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401. Tool 3 Continued | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool3a.html
     March 01, 2025 - Once the discharge diagnoses are known, the treatment plan should be compared with any relevant national … about the primary diagnosis and other comorbidities. … the diagnosis with the patient. … Begin teaching the patient about his or her diagnosis. … You can help the patient understand why the diagnosis information is important.

402. Tool 3 Continued | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool3a.html
     March 01, 2025 - Once the discharge diagnoses are known, the treatment plan should be compared with any relevant national … about the primary diagnosis and other comorbidities. … the diagnosis with the patient. … Begin teaching the patient about his or her diagnosis. … You can help the patient understand why the diagnosis information is important.

403. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-older-adults-references.html
     September 01, 2024 - Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2015.  … Acute appendicitis in elderly adults: a difficult diagnosis. … Missed and delayed diagnoses in the ambulatory setting: a study of closed malpractice claims. … Hospital-acquired pneumonia incidence and diagnosis in older patients. … Inappropriate diagnosis of pneumonia among hospitalized adults.

404. The "Sometimes Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Acute Otitis Media in Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/best-practices/aom.html
     September 01, 2022 - The "Sometimes Antibiotics" Diagnoses: Acute Otitis Media in Children After viewing or presenting … Identify criteria for the diagnosis of AOM. … The “Sometimes Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Acute Otitis Media in Children – Slides (PPTX, 2 MB) The “Sometimes … Antibiotics” Diagnoses: Acute Otitis Media in Children – Facilitator Guide (DOCX, 4 MB)   Clinician

405. CHIPRA Report 117, Section 2, Technical Specifications (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-117-section-2-technical-specifications.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Live-born neonates with a birthweight less than 2500 grams (as identified by ICD-9-CM Principal or Other Diagnosis … less than 2500 grams (as identified from either the medical record or by ICD-9-CM Principal or Other Diagnosis … Included Populations:ICD-9-CM Principal or Other Diagnosis Code Low Birthweight diagnosis codes 76400 … Administrative data with revenue, billing and diagnosis codes may be utilized to identify: i. … Record ICD-9 comorbid diagnoses. EXCLUDE those with anencephaly (ICD-9-CM 740xx ). b.

406. Content-Specific Versus Process-Focused Checklists | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxchecklists-3.html
     September 01, 2020 - Process-Focused Checklists Factors That Influence Effectiveness of Checklists Why Checklists for Diagnosis … For example, these may list specific diagnostic steps or suggestions of possible diagnoses that should … Shimizu and colleagues compared medical students’ intuitive process (i.e., list the three most likely diagnoses … ) with one of two checklists: (1) a content-specific checklist that suggested differential diagnosis

407. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2020 - Checklists are considered a promising intervention for the area of diagnosis because they can support … diagnostic decision making by helping them take correct diagnostic steps and ensuring that possible diagnoses … EF Telediagnosis for Acute Care: Implications for the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis … telediagnosis at scale, it is vital to consider quality and safety issues that arise when it is used for the diagnosis

408. AHRQ’s Safety Program for Nursing Homes: On-Time Preventable Hospital and Emergency Department Visits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/prevhosp/ereport-handouts.html
     June 01, 2017 - of stay or hospital admission date Treatment received in the ED, if returning from ED Discharge diagnosis … from hospital (principal diagnosis and secondary diagnoses) Surgical procedures received in the hospital … Assisted Living |___| Home Treatments Received in the ED/HOSP ED Discharge/Hospital Discharge Diagnoses … : Primary & Secondary ( Indicate principal or secondary if more than one hospital discharge diagnosis

409. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety: July Meeting Summary (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-jul2023.pdf
     November 03, 2023 - cross-agency working group that will propose a strategy to enhance scientific research to improve diagnosis … Portals for the Release of Tests Results and discuss next steps, (2) provide agency updates related to diagnosis … • Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) Conference o We will present at a plenary session … The goal will be to reduce missed and delayed diagnoses for severe hypercholesterolemia and increase … Even as experienced emergency physicians, we cannot determine a patient’s final diagnosis (or whether

410. A Path to Rural Diagnostic Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-rural-healthcare1.html
     October 01, 2024 - Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action A Path to Rural Diagnostic Excellence Improving Diagnosis in the … Context of Rurality Three Areas To Immediately Advance Diagnosis In Rural Healthcare A Call To Action … faces distinct healthcare challenges that critically impact the accuracy and timeliness of medical diagnoses

411. Past Research on Patient Perceptions of Safety and Diagnostic Mishaps | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patients-source-understanding-dx-error-vol1-3.html
     June 01, 2023 - If someone had sat and talked with me, or even said they were sorry for the delay in diagnosis, I would … They did not acknowledge that I had really been sick due to their error in diagnosis and never had to … Each having a different diagnosis and she ended up being treated for every ailment under the sun. … experience problems that undermine their confidence in the diagnostic process, communications about diagnoses … , or meaningful understanding of the diagnosis, without perceiving any of these as representing “errors

