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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/sheridan_screening_overuse.pdf
January 01, 2014 - delayed harms from additional
work-up and treatment. … few patients can name harms of screening … When patients do name harms, they focus on the immediate harms of the screening test, not
future … related harms such as unnecessary follow-up testing. … More awareness of the potential harms of screening tests is needed.
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December 01, 2019 - FAQs
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Evidence Reports
Benefits and Harms … No studies reported on quality of life, patient satisfaction, or harms related to testing. … There is no evidence regarding quality of life or satisfaction, resource utilization, or harms of testing … and no evidence regarding other factors that may affect the balance of benefits and harms. … Project Timeline
Benefits and Harms of Routine Preoperative Testing: Comparative Effectiveness
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/benefits-harms-modeling_research.pdf
November 19, 2009 - Modeling to evaluate benefits and harms of new diagnostic tests compared to established diagnostic tests … Medical Tests—White Paper Series
Decision-Analytic Modeling to Evaluate
Benefits and Harms … Decision-
analytic modelling to evaluate benefits and harms of medical tests: uses and limitations. … Decision-analytic modelling to evaluate
benefits and harms of medical tests. … Technology, Hall I.T., Austria
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritization-selection-of-harms.pdf
February 01, 2018 - We categorized the harms assessed as “individual” or “composite
harms;” composite harms included measures … for harms. … harms. … Harms are harms. … Recommendations
Prioritization of Harms
Types of Harms to Include
Number of Harms To Include
Harms
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/prioritization-selection-of-harms.pdf
February 01, 2018 - We categorized the harms assessed as “individual” or “composite
harms;” composite harms included measures … for harms. … harms. … Harms are harms. … Recommendations
Prioritization of Harms
Types of Harms to Include
Number of Harms To Include
Harms
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-265-radiation-bone-disease-summary.pdf
August 01, 2023 - Executive Summary: Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms
Comparative … Effectiveness Review
Number 265
Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone
Disease: Effectiveness and Harms … • Harms may be similar across dose/fraction schemes and techniques, and serious
harms were rare … There was no
difference between SF and MF EBRT for harms. … Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease:
Effectiveness and Harms.
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-265-radiation-bone-disease-summary.pdf
August 01, 2023 - Executive Summary: Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease: Effectiveness and Harms
Comparative … Effectiveness Review
Number 265
Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone
Disease: Effectiveness and Harms … • Harms may be similar across dose/fraction schemes and techniques, and serious
harms were rare … There was no
difference between SF and MF EBRT for harms. … Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Bone Disease:
Effectiveness and Harms.
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February 01, 2023 - serious harms (permanent disability or death). … Preventability was determined by original study authors or differences in harms across groups. … The top 15 clinical conditions associated with serious misdiagnosis-related harms (accounting for 68% … [95% CI 66 to 71] of serious harms) were (1) stroke, (2) myocardial infarction, (3) aortic aneurysm … misdiagnosis-related harms (0.3%) could translate to more than 7 million errors, 2.5 million harms,
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/new_model_thinking.pdf
February 01, 2014 - ACHIEVEMENTS IN PREVENTION
A New Model of Thinking in Clinical Preventive Services
The Harms … However, harms have not been well defined, and therefore have been difficult to describe and measure. … how screening can lead to harms. … The taxonomy includes four domains of harms to be considered:
Physical harms
Psychological harms … of Screening: an Unseen Problem
A New Classification System to Understand Harms
What is Next?
