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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ahrq-2024-proposed-budget.html
March 01, 2023 - A key focus of our work is improving patient safety, particularly making investments in much-needed diagnostic … AHRQ will invest $20 million in research grants and contracts to address diagnostic safety challenges … and create infrastructure for continued diagnostic safety research. … disseminate and support the implementation of existing evidence-based tools and resources to improve diagnostic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops_101_webcast-2022-gray.pdf
January 01, 2022 - SOPS Supplemental Item Sets
Health Information
Technology
Workplace
Safety
Value and
Efficiency
Diagnostic … offices
► Focus on
− Efficiency
− Waste reduction
− Patient centeredness
− High-quality care
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Diagnostic … Safety
Supplemental Item Set
• For medical offices
► Focus on
− The diagnostic process
− Accurate … Supplemental Item Set
Workplace Safety Supplemental Item Set
Value and Efficiency Supplemental Item Set
Diagnostic
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www.ahrq.gov/action-alliance/resources/foundational-area.html
March 01, 2025 - AHRQ Toolkit for Engaging Patients to Improve Diagnostic Safety This resource enhances communication … and information sharing within the patient-provider encounter to improve diagnostic safety. … Back to Contents Learning Systems AHRQ Calibrate Dx: A Resource To Improve Diagnostic Decisions This … self-evaluation tool helps clinicians improve their diagnostic decision making. … AHRQ Measure Dx: A Resource To Identify, Analyze, and Learn From Diagnostic Safety Events This resource
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra_fs_14-p005-1-ef.pdf
October 01, 2014 - of
ADHD, including inattention,
hyperactivity, and impulsivity, either
through use of a validated diagnostic … clinical exam had been performed, 65 percent agreeing that a
validated diagnostic tool or direct assessment … of patients newly diagnosed with ADHD whose medical record contains
documentation of DSM-IV-TR 9 [Diagnostic … Accessed June 23, 2014.
3Validated diagnostic tool used may include any of the following examples, all … Other validated diagnostic tools based on the DSM-IV criteria may be available and would be acceptable
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/healthit-ed-7.html
February 01, 2021 - Health Information Technology for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic Decision Making in Emergency Departments … Previous Page
Table of Contents
Health Information Technology for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic … The use of an electronic health record patient portal to access diagnostic test results by emergency … Feasibility of patient-reported diagnostic errors following emergency department discharge: a pilot study … An operational framework to study diagnostic errors in emergency departments: findings from a consensus
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/manage-resident-RTI-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - The first is to understand the diagnostic and treatment approach to pneumonia in residents of long-term … Slide 4
Case 1: Diagnostic Evaluation
SAY:
Mary’s nurse obtains vital signs, assesses her, and then … for diagnostic tests to return? … Slide 8
Diagnostic Tests
SAY:
Several diagnostic tests should be considered as part of the evaluation … Diagnostic testing can also help with targeting antibiotic therapy.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/bronchitis-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - Do I need to order any diagnostic tests? … Do I need to order any diagnostic tests? … Acute Bronchitis
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care
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Moment 2: Diagnostic … Do I need to order any diagnostic tests? … Do I need to order any diagnostic tests?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/influenza-rsv-discussion-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - Which patients will undergo rapid diagnostic testing?
3. … Who will perform the rapid diagnostic testing?
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/world-patient-safety-day.html
September 01, 2023 - average, patients are interrupted by their providers in the first 11 to 18 seconds of telling their diagnostic … It is estimated that 79 percent of diagnostic errors are related to the patient-clinician encounter, … Toolkit for Engaging Patients to Improve Diagnostic Safety promotes enhanced communication and information … designed to help patients, families, and health professionals work together as partners to improve diagnostic
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/index.html
January 01, 2024 - Areas of Interest
Diagnostic … Safety and Quality
Funding research to better understand how diagnostic errors happen and how to prevent … Medical Liability
National Academy of Medicine Reports
National Action Plans
Papers on Diagnostic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/ps-research-summary-pfe.pdf
April 30, 2025 - Calibrate Dx: A Resource To Improve Diagnostic Decisions.
