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October 01, 2024 - Webinar: Advancing Patient Safety Through Diagnostic Excellence
Summary In this webinar, experts … Toronto, Baylor College of Medicine, and RAND shared recently developed tools and strategies for reducing diagnostic … of Medicine, introduced the Measure Dx toolkit , designed to help healthcare organizations identify diagnostic … She will detail what participation will involve and how organizations can advance diagnostic safety practices … Slides Advancing Patient Safety Through Diagnostic Excellence (PDF, 5.5 MB)
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June 01, 2020 - Operational Measurement of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science
Special Considerations for Measurement … of Diagnostic Safety
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Operational Measurement … of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science
Introduction
Special Considerations for Measurement of … References
Defining Diagnostic Errors and Diagnostic Performance
Measurement begins … Followup and tracking of diagnostic information over time.
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September 01, 2023 - Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error … Improve Diagnostic Safety
Specific Barriers and Challenges to Reporting and Learning From Diagnostic … Despite growing awareness of diagnostic error, most healthcare systems do not track or record diagnostic … quality, and many diagnostic safety events are not recognized. … Successful approaches to learn from diagnostic quality and develop strategies to reduce harm from diagnostic
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June 01, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action
How Can Leaders Drive Improvements in Diagnostic … Safety as a Challenge for Healthcare Leadership
Why Are Leaders Essential to Diagnostic Safety? … How Can Leaders Drive Improvements in Diagnostic Safety? … What Can Leaders Achieve by Prioritizing Diagnostic Safety? … To that end, leaders must create a sense of collective accountability for diagnostic safety.
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September 01, 2023 - Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error … Specific Barriers and Challenges to Reporting and Learning From Diagnostic Errors
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Specific Barriers and Challenges to Reporting and Learning From … The reaction to questions about diagnostic safety events may range from denial to shame. … of diagnostic performance.
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June 01, 2023 - Who Should Report Their Diagnostic Experiences? … . 25
If we now parse out cases involving perceived diagnostic failures, it becomes clear that diagnostic … If this assumption is valid for diagnostic mishaps, the immediate impact reported for diagnostic problems … the biases caused by uneven recall of more distant diagnostic mishaps. … of a perceived diagnostic problem.
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June 01, 2023 - Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors … odysseys to evaluate their experiences with the diagnostic process. … Excerpts from elicited patient narratives related to diagnostic communication and coordination
Diagnostic … Types and prevalence of patient/family-reported diagnostic errors
Type of Diagnostic Error … it harder to make sense of their diagnostic experiences.
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June 01, 2020 - Operational Measurement of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science
Special Considerations for Measurement … of Diagnostic Safety (continued)
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Operational … , feedback, and improvement. 42 Similarly, autopsy reports, 43 diagnostic discrepancies at admission … However, no standardized mechanisms exist to report diagnostic errors. … Still, voluntary reporting alone cannot address the multitude of complex diagnostic safety concerns,
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August 01, 2023 - Pediatric Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions
Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic … Safety Unique to Children
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Pediatric Diagnostic … Safety: State of the Science and Future Directions
Introduction
Challenges in Approaching Diagnostic … Diagnostic Safety Research Priorities and Opportunities
The Future of Pediatric Diagnostic Safety … Further study of these impacts on pediatric diagnostic reasoning holds promise for improving diagnostic
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May 01, 2024 - Cognitive Load Theory and Its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy
A Future Vision for Better Diagnostic Outcomes … Accuracy
Introduction to Diagnostic Errors
Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Cognitive Load … limitations will be useful in helping clinicians engage in more accurate diagnostic reasoning and in … avoiding harmful diagnostic errors. … strategies to support clinicians as they optimize their diagnostic accuracy.
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June 01, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action
What Can Leaders Achieve by Prioritizing Diagnostic … How Can Leaders Drive Improvements in Diagnostic Safety? … What Can Leaders Achieve by Prioritizing Diagnostic Safety? … A Path Forward for Diagnostic Safety Improvement Leadership
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Diagnostic safety … Ethical case: One in three patients has firsthand experience with a diagnostic error.
