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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72523/psn-pdf
December 02, 2020 - Clinical decision support improves the appropriateness of
laboratory test ordering in primary care without … Clinical decision support improves the appropriateness of
laboratory test ordering in primary care without … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-decision-support-improves-appropriateness-laboratory-test-ordering … The intervention improved appropriateness and decreased
volume of laboratory test ordering and did not … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-decision-support-improves-appropriateness-laboratory-test-ordering-primary-care
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missed-opportunities-initiate-endoscopic-evaluation-colorectal-cancer-diagnosis
February 15, 2011 - This study identified process breakdowns, including failure to follow up on abnormal test results, … February 15, 2011
How context affects electronic health record–based test result follow-up … July 10, 2008
Timely follow-up of abnormal diagnostic imaging test results in an outpatient … February 15, 2011
Notification of abnormal lab test results in an electronic medical … Improving follow-up of abnormal cancer screens using electronic health records: trust but verify test
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/rapid-mis-strep
February 01, 2004 - throat, the urgent care physician swabbed the child's throat and performed a rapid antigen detection test … The "rapid strep test" was interpreted as negative. … Studies during the past 20 years indicate that the specificity (i.e., the ability of a positive test … , but a negative test does not rule out the infection. … In retrospect, the initial rapid test may have been negative due to a sampling issue.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-detection-delayed-test-result-follow-patients-hypothyroidism
September 27, 2017 - Study
Electronic detection of delayed test result follow-up in patients with hypothyroidism … Electronic Detection of Delayed Test Result Follow-Up in Patients with Hypothyroidism. … Electronic Detection of Delayed Test Result Follow-Up in Patients with Hypothyroidism. … 2016
Application of human factors methods to understand missed follow-up of abnormal test … , 2010
Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.443_slideshow.ppt
May 01, 2018 - ordered
Decisions regarding test results are stretched out across time and space
Test results may arrive … Getting Results: Reliably Communicating and Acting on Critical Test Results. … "I wish I had seen this test result earlier!" … : dissatisfaction with test result management systems in primary care. … result management and test workflows
Inbasket management is time-consuming.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46653/psn-pdf
July 02, 2019 - Evaluating a mobile application for improving clinical
laboratory test ordering and diagnosis. … Evaluating a mobile application for improving clinical
laboratory test ordering and diagnosis. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluating-mobile-application-improving-clinical-laboratory-test-ordering-and … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention improved clinician decision-
making about anticoagulation test … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluating-mobile-application-improving-clinical-laboratory-test-ordering-and-diagnosis
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/psychological-safety-during-test-new-work-processes-emergency-department
September 08, 2021 - Study
Psychological safety during the test of new work processes in an emergency … Psychological safety during the test of new work processes in an emergency department. … Psychological safety during the test of new work processes in an emergency department.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/result-stopped-here
December 01, 2006 - The attending physician ordered a test for Clostridium difficile on Friday, and was then off for the … That night, the test result came back positive. … On Monday, the physician who originally ordered the C. difficile test returned to assess the patient … First, the physician ordered a C. difficile test but failed to look up the test result. … individual responsible for utilizing the test results when any test result indicates an imminent life-threatening
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-patient-safety-avoiding-unread-imaging-exams-national-va-enterprise-electronic
March 12, 2025 - Inadequate test result management is known to contribute to missed and delayed diagnosis . … June 21, 2023
Interventions to improve follow-up of laboratory test results pending at … September 12, 2018
Electronic detection of delayed test result follow-up in patients … , 2010
Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/when-no-news-bad-news-improving-diagnostic-testing-communication-through-patient-engagement
August 20, 2018 - Failure to communicate abnormal test results to patients can lead to significant health complications … aimed to increase patient engagement in asking their provider about previously obtained diagnostic test … Reminders to follow up with their provider about test results were sent to the patient via the after-visit … Patients receiving reminders were up to 20 times more likely to ask their providers about their test … February 18, 2011
