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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33796/psn-pdf
January 01, 2016 - For example, diagnosis of
lung cancer cases that should have been made in 3 or 4 months but stretched … out over 9 or 12 or 15
months, or mistakes reading X-rays in the emergency department because there … something that somebody else might have diagnosed in 2 months. … RW: A couple of strategies have been used in the past. I wonder whether they need to be exhumed. … But we need to get past that.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/diagnostic-errors-new-chapter-patient-safety-science-policy-and-practice
January 01, 2016 - including those related to diagnosis.( 8 )
Targets for improvement efforts have become clearer in the past … For example, diagnosis of lung cancer cases that should have been made in 3 or 4 months but stretched … something that somebody else might have diagnosed in 2 months. … RW : A couple of strategies have been used in the past. I wonder whether they need to be exhumed. … But we need to get past that.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lp-or-not-lp
February 01, 2018 - Management of the febrile infant without obvious source has been a subject of intense study over the past … For well-appearing children who are slightly older (1 to 36 months of age), there is considerably more … Practice guideline for the management of infants and children 0 to 36 months of age with fever without
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psnet.ahrq.gov/periodic-issue/periodic-issue-470
December 31, 2024 - Past issues of the PSNet Weekly Update are
available to browse. … WebM&M presents current and past monthly issues of Cases & Commentaries and
Perspectives
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49672/psn-pdf
January 01, 2013 - In discussing his past medical history, the patient described having a "spot" on his lungs that
doctors … In the past, most nodules were discovered incidentally on plain chest radiographs, as in this case. … psnet.ahrq.gov//#table
https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#references
low-dose techniques) at 3–6, 9–12, and 18–24 months … Subsequently, the patient had CT scans of the chest with and without
contrast every 6–12 months for
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50698/psn-pdf
November 27, 2019 - and relevant financial
relationships as “financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past … 12 months that create a
conflict of interest. … In
fact, the patient had six ED visits in the previous three months and in half of those visits he had … visits, had expressed suicidal ideation in half of them
and actual suicide attempt in one visit two months … for involuntary
psychiatric hold after psychiatric social worker evaluation during a prior visit, a past
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33844/psn-pdf
October 01, 2017 - practice clinicians at a large children's hospital, 83% reported working
sick at least once in the past … year, 9% reported having worked sick more than 5 times in the past year, 55%
said that they would come … For example, in surgical settings or ambulatory visits with specialists, patients may have
waited months
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February 22, 2011 - A past AHRQ WebM&M interview discusses the challenges in safely caring for vulnerable patient populations
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-mark-l-graber-md
January 01, 2016 - For example, diagnosis of lung cancer cases that should have been made in 3 or 4 months but stretched … something that somebody else might have diagnosed in 2 months. … RW : A couple of strategies have been used in the past. I wonder whether they need to be exhumed. … But we need to get past that. … including those related to diagnosis.( 8 )
Targets for improvement efforts have become clearer in the past
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836841/psn-pdf
June 01, 2020 - After five months in Phase 1, the CCHS team found no significant difference in readmission
rates for … with the APRN and
the patient’s larger care team, often provided subsequent home visits.2 After six months … and providers are studying different home visit and
telehealth models to reduce readmissions in the months … Data
https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#3
collection—including data on outcomes beyond several months—will also … If resources
permit, the team believes that home visits should continue past 30 days.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33655/psn-pdf
August 01, 2007 - Over the past 2 years, PeaceHealth system and regional governing boards have become increasingly
focused … As one highly experienced board member commented a few months ago,
high quality, safe care was always … quality
and safety roles of system and regional boards and expect to have a system in place within a few months
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49716/psn-pdf
August 21, 2014 - After 2
months in the ICU and multiple complications, the patient was discharged. … Their resurgence in adult medicine lagged and only regained popularity in the past decade.(3) The
modern … For example, in the 12 months following the initial rollout of the IO device in the Dallas
area (7),
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49407/psn-pdf
July 01, 2003 - Her past medical history included atrial
fibrillation, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and stroke … resistance” or to cause prolonged subtherapeutic
INR values (both concerns have been raised in the past … A comparison of three months of anticoagulation with extended
anticoagulation for a first episode of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.275_slideshow.ppt
August 01, 2012 - by her mother (a nurse) to see a pediatrician because of a 15-pound weight loss over a period of 3 months … physicians
In one survey, 83% of physicians reported at least one delay in reviewing test results over the past … 2 months
In a survey of internal medicine residents, 46% stated that, at least a few times a year, they
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/timeout-procedure-paediatric-surgery-effective-tool-or-lip-service-randomised-prospective
April 06, 2022 - Related Resources
Perspectives on anesthesia and perioperative patient safety: past
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-patient-identification-sample-labeling-reduces-wrong-blood-tube-errors
September 20, 2012 - A past WebM&M commentary discussed an incident involving a mislabeled blood specimen.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/renal-failure-due-benign-prostatic-hyperplasia
February 01, 2004 - frequency, nocturnal urination, and difficulty initiating a stream, which had worsened considerably in the past … Several months later, the patient underwent a TURP without complications and eventually was able to have … intermittency, and incomplete emptying).( 1 ) These symptoms had been chronic, but acutely worsened in the past
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hassle-dispensary-pilot-study-proactive-risk-monitoring-tool-organisational-learning-based
January 21, 2015 - December 1, 2010
What’s past is prologue: organizational learning from a serious patient
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December 31, 2024 - Past issues of the PSNet Weekly Update are
available to browse. … WebM&M presents current and past monthly issues of Cases & Commentaries and
Perspectives
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mechanical-prosthetic-valve-thrombosis-thromboembolism
August 21, 2005 - Her past medical history was notable for having had an aortic valve replaced with a titanium valve and … caged-ball, single-disk), or a history of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) within the preceding 6 months … the INR falls from 2.0 down to 1.0. 5 However, patients with a mechanical aortic valve may survive months … 1972 and 1982, and who received anticoagulation treatment for only approximately 1 year (mean = 13 months … , range 4-35 months) thereafter, for an average of 7.25 years.