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101. SOPS® Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Item Set for the SOPS Medical Office Survey (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/Final-DX-Safety-items-2022-1215-ENGLISH-508.pdf
     January 01, 2022 - medical offices assess the extent to which their organizations support the diagnostic process, accurate diagnoses … , and communication around diagnoses. … the diagnosis over time, as needed. 3 SECTION C: Provider and Staff Communication Around Diagnosis … Providers document differential diagnoses when they have not ruled out other diagnoses ............ … When a missed, wrong, or delayed diagnosis happens in this office, we are informed about it ...

102. Terminology and Language Used by Patients and Caregivers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology8.html
     April 01, 2025 - Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis Terminology and Language … Page Table of Contents Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis … Introduction Perspectives on Diagnostic Improvement Definitions of Diagnosis Types of Evidence … in Using Different Paradigms and Terms for Improvement Efforts Foundational Terminology for Diagnosis … delays. 45 Their lived experiences add essential depth and complexity to our understanding of their diagnoses

103. Diagnostic Safety Issue Brief 21 Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/dx-safety-21-diagnostic-stewardship.pdf
     August 01, 2024 - supported by bringing the clinical laboratory into a broader strategy to advance accurate and timely diagnoses … percent used it frequently.21 Ensuring that clinicians are optimally equipped to use tests to inform diagnoses … or necessary next steps in the workup), and use of test results to inform diagnoses. … Finally, improving specimen collection practices can further reduce false positive diagnoses and is an … Missed and delayed diagnoses in the ambulatory setting: a study of closed malpractice claims.

104. Evaluation of Diagnostic Stewardship Implementation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship7.html
     August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis Evaluation of Diagnostic … Page Table of Contents Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis … However, what also needs to be determined is if diagnostic stewardship activities are leading to improved diagnosis … An example of a safety-related outcome is a change in diagnosis after review/intervention by a diagnostic … using a structured record review process to identify missed opportunities to make a correct or timely diagnosis

105. Morning Plenary: Improving Diagnosis in Health Care – From Concept to Action (video) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - Morning Plenary: Improving Diagnosis in Health Care – From Concept to Action (video) YouTube … Lhk7D4JQzHU This video series includes the general sessions from the 2016 AHRQ Research Summit on Improving Diagnosis

106. Afternoon Plenary: Improving Diagnosis in Health Care - From Concept to Action (video) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2017 - Afternoon Plenary: Improving Diagnosis in Health Care - From Concept to Action (video) YouTube … video series includes the general and breakout sessions from the 2016 AHRQ Research Summit on Improving Diagnosis

107. Calibrate Dx: A Resource to Improve Diagnostic Decisions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/calibrate-dx-guide.pdf
     October 01, 2022 - TYPE OF SCENARIO Diagnosis-specific situations WHY CONSIDER IT Certain diagnoses are known to … Review of Pulmonary Emboli Diagnoses • Appendix F. … Review of Pulmonary Emboli Diagnoses 29 Appendix E, cont’d Review of Pulmonary Emboli Diagnoses … Review of Colorectal Cancer Diagnoses 32 Appendix F, cont’d Review of Colorectal Cancer Diagnoses … Rview of Pulmonary Emboli Diagnoses Appendix F. Review of Colorectal Cancer Diagnoses Appendix G.

108. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2025 - The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a report titled Improving Diagnosis … In Improving Diagnosis , NASEM outlined eight goals to reduce diagnostic error and improve diagnosis … convene a cross-agency work group to address the lack of dedicated research into improving medical diagnosis

109. Sampling, Weighting, and Synthetization Methodologies (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-Sampling-Weighting-Synthetization-Methodologies.pdf
     December 01, 2023 - Inpatient and Outpatient Files Diagnoses The Inpatient and Outpatient files contain diagnosis codes … ICD-10-CM diagnoses observed in the source files were in 1,925 diagnosis categories. … Preprocessing To synthesize diagnoses, services files were first prepared by removing diagnosis codes … Finally, a synthetic diagnosis was drawn from the set of diagnoses in that category with probabilities … produces a different set of synthetic diagnoses.

110. Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/diverticulitis-biliary-infections-facilitator-guide.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis and Biliary Tract Infections … No. 17(20)-0028-EF November 2019 Best Practices in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diverticulitis … What duration of antibiotic therapy is needed for my patient's diagnosis? … In other words, antibiotics did not prevent these infections, but delayed their diagnosis. … SAY: In many cases of acute cholangitis, a microbiologic diagnosis can be made.

