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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops-101-webcast-overview-surveys.pdf
January 01, 2022 - culture supports patient safety
Hospital
2004:
Version 1.0
2019:
Version 2.0
Nursing
Home
2008
Medical … stress/burnout
• Currently in development for nursing
homes
► Conducting cognitive testing and a pilot test … , patient centeredness, and high-
quality care
20
Diagnostic Safety
Supplemental Items
• For medical … )
Interview experts,
providers, and
staff
Identify key
thematic areas
Develop &
cognitively test … draft items
Obtain input from
Technical Expert
Panel (TEP)
Pilot test
Conduct
psychometric
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/probabilistic-thinking4.html
September 01, 2022 - Such acknowledgment could be easily integrated into current medical school curricula. … Emphasize quantifying probability throughout medical education. … Provide data about test performance at the point of care, ideally through integration with EHRs. … Various methods are available to structure such information delivery; doing so at the time of test ordering … the general population and in individual patients and to adjust those probabilities in response to test
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/data-tools-webcast-2022-hays.pdf
January 01, 2022 - D In the last 6 months, how often were the results of your blood test, x-ray; or other test easy to understand … D In the last 6 months, how often were the results of your blood test. x-ray; or other test easy to understand … In the last 6 m onth s. before you had a blood test. x
ray or other test, how o ften d id this provider … In the last 6 months, w hen this provider ordered a
blood test, x-ray, or other test for you, how often … In the last 6 months, how often w ere the results o f
your blood test, x-ray, or o ther test easy to
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/plan-grants/summary.html
August 01, 2022 - of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish an initiative to help States and health care systems test … In response, the Secretary launched the HHS Patient Safety and Medical Liability Initiative in October … to States and health systems so they could explore new initiatives that address patient safety and medical … A center was established at the University’s School of Medicine to promote the inclusiveness of medical … Pilot test results indicate a high rate of suicide risk among patients receiving inpatient care.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/probabilistic-thinking2.html
September 01, 2022 - is worried about heart failure asks his primary care provider for a brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) test … The clinician might explain the low likelihood of heart failure, the impact of results of a BNP test, … If we do a BNP test and it’s abnormal, that chance of heart failure would rise to about 8 percent.” … which have been shown to mean different things to different people. 12 Adding to the imprecision, the medical … For example, the outcome of medical decisions is often incorrectly phrased in terms of “risks” and “benefits
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/podcasts/Coordination_of_Care_2012_05_01_Transcript.pdf
January 01, 2012 - that their primary care clinician did not always seem to know the important
information about their medical … There‘s a lot of empirical evidence that gaps in coordination lead to medical errors,
and that’s a very … another appointment because the health professional didn’t have appropriate medical
information available … I know that’s an area of high importance right now, especially with medical home and
ACOs. … appointments, responding to phone calls and putting information from referring physicians into the medical
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship6.html
August 01, 2024 - consultants in the design of diagnostic stewardship interventions, such as: Policy changes related to test … Modification to test ordering through required indications for use, specific order sets, CPOE templates … Clinician education about test selection and interpretation. … Review and periodic monitoring of “off-menu” test selection and inappropriate orders. … Board-certified genetic counselors have specialized education and training in the field of medical genetics
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/dx-safety-21-diagnostic-stewardship.pdf
August 01, 2024 - DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical
Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Andrea Bradford … genetic testing and next generation sequencing, promises greater precision and personalization in medical … Medical-imaging stewardship in the accountable care era. … Errors
within the total laboratory testing process, from test selection to medical decision-making - … The Genetic Testing Stewardship Program: a bridge
to precision diagnostics for the non-genetics medical
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www.ahrq.gov/sdm/tools-resources/index.html
May 01, 2023 - uses health information technology to bring timely information to the point of care to facilitate medical … strategy encourages patients and their families to prepare for and become more fully engaged in their medical … getting a checkup, talking about a problem or health condition, getting a prescription, or discussing a medical … test or surgery.
