diagnosis of stroke in the emergency department: a cross-sectional analysis of a large population-based … Missed diagnosis of stroke in the emergency department: a cross-sectional analysis of a large population-based … Diagnosis (Berl). 2014;1(2):155-166. doi:10.1515/dx-2013-0038. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-diagnosis-stroke-emergency-department-cross-sectional-analysis- … Nearly 13% of patients had a potential missed diagnosis, and more than 1% had a probable missed diagnosis
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    March 04, 2020 - Chronic pain diagnoses and opioid dispensings among insured individuals with serious mental illness. … Chronic pain diagnoses and opioid dispensings among insured individuals with serious mental illness. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/chronic-pain-diagnoses-and-opioid-dispensings-among-insured-individuals- … individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder (MDD) and found that having a diagnosis … disorder or MDD was associated with increased odds of receiving chronic opioid mediations, whereas a diagnosis
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    November 18, 2016 - The multidisciplinary approach to GI cancer results in change of diagnosis and management of patients … Multidisciplinary care impacts diagnosis and management of patients. … The Multidisciplinary Approach to GI Cancer Results in Change of Diagnosis and Management of Patients … Multidisciplinary Care Impacts Diagnosis and Management of Patients. … recent Improving Diagnosis report.
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    May 01, 2017 - Severe pain unrelieved with intravenous morphine Worsening tachycardia Elevated creatinine Other diagnoses … Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. … protocols may reduce the risk of error Ensuring providers consistently develop thorough differential diagnoses … Facilitate cognition by enhanced organization and display of information Aid generation of different diagnoses … to reduce diagnostic error could include methods to encourage deliberate reasoning and differential diagnoses
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    August 14, 2019 - Ambulatory safety nets to reduce missed and delayed diagnoses of cancer. … Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ambulatory-safety-nets-reduce-missed-and-delayed-diagnoses-cancer Health … //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-opportunities-initiate-endoscopic-evaluation-colorectal-cancer-diagnosis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characteristics-and-predictors-missed-opportunities-lung-cancer-diagnosis-electronic-health
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    July 03, 2014 - Prominent among these is availability bias, when clinicians choose the most available diagnosis—the … series of diagnosed cases, then given cases with similar symptoms and asked to record their provisional diagnoses … AHRQ WebM&M commentary discusses reflective practice and other methods of avoiding cognitive error in diagnosis … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/diagnostic-errors https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/importance-cognitive-errors-diagnosis-and-strategies-minimize-them
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    February 25, 2019 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) The opioid crisis: can improving diagnosis … February 25, 2019 Missed and delayed diagnoses of non-COVID conditions--collateral harm … August 5, 2020 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.
  18. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-diagnostic-testing-leads-harm-new-outcomes-based-approach-laboratory-medicine
    September 12, 2018 - Patient-initiated second opinions: systematic review of characteristics and impact on diagnosis … Patient Safety Innovations Ambulatory Safety Nets to Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses … Quality April 26, 2023 WebM&M Cases Delayed Diagnosis … October 9, 2013 Root cause analysis reports help identify common factors in delayed diagnosis … September 12, 2012 Quality in cancer diagnosis.
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    September 01, 2015 - Review the diagnosis of appendicitis in pregnancy. … review atypical signs and symptoms in the pregnant patient and prompt clinicians to consider other diagnoses … vomiting, with abdominal tenderness on physical examination should have prompted an exploration of diagnoses … The error (delay in diagnosis) led to a catastrophic adverse event—the loss of the fetus. … Diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pregnant women: value of sonography.
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    September 12, 2018 - Improving diagnosis by improving education: a policy brief on education in healthcare professions. … Improving diagnosis by improving education: a policy brief on education in healthcare professions. … Diagnosis (Berl). 2018;5(3):107-118. doi:10.1515/dx-2018-0033. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-improving-education-policy-brief-education-healthcare … This commentary describes an educational strategy for improving diagnosis.

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