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January 01, 2024 - Current State of Diagnostic Safety: Implications for Research, Practice, and Policy
Appendix B. … Diagnostic error researcher in pediatrics
Kelly Smith, Ph.D. … Diagnostic error educator
Andrew Auerbach, M.D. … Two decades of diagnostic error experience
Mark Graber, M.D. … Two decades of diagnostic error experience
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June 01, 2023 - Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call … to Action
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Diagnostic Safety … Moreover, transitions of care are high-risk times that often involve medical complexity and diagnostic … To improve diagnostic safety at transitions of care, this issue brief examines the existing evidence … base on how to improve diagnostic safety at intrahospital care transitions, from using data analysis
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September 01, 2020 - Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
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Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic … Conversely, checklists used for diagnostic safety seem to focus on errors of planning. … A frequently used item on checklists in the diagnostic process is “What else can it be?” … Even the current content-specific checklists for diagnostic safety may not be specific enough.
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August 01, 2021 - Did You Know, Safety Infographic
Did you know...
57%
of all diagnostic
failures happen in
ambulatory … care.1
1 in 20
patients who attend a
primary care appointment
this year will experience a
diagnostic … error.2
79% of diagnostic
errors are related to the
patient-clinician encounter.3
up to
56%
of … Strategies, 2014 Annual Benchmarking Report: Malpractice Risks in the Diagnostic Process. … Types and origins of diagnostic errors in primary care settings.
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September 01, 2021 - The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After … of contribution of diagnostic error to diagnosis or escalation of care. … of risk factors is important to increase diagnostic accuracy. … diagnosis. 19
System errors are major contributing factors to diagnostic error. … Evaluate best way to disclose diagnostic safety events to patients and families.
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September 01, 2020 - Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
Content-Specific Versus … Content-specific checklists provide clinicians with relevant knowledge during the diagnostic process … For example, these may list specific diagnostic steps or suggestions of possible diagnoses that should … Sibbald and colleagues found in several studies that the use of this checklist reduced diagnostic error … and taking a “diagnostic time out.”
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September 01, 2022 - Reinforcing the Value and Roles of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety: Pragmatic Recommendations for Nurse Leaders … Process
Recognizing and Supporting Nurses in Diagnostic Safety
Using Patient Cases for Learning … Team-Based Competency: Partner effectively as part of an interprofessional diagnostic team. … How would you communicate the patient’s problem and your findings to the diagnostic team? … and discussion of excellent diagnostic performance, near-misses, and errors.
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March 01, 2022 - Improving Education—A Key to Better Diagnostic Outcomes
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Improving Education—A Key to Better Diagnostic Outcomes
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Foundations … Research studies over the past two decades have shown how diagnostic errors can be prevented or mitigated … While individual, professional, contextual, patient, and health system factors make diagnostic error … Substantial progress is being made in recognizing the need for diagnostic excellence, 13 and improving
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September 01, 2024 - Transforming diagnostic research by leveraging a diagnostic process map to Engage Patients in Learning … Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA. … Human centered design workshops as a meta-solution to diagnostic disparities. … Types and origins of diagnostic errors in primary care settings. … Toolkit for Engaging Patients To Improve Diagnostic Safety.
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August 01, 2024 - Learning from AHRQ's Diagnostic Safety Culture Survey at a Tertiary Care Health System in Brazil: A Case … Initial Approach
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Learning from AHRQ's Diagnostic … To help prioritize the diagnostic safety-related actions to undertake first, the team conducted a survey-based … We wanted to understand physician perceptions regarding safety culture related to the diagnostic process … The needs assessment included a modified survey adapted from the SOPS Medical Office Survey Diagnostic
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June 01, 2023 - Diagnostic Safety Across Transitions of Care Throughout the Healthcare System: Current State and a Call … to Action
OR-to-ICU Transitions
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Diagnostic … Steps and a Call to Action
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OR-to-ICU Handoff-Specific Contributors to Diagnostic … This transition is prone to technical and diagnostic error due to not only the high patient acuity and … It is challenging to explicitly evaluate diagnostic error as an outcome in the postoperative period:
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July 01, 2024 - Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety
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Documenting … Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety
Introduction on Diagnostic … Documentation
The Future of Diagnostic Documentation
Conclusion
References
The … process and essential variables related to the patient’s diagnostic journey.
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September 01, 2021 - The Contribution of Diagnostic Errors to Maternal Morbidity and Mortality During and Immediately After … Although, many factors that contribute to diagnostic error in maternal health are unknown, there are … feasible solutions, including simulation to both determine the causes of and reduce diagnostic error … Awareness and foundational knowledge of diagnostic safety frameworks are required to support this shift … More research is needed to identify related factors that contribute to diagnostic error and to determine
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June 02, 2025 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource to Improve Diagnostic Decisions - Appendix A
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Appendix A … Diagnostic Calibration Debrief Tool (1 of 2)
This tool can help you plan and summarize your efforts … to calibrate your diagnostic performance and includes space
for your self-assessment, peer feedback, … • How did you manage uncertainty in the diagnostic process?
• What went well? … Diagnostic Calibration Debrief Tool
Appendix B.
Revised Safer Dx Instrument
Appendix C.
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July 01, 2024 - Documenting Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety
The Future … of Diagnostic Documentation
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Documenting … Diagnosis: Exploring the Impact of Electronic Health Records on Diagnostic Safety
Introduction on Diagnostic … However, ambient AI scribes also introduce new risks that may lead to diagnostic error. … Expanding the diagnostic team will bring both challenges and opportunities for improving diagnostic documentation
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July 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. … e
Issue Brief 24
Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. … Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. Rural Healthcare:
A Call to Action. … accuracy or measure diagnostic errors. … Payment innovations to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce diagnostic
error.
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August 01, 2022 - Distributed Cognition and the Role of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety in the Emergency Department
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Distributed Cognition and the Role of Nurses in Diagnostic … Thus, it is no wonder that diagnostic errors occur. … Addressing the problem of diagnostic error by understanding and optimizing the diagnostic process in … Emphasizing the role of nurses in diagnostic safety through the lens of distributed cognition would be
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January 01, 2024 - Performance
Effect of Bias
Improving Diagnostic Performance Related to Diagnostic Inequity and … Graber, et al. 8
Diagnostic Error
Any mistake or failure in the diagnostic process leading to … Reporting Diagnostic Error
Reporting tools aid in capturing the details of diagnostic safety events … factor for diagnostic error. … to address diagnostic error.
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September 01, 2024 - The Patient’s Role in Diagnostic Safety and Excellence: From Passive Reception Toward Co-Design
The … of Patient Roles
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The Patient’s Role in Diagnostic … things with and ultimately by a patient, enabling diagnostic excellence. … information they want and the diagnostic information they get. … patient’s unique diagnostic journey.
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February 01, 2021 - Health Information Technology for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic Decision Making in Emergency Departments … Previous Page Next Page
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Health Information Technology for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic … Diagnostic processes that are specifically ready for intervention include timely communication of test … results, communication regarding diagnostic uncertainty, and shared decision making with patients and … In conclusion, health IT offers several promising opportunities for engaging patients in the diagnostic