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January 13, 2016 - Missed opportunities for diagnosis: lessons learned from
diagnostic errors in primary care. … Missed opportunities for diagnosis: lessons learned from
diagnostic errors in primary care. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-opportunities-diagnosis-lessons-learned-diagnostic-errors-primary-care … This work suggests the need for ongoing
education about diagnosis for practicing clinicians. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-opportunities-diagnosis-lessons-learned-diagnostic-errors-primary-care
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January 24, 2019 - Tracking progress in improving diagnosis: a framework
for defining undesirable diagnostic events. … Tracking Progress in Improving Diagnosis: A Framework for Defining
Undesirable Diagnostic Events. … be constructed for relatively common conditions that are often misdiagnosed and for which delayed
diagnosis … could lead to harm, such as delayed cancer diagnosis. … The authors propose designing and
testing diagnosis measures based on this framework.
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March 27, 2024 - This can also lead to diagnostic momentum, in which incorrect diagnoses are
passed on to subsequent … , based on initial information, to the
exclusion of other more likely diagnoses, as occurred in the … In health care, we are frequently taught that “common diagnoses are most common.” … be a more effective strategy.32,33 This strategy typically
employs a supportive mentor to challenge diagnoses … Cognitive forcing strategies, which implement conscious consideration of alternative diagnoses, may also
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February 23, 2018 - Improving diagnosis in health care—the next imperative
for patient safety. … Improving Diagnosis in Health Care--The Next Imperative for Patient Safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-health-care-next-imperative-patient-safety
Diagnostic … The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) report, Improving Diagnosis in
Health Care, estimated that most … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-health-care-next-imperative-patient-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44573/psn-pdf
October 21, 2015 - Getting the diagnosis wrong.
October 21, 2015
Ofri D. New York Times. October 8, 2015. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/getting-diagnosis-wrong
This news article offers insights from a physician … about the complexities around establishing a diagnosis in
frontline practice and the recent IOM report … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/getting-diagnosis-wrong
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/diagnostic-errors … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-health-care
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December 04, 2013 - Improving Diagnosis: Teenage Cancer Trust Report on
Improving the Diagnostic Experience of Young People …
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-teenage-cancer-trust-report-improving-diagnostic … -
experience-young-people
This report spotlights challenges to early diagnosis of cancer in pediatrics … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-diagnosis-teenage-cancer-trust-report-improving-diagnostic-experience-young-people … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-diagnosis-pediatric-practice-multisite-survey
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46441/psn-pdf
December 06, 2017 - Reducing delay in diagnosis: multistage recommendation
tracking. … Reducing Delay in Diagnosis: Multistage Recommendation Tracking. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-delay-diagnosis-multistage-recommendation-tracking
Radiology plays … an important role in diagnosis, and inadequate systems for tracking completion of
necessary follow-up … studies can lead to delayed diagnosis.
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February 24, 2011 - Do physicians know when their diagnoses are correct? … Do physicians know when their diagnoses are correct? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-physicians-know-when-their-diagnoses-are-correct-implications-decision … senior residents, and faculty to explore the relationship
between physicians' confidence in making a diagnosis … and whether the diagnosis was correct.