412. Final Progress Report: Utility of Predictive Systems in Diagnostic Errors (UPSIDE) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/auerbach-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - safety, less attention has been paid to how clinicians gather, interpret, and convey information about diagnoses … Vizient was used to categorize comorbidities based on the Elixhauser method and to define inpatient diagnoses … , failure to recognize complications, or suboptimal prioritizing of potential diagnoses), access and … support on pre-test and post-test probabilities, providing guidance on test selection for common diagnoses … , and training physicians and patients in how to make better and faster diagnoses is only now coming

413. A Call To Action: Diagnostic Excellence In Rural Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-rural-healthcare4.html
     October 01, 2024 - Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action A Path to Rural Diagnostic Excellence Improving Diagnosis in the … Context of Rurality Three Areas To Immediately Advance Diagnosis In Rural Healthcare A Call To Action … patient safety improvement toolkits and resources from organizations such as AHRQ (e.g., TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis … This patient enabling enhances the accuracy and timeliness of diagnoses, contributing to better diagnostic … screenings for early detection of health conditions, and ultimately lead to more accurate and timely diagnoses

414. Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dx-safety-rural-healthcare.pdf
     July 01, 2024 - Three Areas To Immediately Advance Diagnosis In Rural Healthcare 1. … patient care, minimizing redundancies, and ensuring accurate and timely diagnoses. … Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action. … Diagnosis. 2019;6(3):227-240. doi: 10.1515/dx-2019-0019. 23. … TeamSTEPPS® Team Assessment Tool for Improving Diagnosis.

415. Developing a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Serious Injury Surveillance System that Includes Adverse Event Hospitalizations (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Campbell.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - variables extracted included demographic information on the patient; all ICD-9-CM coded clinical diagnoses … Clinical Classification Software was used in the feasibility study to group the primary discharge diagnoses … , up to nine additional secondary diagnoses, information concerning the length of stay, and the Diagnosis-Related … mutually exclusive diagnosis categories. … or all listed diagnoses.25 Future research studies will incorporate the secondary diagnoses to ensure

416. Final Progress Report: Prescription Opioid Use Trajectories and Risk Factors Associated with Opioid-Related Hospitalizations in Older Adults (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/wei-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - clinical encounter data --- Medicare Part D and Medicare Parts A and B --- with detail on procedures and diagnoses … Clinical conditions defined using ICD-9 or ICD-10 diagnosis codes included select comorbid conditions … for race/ethnicity, low-income subsidy status, region, tobacco or alcohol use disorder, chronic pain diagnoses … (musculoskeletal, neuropathic, and idiopathic pain), clinical diagnoses (mental health disorders, diabetes … Validity and underrecording of diagnosis of COPD in the Danish National Patient Registry.

417. The History of Patient Roles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-patient-role2.html
     September 01, 2024 - that experienced patients agree that the heart of diagnostic excellence requires co-production of a diagnosis … When we think of diagnosis as a journey that starts when the patient experiences a health problem, it … It moves away from well-meaning “expert” clinicians assigning a diagnosis or determining a treatment … Diagnosis is a team sport and without everyone working together in partnership, it will not succeed. … The LymeDisease.org patient research project MyLymeData is the biggest study of Lyme disease diagnosis

418. Sickle Cell Disease Measure 16: Appropriate Emergency Department Pain Assessment for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0217-scd-pain-specifications.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Ages: Younger than eighteen years of age during measurement year Event/Diagnosis: Diagnosed with sickle … Medical records for cases with ICD-9 code 282.49 should not be reviewed unless a diagnosis of Hb beta … • Children with diagnosis in the sampled medical record indicating one of the sickle cell disease … variants listed in Table 16-D should not be included the eligible population unless there is also a diagnosis … documentation of a follow-up plan, patient not eligible Table 16-D: Excluded Sickle Cell Disease Diagnosis

419. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/dx-safety-workgroup-meeting-notes-mar2023.pdf
     July 14, 2023 - cross agency working group that will propose a strategy to enhance scientific research to improve diagnosis … Department of Veterans Affairs The aims of this meeting were to (1) provide agency updates related to diagnosis … laboratory outreach initiative that is engaging clinicians and patients to reduce missed and delayed diagnoses … Even experienced emergency physicians cannot determine a patient’s final diagnosis (or whether they … This is an ongoing education site for clinicians regarding diagnosis and treatment of serious mental

420. The Contribution of Diagnostic Error to Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/maternal-mortality-2.html
     September 01, 2021 - morbidity and mortality. 13 These include delays in assessing clinical warning signs, providing accurate diagnoses … framework adapts the structure-process-outcome framework 16 to describe the foundations of safe and timely diagnosis … Safe diagnosis (as opposed to missed, delayed, or wrong) is an intermediate outcome compared with more … after a patient has accessed care in the hospital system for childbirth are related to: Inadequate diagnosis