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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incomplete-care-trail-flaws-system
February 17, 2011 - May 26, 2010
The need for closed-loop systems for management of abnormal test results … October 25, 2023
"I wish I had seen this test result earlier!" … : dissatisfaction with test result management systems in primary care. … Improving follow-up of abnormal cancer screens using electronic health records: trust but verify test … July 14, 2010
The management of test results in primary care: does an electronic medical
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37837/psn-pdf
June 11, 2008 - testing-process-errors-and-their-harms-and-consequences-reported-family-
medicine-practices
Errors involving diagnostic test … Failure to follow up on test results has been linked to missed and delayed
diagnoses and significant … Ranging from incorrect test ordering to failure to provide test
results to clinicians and patients,
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/last-orders-follow-tests-ordered-day-hospital-discharge
November 03, 2015 - May 26, 2021
Electronic detection of delayed test result follow-up in patients with hypothyroidism … December 30, 2014
Laboratory test ordering and results management systems: a qualitative … Leads to Significant Complications
February 1, 2013
The frequency of missed test … April 14, 2011
Direct reporting of laboratory test results to patients by mail to enhance … , 2011
Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-stewardship-model-improve-quality-and-safety-diagnosis
January 15, 2025 - 2024
Deficiencies in Quality Management Processes and Delays in the Communication of Test … September 28, 2022
Multiple Failures in Test Results Follow-up for a Patient Diagnosed … Hospitals
Ambulatory Clinic or Office
Medicine
Clinical Misdiagnosis
Diagnostic Test
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-objective-structured-clinical-examination-test-adherence-joint-commission-national
September 26, 2012 - Study
Using an objective structured clinical examination to test adherence to Joint … Using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination to test adherence to Joint Commission National Patient … Using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination to test adherence to Joint Commission National Patient
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/consequences-medical-overuse
May 05, 2021 - Describe why the likelihood of disease in a particular patient affects the interpretation of diagnostic test … The overordering of the troponin test is exacerbated by the fear of missing myocardial infarction (MI … "( 7 )
This problem with false positive test results can be demonstrated using a simple example. … In general, physicians perform poorly at such test interpretation. … Here we see how one inappropriately ordered test led to a chain of overuse.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49856/psn-pdf
March 01, 2019 - While on
rounds, the intensivist planned to ask the respiratory therapist to test for a cuff leak prior … However, no formal
order for a cuff leak test was placed. … Thus, it is unknown if 30 minutes is an adequate test for
patients who have failed their first SBT or … Patients identified as being high risk for postextubation stridor with a
failed cuff leak test will … Cuff-leak test for predicting postextubation airway complications: a
systematic review.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-information-technologies-and-inpatient-outcomes-multiple-hospital-study
October 14, 2009 - July 5, 2017
Impact of interactions between drugs and laboratory test results on diagnostic … test interpretation—a systematic review. … November 21, 2018
Diagnostic error as a result of drug-laboratory test interactions. … February 13, 2019
Patient groups, clinicians and healthcare professionals agree—all test … December 18, 2013
Management of test results in family medicine offices.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-professional-networks-vector-improving-healthcare-quality-and-safety-systematic-review
December 13, 2023 - December 13, 2023
Variation in electronic test results management and its implications … March 23, 2011
The delivery of safe and effective test result communication, management … June 14, 2017
Data quality associated with handwritten laboratory test requests: classification … 2017
The impact of health information technology on the management and follow-up of test
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-clinician-perspectives-communicating-diagnostic-uncertainty
January 23, 2019 - conclude that the variability in communicating diagnostic uncertainty signals a need to develop and test … September 28, 2016
Evaluating a mobile application for improving clinical laboratory test … March 11, 2020
A virtual breakthrough series collaborative for missed test results: a
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45509/psn-pdf
September 28, 2016 - computerized-triggers-big-data-detect-delays-follow-chest-imaging-results
Insufficient follow-up of test … cases identified by the trigger
tool and a reference set of cases involving patients with abnormal test … A WebM&M commentary discussed delayed follow-up of a
diagnostic test. … computerized-triggers-big-data-detect-delays-follow-chest-imaging-results
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/frequency-missed-test-results-and-associated-treatment-delays-highly-computerized-health
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36184/psn-pdf
June 13, 2011 - The chosen interventions were medication reconciliation and prompt communication of critical test
results … successfully implemented medication reconciliation, and 65%
implemented communication of critical test … psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-reconciliation
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communicating-critical-test-results-safe-practice-recommendations … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communicating-critical-test-results-safe-practice-recommendations
https
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40453/psn-pdf
May 18, 2011 - Emerging test management systems and critical test follow-up practices
are key elements of proposed … handoffs-and-signouts
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/culture-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/i-wish-i-had-seen-test-result-earlier-dissatisfaction-test-result-management-systems-primary
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43340/psn-pdf
July 23, 2014 - Do doctors understand test results?
July 23, 2014
Kremer W. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-doctors-understand-test-results
This magazine article reports how weaknesses … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-doctors-understand-test-results
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-errors-and-outcomes-related-inconsistent-information-transmitted-through
April 04, 2011 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Timely follow-up of abnormal diagnostic imaging test … April 4, 2011
How context affects electronic health record–based test result follow-up … December 3, 2014
Notification of abnormal lab test results in an electronic medical record … Improving follow-up of abnormal cancer screens using electronic health records: trust but verify test … November 18, 2009
Ten strategies to improve management of abnormal test result alerts
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838222/psn-pdf
September 28, 2022 - They said, “Oh you mean like take a test?” … For example, I have ordered the wrong test because I typed in the wrong thing. … s a different test or it’s
not quite the one I wanted; it was a second test. … We did the
blood test, and the blood test had a result. … , (2) getting the
blood test, (3) the laboratory doing the test, (4) the laboratory reporting the test
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49417/psn-pdf
October 01, 2003 - and cared for by a hospitalist,
who suspected that the patient might have acute HIV and ordered a test … The test
result (positive, with a viral load of 32,000 copies/mL) came back more than 1 week after the … However, the laboratory indicated that the batch was "defective"
and the test needed to be rerun. … Neither the patient nor the primary care physician was notified that
an HIV test was pending, so neither … of them followed up on this test result.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lost-black-hole
December 01, 2005 - The test result (positive, with a viral load of 32,000 copies/mL) came back more than 1 week after the … However, the laboratory indicated that the batch was "defective" and the test needed to be rerun. … Neither the patient nor the primary care physician was notified that an HIV test was pending, so neither … of them followed up on this test result. … This case, in which a critical laboratory test result fell into the “black hole” that often separates
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/great-pretender-syphilis-still-stumping-healthcare-providers
January 07, 2022 - Due to the fact that more than one serologic test result is needed to interpretate positive results, … laboratory (VDRL) test, was the first test performed. 13 However, in the past decade, most laboratories … However, he was not notified of his own laboratory test results, which were—presumably—abnormal. … Create a system-wide process for reviewing and communicating all test results to patients, a process … that includes issuing alerts when test results have not been reviewed and acted upon by the ordering
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/missing-clinical-information-during-primary-care-visits
March 28, 2011 - September 27, 2010
Field test results of a new ambulatory care Medication Error and Adverse … June 16, 2019
"I wish I had seen this test result earlier!" … : dissatisfaction with test result management systems in primary care. … December 5, 2018
The need for closed-loop systems for management of abnormal test results … Seasonal Care Transition Failure
July 1, 2011
Direct reporting of laboratory test