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9921. Emergency Nurses Association content and transcript (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2015 - representing a wide range of ages and developmental stages • And patients presenting with an unclear diagnosis … • Results and diagnosis: How was a diagnosis determined based on those results? … Recommended data include patient identifier, admitting diagnosis, location, date and time of catheter

9922. Emergency Nurses Association content and transcript (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/ena-slides.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - representing a wide range of ages and developmental stages • And patients presenting with an unclear diagnosis … • Results and diagnosis: How was a diagnosis determined based on those results? … Recommended data include patient identifier, admitting diagnosis, location, date and time of catheter

9923. Evidence Summary: Sexually Transmitted Infections: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      August 18, 2020 - Main Outcomes and Measures: Differences in STI diagnoses, self-reported condom use, and self-reported … Nineteen trials (n = 52,072) reported STI diagnoses as outcomes (3 to 17 months’ follow-up); intervention … few studies reported incidence of a specific STI, while others considered intervention effects on the diagnosis … consistent; studies with higher levels of reported behavioral changes found greater reductions in STI diagnoses … Sexual abstinence and other behaviours immediately following a new STI diagnosis among STI clinic patients

9924. No News May Not Be Good News | PSNet
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      December 07, 2009 - .( 1,2 ) In fact, the fastest growing area of malpractice litigation involves failures or delays in diagnosis … Missed and delayed diagnoses in the ambulatory setting: a study of closed malpractice claims. … Missed hypothyroidism diagnosis uncovered by linking laboratory and pharmacy data.

9925. Project BOOST Increases Patient Understanding of Treatment and Follow-up Care | PSNet
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      February 26, 2025 - of the program found that it significantly increased patients' understanding and knowledge of their diagnoses … Many patients lack understanding of their hospitalization diagnosis and treatment plans, 9 resulting … factors for readmission (8Ps) include (1) problems with medications, (2) psychological, (3) principal diagnosis

9926. Health Information Technology and Mental Health: The Way Forward (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2015 - Section Three: Furthering the Reliable and Valid Measurement of Mental Health Screening, Diagnoses, … How can health IT help advance and/or improve the diagnosis of mental illness? 2. … • Diagnosis, behavior patterns, and cognitive biases. … Whitehouse said that through neuropsychology, diagnosis can move beyond asking people how they feel … Measurement of Mental Health Screening, Diagnoses,. Treatment, and Outcomes Through Health IT.

9927. Executive Summary_Systematic Review: Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Era (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2023 - as the use of telecommunications and information technology to provide access to health assessment, diagnosis … developing rapport and communicating with their care team, potentially resulting in delayed or missed diagnoses … those who are more difficult to reach and engage via telehealth, and may result in missed or delayed diagnoses

9928. Protocol: Imaging for Pretreatment Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer (pdf file)
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      December 08, 2014 - The majority of patients diagnosed with SCLC are current or former smokers.4 Diagnosis In evaluating … However, SCLC remains a pathological diagnosis requiring tissue obtained via biopsy. … SCLC from NSCLC, other types of lung cancer, or other non-cancerous conditions (i.e., differential diagnosis … Timely diagnosis and staging is also important to maximize Source: www.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov … Treatment of small cell lung cancer: diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American college

9929. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      June 01, 2012 - A later link in the causal chain would include considering how diagnosis by cardiac MRI versus angiography … Tests that are used both for screening and diagnosis also pose challenges. … Precision of estimates not provided Tests may be used as part of management strategy in which exact diagnosis … Clinical outcomes from the test results may mean earlier diagnosis or intervention, change in the sequence … Challenges are the variable amount of resources available to providers for diagnosis and treatment, variable

9930. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2015 - Local signs are rarely documented, which makes the clinical diagnosis of CAUTI mainly a diagnosis by … Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection … Clinician practice and the national healthcare safety network definition for the diagnosis of catheter-associated … Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter‐associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 … Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria

9931. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2015 - Local signs are rarely documented, which makes the clinical diagnosis of CAUTI mainly a diagnosis by … Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection … Clinician practice and the national healthcare safety network definition for the diagnosis of catheter-associated … Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter‐associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 … Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria