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October 10, 2018 - Ten principles for more conservative, care-full diagnosis. … Ten Principles for More Conservative, Care-Full Diagnosis. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ten-principles-more-conservative-care-full-diagnosis
Safe diagnosis is … multidisciplinary panel to build a 10-element framework outlining
steps that support conservative diagnosis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ten-principles-more-conservative-care-full-diagnosis
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35976/psn-pdf
August 10, 2010 - Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma … Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-
associated pneumonia (VAP) in the … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guidelines-prevention-diagnosis-and-treatment-ventilator-associated-
pneumonia-vap-trauma … investigators used existing data and guidelines to develop this standard operating procedure for the
diagnosis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guidelines-prevention-diagnosis-and-treatment-ventilator-associated-pneumonia-vap-trauma
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39712/psn-pdf
July 02, 2014 - Swapping horses midstream: factors related to
physicians' changing their minds about a diagnosis. … Swapping horses midstream: factors related to physicians' changing
their minds about a diagnosis. … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/swapping-horses-midstream-factors-related-physicians-changing-their-minds-
about-diagnosis … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/swapping-horses-midstream-factors-related-physicians-changing-their-minds-about-diagnosis … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/swapping-horses-midstream-factors-related-physicians-changing-their-minds-about-diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46882/psn-pdf
May 23, 2018 - How health care changes when algorithms start making
diagnoses. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-health-care-changes-when-algorithms-start-making-diagnoses
Use of artificial … intelligence and computer algorithms as tools to improve diagnosis have both risks and
benefits. … This magazine article reports on how computer-assisted diagnosis can support accuracy and
enable physicians … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-health-care-changes-when-algorithms-start-making-diagnoses
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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October 23, 2012 - Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing
to missed and delayed diagnoses of breast and … Cognitive errors and logistical breakdowns contributing to missed
and delayed diagnoses of breast and … This study analyzed 56 missed or delayed cancer diagnoses and found that virtually all cases involved … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-cancer-diagnosis-current-understanding-and-future-directions
https … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-can-we-make-diagnosis-safer
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missing-clinical-information-during-primary-care-visits
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April 29, 2020 - How could this happen, especially in regard to a life-threatening diagnosis? … In this era of sub-specialization of medicine and surgery, diagnoses tend to be assigned to the care … begin, a health system can create guidelines for emergency department consultations, built around
diagnoses … physician (i.e., a
senior resident or attending) see all or certain consults may help ensure that critical diagnoses … In addition, establishing ‘time to treatment’ quality metrics for critical diagnoses like
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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September 20, 2023 - strategies such as behavioral design, internet use, and prehospital practice play a role in the timing of
diagnosis … understanding-and-addressing-pre-hospital-diagnostic-delays
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/issue/crowdsourcing-diagnosis-patients-undiagnosed-illnesses-evaluation-crowdmed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866168/psn-pdf
January 02, 2000 - Missed diagnoses of acute cardiac ischemia in the
emergency department. … Missed diagnoses of acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency
department. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-diagnoses-acute-cardiac-ischemia-emergency-department
Missed or … delayed diagnosis of cardiovascular disease can lead to adverse patient outcomes. … /issue/missed-diagnosis-new-onset-systolic-heart-failure-first-presentation-children-no-known-heart
https
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March 04, 2015 - To assess the accuracy of both radiologic and pathologic diagnoses, this study directly compared
diagnoses … Interestingly,
the authors found cases where autopsies missed diagnoses that had been previously noted … on imaging
tests, as well as cases where the premortem radiologic diagnosis proved to be incorrect … The
authors advocate for routinely comparing pathologic and radiologic diagnoses as a mutual quality … An autopsy diagnosis that was missed on an initial radiograph is discussed in this
AHRQ WebM&M commentary
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April 08, 2011 - Medical diagnoses commonly associated with pediatric
malpractice lawsuits in the United States. … Medical diagnoses commonly associated with pediatric
malpractice lawsuits in the United States. … Cognitive error on the part of
physicians may contribute to misdiagnosis for these diagnoses. … A delayed diagnosis of meningitis is discussed in an AHRQ WebM&M
commentary. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/importance-cognitive-errors-diagnosis-and-strategies-minimize-them
https
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March 30, 2011 - inaccuracies-assignment-clinical-stage-localized-prostate-cancer
For many types of cancer, the extent of disease at diagnosis … Diagnostic errors have also been documented in the pathologic
diagnosis of cancer. … diagnostic-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-impact-and-frequency-anatomic-pathology-errors-cancer-diagnoses … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-impact-and-frequency-anatomic-pathology-errors-cancer-diagnoses
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49774/psn-pdf
November 01, 2016 - Identify obstetric hemorrhage when it is concealed or obscured by other obstetric diagnoses such as … Concealed hemorrhage in the context of additional
pregnancy diagnoses that mask some of the key signs … Examples
of confounding diagnoses include preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy … contemplate a full set of differential diagnoses) and not focus on a specific diagnosis. … Postpartum hemorrhage—update on problems of definitions and diagnosis.