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September 01, 2020 - Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error Reduction
Factors That Influence … Next Page
Table of Contents
Evidence on Use of Clinical Reasoning Checklists for Diagnostic Error … cases as well. 18 Checklists may be more effective in difficult cases because there is more room for error
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/hoff-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - hierarchy and outcome over process, the nature of resident and attending responses to the
act of error … Willingness to develop
logics that link contextual factors to increased probability for the
error or … events in a way
that questions the underlying assumptions upon which the work
leading to that error … The study comparatively examined three error-prone medical residency
settings through a single-case, … However, it decreased the presence of specific learning best practices
around error such as inquiry
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/findings.html
March 01, 2017 - were followed by issues surrounding medication prescribing, management, and adherence and diagnostic error … Medication Issues
One of the most widely studied sources of medical error in both acute and nonacute … Each of these gaps in medication safety has yielded different approaches to reduce opportunity for error … Diagnostic Error
Estimates of diagnostic error in outpatient care suggest that approximately 1 in 20 … Ultimately, diagnostic error relates to the principle of uncertainty inherent in the diagnostic process
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January 01, 2004 - requires
careful attention to the vulnerabilities of any system.1
Table 1: Potential sources of error … Free text comments were investigated as potential sources of error in the
program or its data sources … In most cases, clinician reports were false positives
for error. … Incorrect adverse drug
reaction (ADR) notification
1 Error in the data conversion, leading
to the … Computer decision
support as a source of interpretation error: the case of
electrocardiograms.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-SOPS_101_Webcast-GRAY-Overview.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Safety Culture Assessed
Across SOPS Surveys
• Teamwork
• Communication Openness
• Communication About Error … • Organizational Learning—Continuous improvement
• Response to Error
• Staffing
• Supervisor/Management … in medical
offices supports accurate diagnoses
► Assist in identifying processes and sources of error
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/improving-safety-diagnosis-long-desc.html
February 01, 2024 - Problem analysis using systems engineering methods to analyze the problem of diagnostic and therapeutic error … reassessing the diagnosis of patients (i.e., inside or outside their hospital rooms) when risk for diagnostic error … A structured approach to EHR surveillance of diagnostic error in acute care: an exploratory analysis … Identifying and assessing diagnostic error in acute care: is the electronic health record telling us … A structured approach to EHR surveillance of diagnostic error in acute care: an exploratory analysis
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March 01, 2004 - Abstract
Spurred by a controversial report from the Institute of Medicine on the prevalence
of medical error … previously unknown, but safety-critical information for developing a
proactive approach to managing human error … Introduction
“The most detrimental error is failing to learn from an error.”1
The past decade has … Fueled by a report from the Institute of
Medicine (IOM) suggesting that human error is responsible for … Human error. New York: Cambridge
University Press; 1990.
2.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/barnsteiner-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - • How do differing definitions of “error” among providers and administrators affect
error reporting, … • Can a taxonomy of errors improve error reporting? … • What is the relationship between nurse fatigue and error rate? … • Does the dissemination of error reports influence subsequent error reporting and
rates? … • How do staffing ratios and staff stability (turnover rate) affect error rates?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/woods2-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Risk Assessment
C.5.a Error Science and Medicine
The study of error and safety in the 20th century … If info is
wrong, the
Fenwal armband
on patient will
catch the error. … risk of error in the care of a pediatric
patient. … Human Error. Cambridge University Press: New York, 1990.
