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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/mn14.jsp
August 01, 2014 - Good sources of requested information might include laboratory supervisors or laboratory information … LOINC Coding Template
LOINC codes for 29 laboratory data elements, numbered 1 through 29, are listed … A common laboratory test name is provided for each, along with the specimen type (serum, plasma, blood … When multiple LOINC codes exist for the same laboratory data element (e.g., same measurement performed … If possible, a copy of each relevant Laboratory Data Dictionary would assist Demonstration Project staff
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/regional-approach-transforming-healthcare-quality-through-information/annual-summary-2010
January 01, 2010 - While not all participating hospitals were able to provide a laboratory interface, most hospitals send … laboratory results electronically through the laboratory information system to their EHRs. … The laboratory interface delivered by one hospital vendor in October 2008 did not provide for cancellation … The laboratory interface for the other hospital was successfully deployed in January 2007 with no issues … Physicians have reported high satisfaction with access to those laboratory results within the Epic EHR
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46232/psn-pdf
February 10, 2018 - Electronic health record downtime led to issues with laboratory testing including specimen identification … primer/reporting-patient-safety-events
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reduction-hospital-wide-clinical-laboratory-specimen-identification-errors-following-process … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reduction-hospital-wide-clinical-laboratory-specimen-identification-errors-following-process
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-and-error-reduction-surgical-pathology
January 08, 2016 - surgical pathology and cytology: guideline from the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory … September 29, 2010
Specimen labeling errors: a Q-probes analysis of 147 clinical laboratories … September 1, 2012
Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services … July 23, 2008
Classifying laboratory incident reports to identify problems that jeopardize … Topic
Clinical Technologists
Physicians
Quality and Safety Professionals
Pathology and Laboratory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/syndromic-surveillance-health-information-system-failures-feasibility-study
November 03, 2015 - December 19, 2018
Emergency physicians' views of direct notification of laboratory and … December 31, 2014
Decoding laboratory test names: a major challenge to appropriate patient … November 26, 2014
Laboratory test ordering and results management systems: a qualitative … Quality and Safety Professionals
Information Professionals
Safety Scientists
Pathology and Laboratory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/correlation-workload-disagreement-and-amendment-rates-surgical-pathology-and-nongynecologic
January 14, 2011 - surgical pathology and cytology: guideline from the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory … April 10, 2013
Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services … October 7, 2011
Errors in a stat laboratory: changes in type and frequency since 1996 … Topic
Clinical Technologists
Physicians
Quality and Safety Professionals
Pathology and Laboratory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/current-and-ideal-state-anatomic-pathology-patient-safety
February 15, 2010 - surgical pathology and cytology: guideline from the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory … surgical pathology and cytology: guideline from the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory … November 19, 2014
Laboratory results that should be ignored. … More About The Topic
Hospitals
Health Care Executives and Administrators
Pathology and Laboratory
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/NYAbstractFinal.pdf
September 29, 2013 - Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) acute care hospital
discharge database with hospital numerical laboratory … Laboratory data will permit
refinement of patient risk adjustment, provide full accountability of complications … Year 1 will be invested in recruitment of participating hospitals and laboratory data
enhancement of
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/zikmund-fisher-brian
May 30, 2017 - Graphics help patients distinguish between urgent and non-urgent deviations in laboratory … Graphics help patients distinguish between urgent and non-urgent deviations in laboratory test results … Medical Test Data for Patients
Description
This project developed and tested visual displays of laboratory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adherence-national-guidelines-timeliness-test-results-communication-patients-veterans-affairs
March 03, 2019 - March 13, 2019
Impact of non-interruptive medication laboratory monitoring alerts in … September 1, 2012
Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services … February 15, 2010
Classifying laboratory incident reports to identify problems that jeopardize … Hospitals
Ambulatory Clinic or Office
Quality and Safety Professionals
Medicine