The management of test results in primary care: does an electronic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinician-perspectives-management-abnormal-subcritical-tests-urban-academic-safety-net-health
February 22, 2011 - Poor test result management can lead to missed or delayed diagnosis . … for test results, inability to track result follow-up via technology, and absence of standardized workflow … and expectations impede timely test result notification and follow-up. … , 2010
Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test … February 10, 2012
Failure to notify reportable test results: significance in medical
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/real-time-automated-paging-and-decision-support-critical-laboratory-abnormalities
April 30, 2014 - In this study, clinicians were notified in real time about critical lab test abnormalities and provided … However, this intervention did not prevent adverse events attributable to the critical test results, … 16, 2022
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-validation-electronic-health-record-based-triggers-detect-delays-follow
June 21, 2016 - Delays in follow-up of abnormal test results are known to contribute to delayed and missed diagnosis … This work should lead to prospective evaluation of trigger approaches to enhance test result follow-up … January 19, 2012
A virtual breakthrough series collaborative for missed test results: … December 5, 2018
Electronic detection of delayed test result follow-up in patients with … December 31, 2014
Notification of abnormal lab test results in an electronic medical
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/test-result-correct-questionnaire-study-blood-collection-practices-primary-health-care
February 18, 2009 - Study
Is the test result correct? … Is the test result correct? … Is the test result correct? … request management and test tube labelling. … request management and test tube labelling.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49828/psn-pdf
May 01, 2018 - regarding test results are stretched out across time and space. … result management and test workflows. … "I wish I had seen this test result
earlier!" … Test Results Reporting and Follow-Up. … Communicating test results to providers and patients.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-diagnosis-pediatric-practice-multisite-survey
November 13, 2024 - Physicians named closer follow-up and reliable test management systems as major system improvements … November 3, 2021
Notification of abnormal lab test results in an electronic medical record … August 24, 2011
Timely follow-up of abnormal diagnostic imaging test results in an outpatient … February 17, 2011
The management of test results in primary care: does an electronic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46985/psn-pdf
July 02, 2019 - cluster-
randomized trial used medical record review to assess whether an automated notification of test … The intervention was focused on actionable test results, which constituted less than 10% of all
pending … problems
related to tests pending at discharge and how organizations can improve follow-up of abnormal test … primer/readmissions-and-adverse-events-after-discharge
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/i-wish-i-had-seen-test-result-earlier-dissatisfaction-test-result-management-systems-primary … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/frequency-failure-inform-patients-clinically-significant-outpatient-test-results
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/844780/psn-pdf
September 11, 2019 - Commissioning simulations to test new healthcare
facilities: a proactive and innovative approach to … Commissioning simulations to test new healthcare facilities: a proactive and innovative
approach to … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/commissioning-simulations-test-new-healthcare-facilities-proactive-and- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/commissioning-simulations-test-new-healthcare-facilities-proactive-and-innovative-approach … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/commissioning-simulations-test-new-healthcare-facilities-proactive-and-innovative-approach
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41047/psn-pdf
November 26, 2014 - Failure to follow-up test results for ambulatory patients: a
systematic review. … Failure to Follow-Up Test Results for Ambulatory Patients: A
Systematic Review. … The review
also found wide variation in processes for handling test results across studies. … //psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/ambulatory-care-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/i-wish-i-had-seen-test-result-earlier-dissatisfaction-test-result-management-systems-primary … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/eight-recommendations-policies-communicating-abnormal-test-results
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mitigation-patient-harm-testing-errors-family-medicine-offices-report-american-academy-family
June 11, 2008 - more likely to be mitigated if they could be more easily detected by office staff—for example, if a test … May 22, 2024
'I guess I'll wait to hear'- communication of blood test results in primary … September 1, 2016
The frequency of missed test results and associated treatment delays … April 14, 2011
Management of test results in family medicine offices. … , 2011
Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test