9932. Resident Physicians as Champions in Preventing Device-Associated Infections (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/cauti-tools/guides/resphys-champions.pdf
      September 01, 2015 - Local signs are rarely documented, which makes the clinical diagnosis of CAUTI mainly a diagnosis by … Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of intravascular catheter-related infection … Clinician practice and the national healthcare safety network definition for the diagnosis of catheter-associated … Diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of catheter‐associated urinary tract infection in adults: 2009 … Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria

9933. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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      June 01, 2012 - A later link in the causal chain would include considering how diagnosis by cardiac MRI versus angiography … Tests that are used both for screening and diagnosis also pose challenges. … Precision of estimates not provided Tests may be used as part of management strategy in which exact diagnosis … Clinical outcomes from the test results may mean earlier diagnosis or intervention, change in the sequence … Challenges are the variable amount of resources available to providers for diagnosis and treatment, variable

9934. MEPS 2021 Help Text
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      January 01, 2022 - In this case, a clear diagnosis was never established and you should record the symptoms (in this case … DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT – Diagnosis is an examination or test to detect the presence of a disease or … For example, if a woman has a baseline mammogram, this is considered ‘diagnosis’ even if no condition … OPTOMETRIST – A medical person who examines the eyes and vision system for visual defects, diagnoses … DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT FOR A HEALTH PROBLEM – Diagnosis is an examination or test to detect the presence

9935. MEPS 2023 Help Text
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      January 01, 2023 - In this case, a clear diagnosis was never established and you should record the symptoms (in this case … DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT -- Diagnosis is an examination or test to detect the presence of a disease … An example of a visit for ‘diagnosis and treatment’ is a person who had a fever and a sore throat: … OPTOMETRIST -- A medical person who examines the eyes and vision system for visual defects, diagnoses … DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT FOR A HEALTH PROBLEM -- Diagnosis is an examination or test to detect the presence

9936. Glaucoma-Screening Surveillance (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2013 - for glaucoma screening, whereas the remainder considered only the sensitivity and specificity for diagnosis … various subpopulations, including only healthy individuals and individuals with confirmed glaucoma diagnoses … Based on three glaucoma diagnosis 15 Conclusions From CER Executive Summary RAND Literature … Comparison of Glaucoma Diagnoses Using Stratus and Cirrus Optical Coherence Tomography in Different … Based on three glaucoma diagnosis definitions (glaucomatous optic nerve appearance, glaucomatous visual

9937. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol - Management of Infantile Epilepsies (pdf file)
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      October 25, 2022 - reviewer suggestions (e.g., changing the title to infantile epilepsies to acknowledge the varying diagnoses … We also added more explanatory text based on reviewer input regarding (1) the roles of etiology, diagnosis … There is so much variability on medications for each recognized disorder, and a proper diagnosis can … An early diagnosis can appropriately guide treatment in a more systematic way. … Syndrome Foundation General Perhaps it is too late to add anything in about early testing and diagnosis

9938. A National Web Conference on the Use of Clinical Decision Support to Improve Medication Management (pdf file)
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      January 28, 2014 - Measurement of Screening, Diagnoses, Treatment, and Outcomes Through Health IT Madhukar H. … • OM is the third most common reason for a pediatric office visit and is the principal diagnosis … component displayed guidelines-based recommendations for treatment including indicated antibiotics, diagnosis … to Improve Medication Management Moderator and Presenters�Disclosures Measurement of Screening, Diagnoses

9939. Statistical Brief #10
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      July 10, 2006 - Diagnoses Admission rates are based on principal diagnosis for all measures except diabetes-related … three PQIs, counts are included in the numerators if the condition of interest is indicated in any diagnosis … Diagnoses are identified using codes of the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision,

9940. Patient Safety in Office-Based Care Settings | PSNet
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      January 31, 2024 - Diagnostic testing errors and delayed or missed diagnoses also lead to patient safety events in office-based … A delayed or missed diagnosis is more complicated, but it is prevalent in office-based settings. … presentation is often poorly defined with non-specific presentations in the office-based setting, and diagnosis … may require a longer process than diagnosis in the acute care setting. … care and developing tools to improve recognition of cognitive biases that may erroneously dismiss rare diagnoses