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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxsafety-issuebrief-maternal-morbidity.pdf
September 01, 2021 - Measurement and learning from diagnostic error (and circumstances without diagnostic error) must
include … error to diagnosis
or escalation of care. … delayed diagnosis.19
System errors are major contributing factors
to diagnostic error. … Treatment
Standardizing treatment can reduce
cognitive error. … Using simulation to identify sources
of medical diagnostic error in child physical abuse.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-psychological-safety-3.html
September 01, 2023 - Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error … Strategies for Improving Clinician Psychological Safety in Reporting and Discussing Diagnostic Error … most physicians do not participate in reporting mechanisms, perhaps out of unwillingness to confront error … opportunities to avoid the harsh judgment assigned to the characterization of a diagnostic safety event as an “error … The conclusion that an error happened at all might depend on the reviewer’s perspective; in fact, consensus
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol3/Advances-McCabe_39.pdf
March 28, 2008 - ” or “no error.” … ” and numbers denoting “error.” … The decision tree, when tested on the synthetic data,
predicts the occurrence of “error” and “no error … ” or “no error.” … ”
and numbers denoting “error.”
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/distributed-cognition-er-nurses3.html
August 01, 2022 - Areas for Future Research
Conclusion
References
The landmark report on diagnostic error … Any shortcomings in eliciting all relevant information from a patient can contribute to diagnostic error … perspective and language use contribute to framing effects and context errors that may lead to diagnostic error
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/research/index.html
November 01, 2024 - effectively measure them; successful use of health information technology (IT) to prevent diagnostic error … Studies AHRQ has funded several recent studies on diagnostic error: Outpatient diagnostic errors affect … A third (36%) reported no help in diagnostic error reduction from their electronic health record. … and resources can be found by visiting AHRQ's Patient Safety Network and searching for diagnostic error … following areas of interest: Two areas of focus aligned with frontline diagnostician support: Safety-I error
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/dx-improvement/module1-presenters-notes.pdf
January 12, 2022 - You might wonder, how often does diagnostic error happen? … Slide 5
Diagnostic error is a patient safety issue. … Slide 11
Diagnostic Error Is Common and
Harmful and Affects Many
Diagnostic error is common and … What Is Diagnostic Error?
Types of Diagnostic Error
Where Do Diagnostic Errors Occur? … Communication and the Diagnostic Process
Causes of Diagnostic Error
Diagnostic Error Is Common and
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/pace-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - reporting systems, the Medical Group Management Association Office Procedures
Survey, and an error … Key Words: ambulatory safety culture, readiness to change, error reporting, error visualization
Purpose … error
reporting demonstration project as well as using local error reporting data. … reports submitted to
UCH's error reporting system from UCH ambulatory practices. … Error Reporting System Review
The analysis of the ASIPS ambulatory error reports has been extensively
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-new_sops_diagnostic_safety-schiff.pdf
January 01, 2020 - This investment was spread across six complementary
research areas: (1) health systems error reporting … Experienced by MA Residents
BETSY
LEHMA
CENTEF
for Patient Safety and Medical Error
% saying … The Public’s View on Medical Error in Massachusetts, September 2–28, 2014.