111. Reinforcing the Value and Roles of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety - Issue Brief (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/nurse-role-dxsafety.pdf
     September 02, 2022 - monitoring and surveillance of patients’ conditions that may help clinicians confirm their working diagnoses … or consider alternative diagnoses. … The regulatory implications of engaging registered nurses in diagnoses. … • What findings lead to the team’s potential diagnoses? I-2. … ’t-miss diagnoses

112. Accurate ADHD Diagnosis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/accurate-adhd-diagnosis.html
     August 01, 2021 - Accurate ADHD Diagnosis Measure Domain:  Management of Chronic Conditions Measure Sub-Domain

113. Module 3: Communication
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     January 13, 2022 - findings, to consider additional tests and procedures that may be appropriate, and to review potential diagnoses … , and to delineate possible alternative diagnoses. … allows the referring provider to ask for input on reasoning, what may have been missed, or what working diagnoses … including setting expectations, explaining the diagnostic process, discussing relevant differential diagnoses … or alternative diagnoses, and providing reassurance.

114. Introduction on Diagnostic Documentation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-ehr-impact2.html
     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

115. Types of Evidence Used To Assess Diagnosis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-terminology4.html
     April 01, 2025 - Exploration of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis Types of Evidence Used … To Assess Diagnosis Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Exploration of Foundational … Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis Introduction Perspectives on Diagnostic Improvement … Definitions of Diagnosis Types of Evidence Used To Assess Diagnosis Conceptual Paradigms of Diagnostic … Judgments about adequacy of diagnosis are only further complicated by the inherent variability in disease

116. Final Progress Report: Reducing Diagnostic Error to Improve Patient Safety in COPD and Asthma (REDEFINE Study) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/joo-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - prevalent in asthma and COPD, a component of these poor outcomes may be attributable to missed or delayed diagnoses … performed in the past 3 years, 4) were a past or current smoker, and 5) had at least one of the following diagnoses … If the spirometry findings did not support the initial diagnosis, then a possible new final diagnosis … At baseline, the patient participants reported having the following respiratory diagnoses: 42 (10.4% … possible that the results of the spirometry testing resulted in providers looking for alternative diagnoses

117. 3.a-1 Sample Programming Criteria for Initial Electronic Record Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - years Complete mailing address (first and last name, street address, city, State, ZIP Code) No diagnosis … of CRC or polyps or inflammatory bowel disease (refer to Table 1, ICD-9 Codes for Excluded Diagnoses … ) No family history of CRC diagnosis before age 60 No recent CRC tests (refer to Table 2, Excluded … ICD-9 Codes for Excluded Diagnoses Diagnosis ICD-9 Codes Malignant neoplasms 153.0-

118. New AHRQ SOPS® Diagnostic Safety Supplemental Items for Medical Offices - Yount (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/04-new_sops_diagnostic_safety-yount.pdf
     October 20, 2021 - Assess the extent to which the organizational culture supports the diagnostic process and accurate diagnoses … to share their concerns ,about a patient's health condition. 74 Providers document differential diagnoses … when they have not ruled out other diagnoses. 57 When a provider thinks another provider in this … staff to share their concerns .about a patient's health condition. 74 Providers document differential diagnoses … when they have not ruled out other diagnoses.

119. 3. Results | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-current-state3.html
     January 01, 2024 - measure quality and safety of the diagnostic process focused on three practices: considering “don’t miss” diagnoses … help mitigate the risks of cognitive biases. 90 Additional strategies include considering alternative diagnoses … whether individuals may be at risk for specific diseases, 184 and providing accurate differential diagnoses … Abnormal test results frequently are not communicated to the patient, leading to missed and delayed diagnoses … consultation on test selection and interpretation to improve the timeliness and accuracy of challenging diagnoses

120. What Can Leaders Achieve by Prioritizing Diagnostic Safety? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/leadership-4.html
     June 01, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action What Can Leaders Achieve by Prioritizing Diagnostic … Good patient outcomes hinge on having an accurate and timely diagnosis. … Business case: Improving diagnosis can reduce costs. … specifically, data from autopsies indicate that approximately 10 percent of patients had missed or incorrect diagnoses … . 2 Getting accurate diagnoses in a timely fashion is a crucial component of healthcare.