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/research-centers/rce_profile_gilliam.html
January 01, 2014 - /M.P.H. student at the University of North Carolina, first learned about the potential harms of cancer … /M.P.H. students and Harris to develop a model highlighting the potential harms at each point of care … The harms described at each point include: hassle or inconvenience, psychological effects, financial … strain, opportunity costs, and physical harms or discomforts. … Gilliam and the other trainees then performed a systematic review of the evidence on harms used to develop
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-acute-myocardial-infarction-emergency-department-standardizing-measurement
May 12, 2021 - myocardial infarction in the emergency department-standardizing measurement of misdiagnosis-related harms … myocardial infarction in the emergency department–standardizing measurement of misdiagnosis-related harms … The authors estimate that these results correspond to approximately 10,000 potentially-preventable harms … July 21, 2021
Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA. … July 28, 2023
Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: the "Big Three
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/methods-balancing-harms-benefits/research-2012
November 01, 2017 - , (3) to determine the role of values and preferences in assessing benefits and harms across each step … The team used that information to formulate principles for analyzing benefits and harms in systematic … reviews so that decisionmakers are able to weigh the benefits and harms for a given population. … Results
Our team identified numerous challenges for the assessment of benefits and harms. … We identified 16 quantitative approaches for the assessment of benefits and harms.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-expectations-benefits-and-harms-treatments-screening-and-tests-systematic-review
September 29, 2017 - Review
Patients' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening, … Patients' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening, and tests: a systematic review … This systematic review found that patients generally overestimate benefits and underestimate harms related … September 29, 2021
To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments. … September 29, 2017
Clinicians' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments,
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rate-diagnostic-errors-and-serious-misdiagnosis-related-harms-major-vascular-events
July 28, 2023 - Study
Rate of diagnostic errors and serious misdiagnosis-related harms for major … Rate of diagnostic errors and serious misdiagnosis-related harms for major vascular events, infections … Rate of diagnostic errors and serious misdiagnosis-related harms for major vascular events, infections … July 28, 2023
Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: the "Big Three … July 21, 2021
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs4/index.html
January 01, 2025 - Making Healthcare Safer IV
A Continuous Updating of Patient Safety Harms and Practices
Making … To kick off the report, AHRQ explored the potential harms that may be associated with telehealth, which … or mitigate harms associated with the use of telehealth. … AHRQ determined that the first rapid review would be on the potential harms that may be associated with … or mitigate harms associated with the use of telehealth.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/preoperative-testing/research
January 29, 2014 - Protocol Jan. 29, 2014 Systematic Review Apr. 28, 2014 Disposition of Comments Report Benefits and Harms … were mortality, perioperative events, complications, patient satisfaction, resource utilization, and harms … No studies reported on quality of life, patient satisfaction, or harms related to testing. … There is no evidence regarding quality of life or satisfaction, resource utilization, or harms of testing … and no evidence regarding other factors that may affect the balance of benefits and harms.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-inpatient-harms-hospital-finances-and-patient-clinical-outcomes
February 28, 2018 - Study
Classic
Impact of inpatient harms on hospital finances … Impact of Inpatient Harms on Hospital Finances and Patient Clinical Outcomes. … the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's global trigger tool to examine how all-cause inpatient harms … harms result in negative financial outcomes for hospitals. … Impact of Inpatient Harms on Hospital Finances and Patient Clinical Outcomes.
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November 01, 2017 - Please consider new research in the benefits and harms of treating patients with atypical antipsychotics … Please consider new research in the benefits and harms of treating patients with atypical antipsychotics … Please consider new research in the benefits and harms of treating patients with atypical antipsychotics … well the test, treatment, or intervention works
There is significant potential for side effects/harms … Harms: Are there risks, side effects, or harms you are concerned about?
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/products/anal-cancer-treatment/research
March 01, 2025 - , may increase hematologic toxicity, and may have no difference in late harms. … (moderate SOE) and resulted in no difference in late harms (low SOE). … Low Late harms 1 RCT; n=682 No significant difference, imprecise estimates. … All harms are grade 3 or 4 unless specified otherwise. … (moderate SOE), and no difference in late harms (low SOE).
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effectivehealthcare-admin.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/benefits-harms-modeling_research.pdf
November 19, 2009 - Modeling to evaluate benefits and harms of new diagnostic tests compared to established diagnostic tests … Medical Tests—White Paper Series
Decision-Analytic Modeling to Evaluate
Benefits and Harms … Decision-
analytic modelling to evaluate benefits and harms of medical tests: uses and limitations. … Decision-analytic modelling to evaluate
benefits and harms of medical tests. … Technology, Hall I.T., Austria
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Decision-Analytic Modeling to Evaluate
Benefits and Harms