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www.ahrq.gov/es/questions/question-builder/online.html
Question Builder Online Be prepared for your next medical appointment. … getting a checkup, talking about a problem or health condition, getting a prescription, or discussing a medical … test or surgery. … a health problem
To get or change a medicine
To get medical
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-02/auerbach-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Taxonomy covers eight categories:
Access/Presentation, Patient History, Physical Exam, Diagnostic Test … fully capture the rapid evolution of clinical scenarios or the absence of a gold
standard diagnostic test … testing (e.g., delay in ordering or performing
needed tests, erroneous clinician interpretation of test … For instance, determining the potential for patient harm based on the timing of test
results and the … and post-test probabilities, providing guidance on test selection for common
diagnoses, and implementing
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops_101_webcast-2022-gray.pdf
January 01, 2022 - culture supports patient safety
Hospital
2004:
Version 1.0
2019:
Version 2.0
Nursing
Home
2008
Medical … Information
Technology
Workplace
Safety
Value and
Efficiency
Diagnostic
Safety
Hospital
Medical … aggression
− Work stress/burnout
• Currently in development for
nursing homes
► Completed a pilot test … )
Interview experts,
providers, and
staff
Identify key
thematic areas
Develop &
cognitively test … draft items
Obtain input from
Technical Expert
Panel (TEP)
Pilot test
Conduct
psychometric
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/suppl-healthlit-items.html
October 01, 2023 - During this hospital stay, how often did nurses use medical words you did not understand?
… During this hospital stay, how often did doctors use medical words you did not understand?
… During this hospital stay, did you have a blood test, x-ray, or other test?
… During this hospital stay, before you had a blood test, x-ray, or other test, how often did hospital … How often were the results of your blood test, x-ray, or other test easy to understand?
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/candor-demo-program/plan-grants/intro.html
August 01, 2022 - of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish an initiative to help States and health care systems test … fostering better communication between doctors and patients, (3) ensuring fair and timely compensation for medical … In response, the Secretary launched the HHS Patient Safety and Medical Liability Initiative in October … to States and health systems so they could explore new initiatives that address patient safety and medical … preliminary findings, primarily lessons learned from laying the groundwork for future patient safety and medical
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/0084textdesc.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Screening-Procedure during [Encounter, Performed:
Postpartum Care Visit]
Intervention, Performed
Laboratory Test … Contraceptives
Barrier Method ContraceptivesDevice, Order
This value set will include: Fasting Glucose Test … , 2-Hour Postprandial
Glucose Test, Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), 1-Hour Glucose
Screen or a … Laboratory Test
during [Encounter, Performed:
Postpartum Care Visit]
Intervention, PerformedIntervention … LABORATORY TEST
Result
Gestational Diabetes Screening
2.16.840.1.113883.3.526.3.1350
Attribute: Result
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T5-Suspect_a_Urinary_Tract_Infection_brochure_MA_Coalition_final.pdf
April 02, 2025 - »As many as half of seniors living in long-term care
settings will test positive for bacteria in their … the Massachusetts Infection Prevention Partnership
© Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical … So if a test shows bacteria, does this mean I have a UTI?
Not necessarily. … Diagnosis of a UTI requires both finding bacteria on
a urine test and the presence of specific symptoms … The safest care happens when you
partner closely with your medical team, to understand and
follow the
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/about/survey-measures.html
September 01, 2020 - Patient got appointment for non-urgent care as soon as needed
Q10 Patient got answer to medical … Information to Coordinate Patient Care
Q13 Provider knew important information about patient's medical … history
Q17 Someone from provider's office followed up with patient to give results of blood test … , x-ray, or other test
Q20 Someone from provider's office talked about all prescription medications
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/about/measures-cg30-2309.pdf
June 01, 2017 - Patient-Centered Medical Home
The Patient-Centered Medical Home Item Set 3.0 offers the following composite … s office followed up with patient to give results
of blood test, x-ray, or other test
Q20
Someone … office followed up with respondent to give
results of blood test, x-ray, or other test
Response Options … results were easy to find on website
HIT16
Blood tests, x-rays, or other test results were put on … website as soon
as needed
HIT 17
Blood tests, x-rays, or other test results were presented in a
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/MeasureDx-guide.pdf
July 01, 2022 - Robert Trowbridge, Maine Medical Center. … Failure/delay in ordering needed test(s)
b. Failure/delay in performing ordered test(s)
c. … Error in test sequencing
d. Ordering of wrong test(s)
e. … Technical errors/poor processing of specimen/test
i. Erroneous lab/radiology reading of test
j. … Failed/delayed follow-up of (abnormal) test result
l. Error in clinician interpretation of test
5.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications2/files/MeasureDx-guide.pdf
July 01, 2022 - Robert Trowbridge, Maine Medical Center. … Failure/delay in ordering needed test(s)
b. Failure/delay in performing ordered test(s)
c. … Error in test sequencing
d. Ordering of wrong test(s)
e. … Technical errors/poor processing of specimen/test
i. Erroneous lab/radiology reading of test
j. … Failed/delayed follow-up of (abnormal) test result
l. Error in clinician interpretation of test
5.