2. … Toolkit for Engaging Patients To Improve Diagnostic Safety. … process and diagnostic errors.” … on You and
60 Seconds To Improve Diagnostic Safety. … process, including unique information to co-
produce diagnostic safety.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/942.html
December 01, 2024 - New Program Offers Help Implementing AHRQ Resources for Diagnostic Excellence . … New Program Offers Help Implementing AHRQ Resources for Diagnostic Excellence A new diagnostic safety … evaluate AHRQ resources including Calibrate Dx , Measure Dx and the Toolkit for Engaging Patients in Diagnostic … Organizations that participate in AHRQ’s Implementing Diagnostic Excellence Across Systems (IDEAS) project … AHRQ in the Professional Literature Implementation of electronic triggers to identify diagnostic errors
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/news/events/ahrq-research-summit/dzau-summit2016.pdf
September 28, 2016 - each year experience a diagnostic error. … • Medical record reviews: diagnostic errors account for
6 to 17 percent of hospital adverse events … • Diagnostic errors are the leading type of paid
medical malpractice claims
• Diagnostic errors can … • Evaluate diagnostic error as a quality of care challenge
• Examine the epidemiology, burden of … Slide Number 50
Slide Number 51
Slide Number 52
Diagnostic Error: �Magnitude of the Problem
Study
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/recent-grants-systems.html
May 01, 2024 - Clinical Teams Prioritize and Manage Vulnerable Patients
S2: Using EHR-Based Simulations to Reduce Diagnostic … errors by creating “closed loop systems” or systems that ensure diagnostic tests and referrals are completed … This study designs, develops, tests, and refines this “closed loop system” for diagnostic tests and referrals … Re-engineering Patient and Family Communication to Improve Diagnostic Safety Resilience (R18) PIs: … Coupling Teaming Science with Patient Engagement and Health Information Transparency to Coproduce Diagnostic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/pharyngitis-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - Do I need to order any diagnostic tests? … Do I need to order any
diagnostic tests? … Do I need to order any
diagnostic tests? … Do I need to order any
diagnostic tests? … for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care
Take-Home Messages
Use the Centor criteria to guide diagnostic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops_101_webcast-2022-hare.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Database Submission Schedule
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SOPS Survey 2023
Ambulatory Surgery Center June 1–22
Medical Office
• Diagnostic … Communicating your action
plan
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Improving Patient Safety Resource Lists
Improving Diagnostic … Safety in Medical Offices:
A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Diagnostic
Safety Supplemental Items … initial guidance to medical offices seeking Information
about pat ient safety initiatives related to diagnostic … Culture
(SOPS) composite measures assessed in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Diagnostic
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/about/impact-primary-care-webinar-series/health-risks-older-adults.html
March 01, 2025 - It explores the state of the science around the diagnostic process in older adults as well as primary … CCRN (MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety) State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances/vol2/Schiff.pdf
January 01, 2005 - The taxonomy identifies where in the diagnostic
process the failures occur. … Where does the diagnostic process fail? … What was the physican’s diagnostic assessment? … , clinicians have been
confronted with rapid changes in diagnostic testing. … Change ideas for preventing and minimizing diagnostic error
Figure 1.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Schiff.pdf
January 01, 2005 - The taxonomy identifies where in the diagnostic
process the failures occur. … Where does the diagnostic process fail? … What was the physican’s diagnostic assessment? … , clinicians have been
confronted with rapid changes in diagnostic testing. … Change ideas for preventing and minimizing diagnostic error
Figure 1.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctool5d1.html
April 01, 2018 - Abnormal (specify) ______________________
___ Missing/Unknown
Reason
___ Screening Test
___ Diagnostic … Abnormal (specify) ______________________
___ Missing/Unknown
Reason
___ Screening Test
___ Diagnostic … Abnormal (specify) ______________________
___ Missing/Unknown
Reason
___ Screening Test
___ Diagnostic … Abnormal (specify) ______________________
___ Missing/Unknown
Reason
___ Screening Test
___ Diagnostic