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September 01, 2022 - Reinforcing the Value and Roles of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety: Pragmatic Recommendations for Nurse Leaders … and Educators
Nurses’ Roles in the Diagnostic Process
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Reinforcing the Value and Roles of Nurses in Diagnostic Safety: Pragmatic Recommendations … for Nurse Leaders and Educators
Introduction
Nurses’ Roles in the Diagnostic Process
Recognizing … errors and achieve diagnostic excellence.
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July 01, 2023 - Reimagining Healthcare Teams: Leveraging the Patient-Clinician-AI Triad To Improve Diagnostic Safety … Core Principles for the PCA Diagnostic Team
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Table of Contents … proposed to include AI as a member of the diagnostic team. … testing, monitoring, reporting status changes, etc.) to aid the diagnostic process. … Therefore, consistent with the diagnostic process, health systems and clinicians should learn from diagnostic
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June 01, 2021 - Leadership To Improve Diagnosis: A Call to Action
A Path Forward for Diagnostic Safety Improvement … Safety as a Challenge for Healthcare Leadership
Why Are Leaders Essential to Diagnostic Safety? … How Can Leaders Drive Improvements in Diagnostic Safety? … What Can Leaders Achieve by Prioritizing Diagnostic Safety? … A Path Forward for Diagnostic Safety Improvement Leadership
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Despite the
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January 01, 2004 - Diagnostic Failure: A Cognitive and Affective Approach
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Diagnostic Failure: A Cognitive
and … Diagnostic reasoning is a critical aspect of
clinical performance. … Categorization of diagnostic error
Historically, diagnostic error was seen at an individual level as … Diagnostic Failure: A Cognitive Approach
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calibration. … Physician and medical student bias in
evaluating diagnostic information.
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April 01, 2025 - Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis
Evolving Methods and the Future of Diagnostic … of Foundational Terminology and Paradigms for Improving Diagnosis
Introduction
Perspectives on Diagnostic … Improvement
Diagnostic Terminology: Challenges and Opportunities
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In the … to create opportunities to detect errors as they evolve in real time, providing time to reconsider diagnostic … The taxonomy for diagnostic improvement will need to parallel these advancements.
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January 01, 2025 - Final Progress Report: Diagnostic Error in Dystonia
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FINAL PROGRESS … Two major types of diagnostic errors can be made, incorrect diagnoses and
diagnostic delays, and the … Except when specified below, results are from the
diagnostic error survey given to cases. … (c) Excess health costs due to diagnostic error (utilization-based). … Diagnostic error in primary torsion
dystonia.
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May 01, 2024 - Cognitive Load Theory and Its Impact on Diagnostic Accuracy
Interplay Between Cognitive Load and Diagnostic … Previous Page Next Page
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Cognitive Load Theory and Its Impact on Diagnostic … Accuracy
Introduction to Diagnostic Errors
Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Cognitive Load … Interplay Between Cognitive Load and Diagnostic Accuracy
Measures of Cognitive Load
A Future Vision … for Better Diagnostic Outcomes
References
During diagnostic reasoning, most clinicians
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October 01, 2024 - Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. … Rural Healthcare: A Call to Action
A Call To Action: Diagnostic Excellence In Rural Healthcare … Previous Page Next Page
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Diagnostic Excellence in U.S. … accuracy or measure diagnostic errors. … and hybrid care models that enhance diagnostic accuracy and reduce delays.
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June 01, 2023 - Patient Experience as a Source for Understanding the Origins, Impact, and Remediation of Diagnostic Errors … Learning From Narratives About Diagnostic Experience
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Table of … Errors
Executive Summary
Introduction
Eliciting Patients’ Diagnostic Experiences Using Rigorous … Methods
Learning From Narratives About Diagnostic Experience
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References … Understanding implications of diagnostic mishaps for subsequent treatment.