7 Norman D. … Promoting Patient Safety and Preventing Medical Error in Emergency Departments.
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July 01, 2023 - Can you identify examples of human error in your unit or hospital? … Slide 16: Managing Error and Risk 3
Say:
To improve outcomes, human error, at-risk behavior, and … Human error is a product of both system design and behavioral choices. … Human error can be managed through changes in processes, procedures, training, system design, or work … The proper management approach is to console providers who have committed a human error and to ensure
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envscan-program-ape.html
April 01, 2018 - Errors
18
408
-- Clinical Misdiagnosis
0
410
-- Diagnostic Test Interpretation Error … 2
409
-- Radiograph Interpretation Error
1
412
Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off … -- Simulators
0
669
-- Students
0
676
-- Teamwork Training
0
619
Error … Reporting and Analysis
206
625
-- Error Analysis
185
627
---- Failure Mode Effects … 626
---- Root Cause Analysis
73
688
---- Patient Safety Indicators
3
620
-- Error
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/ehr-reports.pdf
March 01, 2016 - .........14
Case Study..............................................................14
Sources of Error … ....15
Inclusion Errors ............................................................16
Inclusion Error … One by one, the Medical
Director and her DBA figured out and corrected the
cause of each error. … Once an error is found,
it is important to document the information both by
the nature of the error … Inclusion Error Examples
1.
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January 01, 2005 - prescribing [e-
prescribing], or both) that was responsible for influencing the error. … Potential impact of PDA application on type of prescribing error
Provides opportunity to
reduce error … This improves our ability
to understand and compare data from error studies. … Fundamentals of medication
error research. Am J Hosp Pharm 1990;47:555–71.
34. … Potential impact of PDA application on type of prescribing error
Table 2.
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March 30, 2008 - A staff survey in 2001 showed that there were opportunities for
improvement related to error reporting … Staff across the board felt they had responsibility for
error prevention but viewed the error-reporting … Survey
respondents also expressed fear of the consequences of being associated with an error. … However, the best technology alone will not eradicate error. … Only 55 percent of respondents felt
that error reporting was widely encouraged and nonpunitive.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/03-nh_webcast-castle.pdf
January 01, 2006 - between 44,000 and 98,000 individuals die each year as a result
of medical mistakes.
17
Medical Error … Human Error 1990
Patient Safety Culture in Nursing Homes
• Safety culture scores are lower on average … 25
The Importance of Safety Culture in Nursing Homes
The Importance of Safety Culture
Medical Error
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/public-notes-meeting-summary-072320.pdf
November 06, 2020 - • PSNet: Published a primer on 7/22/20 called COVID-19 and Dx
Error. … grant=R01+HS27614-01
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-and-diagnostic-error … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-and-diagnostic-error
https://www.cdc.gov … • Recently Published Diagnostic Safety Relevant Papers:
o Reducing the Risk of Diagnostic Error in … www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/222266/hospital-medicine/reducing-risk-diagnostic-error-covid
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June 02, 2025 - Es posible que se necesite un proceso de prueba y error para implementar sistemas viables. … DIAPOSITIVA 18
DIGA:
En el video a continuación, Sharon le menciona un error al jefe de enfermería … sobre los errores a fin de volver a examinar el procedimiento y descubrir la causa del error. … Es importante que la respuesta al error no sea una sanción. … que el error era una oportunidad para aprender y no un perjuicio deliberado por parte de Sharon.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/education-dx-outcomes-7.html
March 01, 2022 - Diagnostic error in internal medicine . Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(13):1493-9. … Diagnostic error in medicine—analysis of 583 physician-reported errors . … Cognitive interventions to reduce diagnostic error: a narrative review . … The patient is in: patient involvement strategies for diagnostic error mitigation . … Nurses, diagnosis, and diagnostic error . Diagnosis (Berl). 2017;4(4):197-9.
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December 01, 2012 - Managing Error and Risk
Slide 8. … Can you identify examples of human error in your unit or hospital? … Managing Error and Risk
Say:
To improve outcomes, human error, at-risk behavior, and reckless … Human error is a product of both system design and behavioral choices. … Describe the connections between communication and medical error.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dx-safety-patient-role.pdf
September 01, 2024 - independent national advocate for patients and families
Helen Haskell, M.S., Mothers Against Medical Error … Patients and caregivers who have experienced a diagnostic error can provide a unique perspective. … Goals for Improving Diagnosis and Reducing Diagnostic Error
• Facilitate more effective teamwork in … Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the
USA. … The patient is in: patient involvement strategies for
diagnostic error mitigation.