Pathology and Laboratory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/measuring-rate-manual-transcription-error-outpatient-point-care-testing
August 20, 2018 - December 27, 2014
Decoding laboratory test names: a major challenge to appropriate patient … November 26, 2014
Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services … February 15, 2010
Classifying laboratory incident reports to identify problems that jeopardize … Technologists
Health Care Executives and Administrators
Information Professionals
Pathology and Laboratory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-malpractice-reflected-forensic-evaluation-4450-autopsies
September 02, 2009 - indicators to compare point-of-care testing errors in a neonatal unit and errors in a STAT central laboratory … February 25, 2015
Improving Patient Safety in Laboratory Medicine. … October 10, 2012
Quality indicators to detect pre-analytical errors in laboratory testing … The Topic
Health Care Providers
Health Care Executives and Administrators
Pathology and Laboratory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-concerns-arising-test-results-return-after-hospital-discharge
January 17, 2012 - March 13, 2019
The effect of a clinical decision support for pending laboratory results … December 27, 2014
Medical errors arising from outsourcing laboratory and radiology services … October 7, 2011
Patient safety in the clinical laboratory: a longitudinal analysis of … February 15, 2010
Classifying laboratory incident reports to identify problems that jeopardize
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36140/psn-pdf
September 29, 2010 - Roxane Laboratories initiates a nationwide voluntary
recall of a single manufacturing lot of Azathioprine … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/roxane-laboratories-initiates-nationwide-voluntary-recall-single-manufacturing … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/roxane-laboratories-initiates-nationwide-voluntary-recall-single-manufacturing-lot … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/roxane-laboratories-initiates-nationwide-voluntary-recall-single-manufacturing-lot
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/grants.jsp
July 01, 2016 - Hawaii grant has:
Forged relationships with and secured participation of Hawaiis hospitals and laboratories … Successfully linked laboratory data to hospital discharge data
Established a Master Patient ID (including … Another goal of the project was to determine whether laboratory test results will enhance the ability … Laboratory data have been reviewed for completeness and validity. … Matches of laboratory data to SPARCS data are being conducted after laboratory data pass quality reviews
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicaldata/AHRQHCUPfinalNov09BDiefenbach.pdf
November 01, 2009 - Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis
LOINC Mapping Process
Standardize the selected 31
laboratory … and Codes (LOINC).
3M Terminology Consulting
Services worked with each hospital
to standardize its laboratory … data
terminology and to verify accuracy
of the final normalized map of
laboratory values. … and blood culture data,
from April 1, 2007 to December 31,
2007, on all inpatients, for all
laboratory … Hospitals uploaded the
standardized laboratory dataset, in
a Tab Separated Value format to
the secure
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45271/psn-pdf
August 10, 2016 - Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 2016;54(7). doi:10.1515/cclm-2015-
1089. … intervention-decrease-patient-identification-band-errors-childrens-hospital
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/specimen-labeling-errors-q-probes-analysis-147-clinical-laboratories … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/computer-assisted-bar-coding-system-significantly-reduces-clinical-laboratory-specimen
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36055/psn-pdf
August 09, 2007 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospitals-move-cut-dangerous-lab-errors
This article reports on a laboratory … mix-up resulting in misdiagnosis and unneeded surgery and discusses
the problem of laboratory errors
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs020909-dixon-final-report-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - reports for notifiable diseases as
electronic laboratory reports (ELR) (15). … These figures translate into the following reporting rates: 27.6% for
providers; 13.2% for laboratories … an overall laboratory reporting rate of 84.4%. … days
Max #
days
Intervention Sites 727 8.1 5 120
Other Providers 3665 7.5 4 371
Laboratories … for % Complete for % Complete for
Reports from Pre-Populated Reports from
Providers Reports from Laboratories
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015409-overhage-final-report-2009.pdf
January 01, 2009 - • Create “laboratory” to measure the value of HIE, building upon an existing HIE. … This "laboratory" was modeled after the
emergency department model which had previously been used for … data from a total of over 35 hospitals located
across the state, the public health departments, local laboratories … To build the HIE laboratory, we chose the Methodist Medical Group (MMG) primary care
practice group … We recognize that
laboratory and radiology savings are two clear areas where savings may be found.