21% Experienced Medical … Error
IHI/NPSF 2017 Survey 21
Misdiagnosis
Leading
Type of Error
22
Misdiagnosis 59
Mistake … Medical Error
Misdiagnosis Leading Type of Error
Top Allegation Types
Closed With Indemnity Paid
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/submission-form-mw.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Review – Numerator on Review –
Medication List Blood Pressure Status/Intervention
Documentation Error … Documentation Error Documentation Error
Exception on Review –
Allergy Documentation
List Error … Exception on Review –
Diagnosis
Documentation Error
No Diagnosis on Review –
Diagnosis
Documentation … Error
Not Done Patient
Reason
Remaining Potential Quality Gaps: _______________________________
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/hospwebinar/just-culture-webcast-3-closing.pdf
June 01, 2017 - Just Culture Webcast Closing
Updating the Hospital Survey and
Nonpunitive Response to Error
• HSOPS … and a pilot study
– Version 2.0 to be released in early 2018
– Revising the Nonpunitive Response to Error … composite
to reflect Just Culture concepts
31
Nonpunitive
Response to
Error
Response to
Error … quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/index.html
Updating the Hospital Survey and NonpunitiveResponse to Error
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-pediatric-safety-4.html
August 01, 2023 - NAM report Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare highlighted the critical deficiencies in diagnostic error … The report identified four broad priority research topics related to diagnostic error 60 :
Patient … children’s conditions compared with their own. 39 Partnership with parents in preventing diagnostic error
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/diagnostic-safety-transitions-care.pdf
June 01, 2023 - to Diagnostic Error and
Uncertainty
Receiver-specific issues may also influence diagnostic error and … The study did not explicitly look at medical error. … review and adjudication process to categorize diagnostic error. … Each unique context carries its own risks for diagnostic error. … Defining, identifying, and measuring error in
emergency medicine.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/hripcsak-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - NLP was found to
complement and improve upon error detection based on coded data. … We also
expected that it would often be unclear whether an error actually occurred. … The error recovery component
is used if a parse of the complete sentence cannot be obtained. … , based on defined
parameters collected during the error reporting process. … Dynamic adaptation to critical care medical environment: error recovery as cognitive
activity.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps-program/dx-improvement/module1-introduction.pptx
January 12, 2022 - You might wonder, how often does diagnostic error happen? … Diagnostic error is a patient safety issue. … By error type:
Missed – No diagnosis is ever reached. … Even highly skilled, motivated professionals are vulnerable to error. … What Is Diagnostic Error?
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/acute-care-threats-long-desc.html
February 01, 2024 - 11/30/22
Description: The overall goal of this learning lab was to reduce the rate of diagnostic error … Diagnostic error among vulnerable populations presenting to the emergency department with cardiovascular … Contributors to diagnostic error or delay in the acute care setting: a survey of clinical stakeholders … What contributes to diagnostic error or delay? … Contributors to diagnostic error or delay in the acute care setting: a survey of clinical stakeholders
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/diagnostic-excellence-grants/index.html
February 01, 2025 - to create a taxonomy to classify the contribution of electronic health records (EHRs) to diagnostic error … Use data gathered from error reporting to facilitate implementation of a multiparameter strategy that … academic center for diagnostic excellence whose focus is to eliminate patient harms from diagnostic error … activities, including: Clinical programs to eliminate stroke misdiagnosis, New methods of diagnostic error … Evaluate the structure, process, and outcome effects of human-centered solutions on diagnostic error
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/04-yount-sops-action-planning-tool.pdf
June 01, 2019 - Events Reported 65
Communication Openness 64
Teamwork Across Units 62
Feedback & Communication About Error … 62
Staffing 50
Nonpunitive Response to Error 41
Handoffs & Transitions 37
33
34
Comparing to the … 62 69 69
Staffing 50 53 55
Nonpunitive Response to Error 41 47 50
Handoffs & Transitions 37 48 49 … 62 69 69 66
Staffing 50 53 55 56
Nonpunitive Response to Error 41 47 50 30
Handoffs & Transitions 37 … 62 69 69 66
Staffing 50 53 55 56
Nonpunitive Response to Error 41 47 50 30
Handoffs & Transitions 37
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/Improving_diagnosis_flyer.pdf
April 01, 2019 - Impoving Diagnosis
Improving Diagnosis
Diagnostic error is a significant and under-recognized threat … ■ Most patients will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, according to the AHRQ … s knowledge of diagnostic
safety and to develop practical tools and resources to reduce diagnostic error … can be found by visiting AHRQ’s PSNet
website: https://psnet.ahrq.gov/ and searching for diagnostic error … grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-19-003.html
Tools
AHRQ’s tools to reduce diagnostic error
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/czeisler-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - The definitions used to classify incidents are provided in the
following table:
Medical Error Any error … in the delivery of medical care,
whether harmful or trivial
Serious Medical Error A medical error … Serious
Error
A serious medical error that is not intercepted but
does not cause detectable harm, … Error A serious medical error related to the ordering or
administration of pharmaceuticals, blood … error, or error with little potential for harm.
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www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances/vol2/Schiff.pdf
January 01, 2005 - What is the probability that the error resulted in the adverse outcome? … How preventable was the error? … Error in medicine. JAMA 1994;272:1851–7.
45. Reason J. Human error. … Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical
Error. … Change ideas for preventing and minimizing diagnostic error
Figure 1.