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161. 2.b-2 Web Links to CRC Screening Guidelines From ACS/U.S. Multi-Society Task Force/ACR and USPSTF | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctool2b2.html
     April 01, 2018 - Spanish) 4.b-3 Web Links to CDC Patient Information on CRC Screening 4.b-4 Stool Test Kit Request … Card 4.c-1 Letter to Patient for Responding to Stool Test Kit Requests 4.d-1 Reminder Letter to … -1 Master Patient Database Elements 5.d-1 Chart Audit Review Form 6.a-1 Feedback Form for Stool Test … Positive 6.a-2 Feedback Form for Stool Test Negative 6.b-1 Feedback Form for CDE A.1-2 Practice

162. Background | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship3.html
     August 01, 2024 - However, this complexity comes at the cost of increasing types of pitfalls in test selection, performance … diagnostic testing. 20   A survey of 1,768 U.S. primary care physicians found that uncertainty about test

163. Fundamental Concepts for Understanding Probability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     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, … and the rationale for not performing the test by stating, “Someone like you has about a 2 percent chance … If we do a BNP test and it’s abnormal, that chance of heart failure would rise to about 8 percent.”  

164. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2024 - Publication Date: August 2024 Publication Number: 24-0076 Electronic Test … review was to identify current evidence and best practices to inform patient-centered implementation of test … We first undertook a scoping review of the literature on releasing test results through patient portals … our review was, "What evidence is available to inform patient-centered implementation of immediate test

165. Final Progress Report: Electronic Clinical Surveillance To Measure and Improve Safety in Ambulatory Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/danforth-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - ; the creatinine test result is used to calculate eGFR. … The follow-up (repeat) laboratory test is recommended to evaluate the chronicity of kidney function … However, 28% of patients still did not have the recommended repeat creatinine laboratory test within … results (and not just abnormal creatinine results) – might be useful for improving timely test … Similarly, greater team-based management of laboratory test results may help reduce care gaps related

166. Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) Form (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/tools-and-materials/pdsa-form.pdf
     February 11, 2015 - Project Lead: Task-related; Task: Internal Process Objective of this Cycle: Develop a Change Test … :  Relevant- why is it important to do now:  Time Specific- anticipated length of cycle: PLAN Test … : ACT Describe next PDSA Cycle: Based on the learning in “Study,” what is your next test? … Revised: 02/11/2015 Page 2 Taskrelated Task: Off Internal Process: Off Develop a Change: Off Test

167. Tool: SBAR | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/curriculum/communication/tools/sbar.html
     November 01, 2019 - patient history related to the current situation, signs and symptoms of the presenting complaint, and any test … "This test/consult will allow us to start to pinpoint the cause of your symptoms and help us achieve … What should the patient expect from any treatment or test? … "I would like you to have the test/start this treatment." … "You should complete the test within 2 weeks and come back to see me so we can talk about the results

168. Final Progress Report: Ultrasound by Emergency Physicians in Ectopic Pregnancy (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/stein-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - Number: 1 K08 HS015569 1 Structured Abstract The purpose of this award was to investigate the test … Despite being the diagnostic test of choice for patients at risk of ectopic pregnancy, emergency physicians … pregnancy and compare our results to radiology ultrasound and clinical referent standards to determine the test … The impact on quality and the test characteristics of ultrasound use by emergency physicians in … When compared to final outcomes, ED ultrasound showed the following test characteristics (95% CI)

169. Tip 5. Make a Health Care Quality Report Culturally Appropriate | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/resources/writing/tip5.html
     September 01, 2019 - Test the Report With Your Audience . … How will you test aspects of your health care quality report? … Test the Report With Your Audience Guidelines and Other Resources To Fine-tune Your Writing

170. Be More Engaged in Your Healthcare: Tips for Patients (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/questions/be-engaged.pdf
     December 01, 2020 - £ If you need a test, ask: – How the test is done. ____________________________________ ___ … £ Call your doctor’s office to find out test results.

171. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Health Plan Adult Survey 5.0: Health Literacy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2020 - In the last 12 months, did your personal doctor order a blood test, x-ray, or other test for you? … In the last 12 months, before you had a blood test, x-ray, or other test, how often did your personal … In the last 12 months, how often was the explanation of what the test was for easy to understand? … In the last 12 months, when your personal doctor ordered a blood test, x-ray, or other test for you, … In the last 12 months, how often were the results of your blood test, x-ray, or other test easy to understand

172. Computer-Based Training Post-Training Tests and Answer Keys: Basin Bed Bathing With 2% Chlorhexidine (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/training/cbt-answer-basin-bathing.docx
     March 01, 2022 - Chlorhexidine Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices Section 11-10 – Protocol Post-Training Test … Semipermeable or occlusive dressings Section 11-10 – Protocol Post-Training Test Basin Bed Bathing … No. 20(22)-0036 March 2022 Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices Post-Test Q and A 2 image2

173. Introducing the New CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey 3.0 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/20150917/lee_hargraves-slides.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - www.cahps.ahrq.gov Some Differences in Visits and Testing * (continued) 34 Provider ordered a blood test … , x-ray, or other test 6-Month % (n) 12-Month % (n) Yes 86.7 (1468) 93.4 (501) No 13.3 ( … 208) 6.6 (40) Respondents to the 6-month survey were twice as likely to not have had a blood test … , x-ray or other test, compared to those responding to the 12- month survey

174. Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/prevent/pdfser/chdser.pdf
     December 08, 2003 - Although test B performs better than test A, the differences on an absolute scale are small. … Although the relative risk associated with a positive test was large, the post-test probability for … Abnormal test results may also produce considerable anxiety until the test result is determined to … The resting electrocardiogram as a screening test. A clinical analysis. … Five-year follow-up of maximal treadmill stress test in asymptomatic men and women.

175. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-dx-stewardship-references.html
     August 01, 2024 - Errors within the total laboratory testing process, from test selection to medical decision-making - … Effectiveness of practices to support appropriate laboratory test utilization: a laboratory medicine … Genetic counselor review of genetic test orders in a reference laboratory reduces unnecessary testing … Overdiagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection in the molecular test era. … An integrated approach to genetic test stewardship: the role of laboratory genetic counselors in test

176. NPSD Data Spotlight - Patient Safety and COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis of Concerns During the Public Health Emergency (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/spotlights/spotlight-ptsafety-and-covid-19.pdf
     November 01, 2021 - • The exposure of patients and staff to individuals with positive COVID-19 test results was identified … Of the 320 records analyzed, 19 (5.9%) explicitly identified patients as having a negative COVID-19 test … second most common type of patient safety concern identified in the data was related to a COVID- 19 test … swab • Miscommunication between staff on testing procedures • Lack of feedback from the lab on test … Many areas for errors to occur especially with increase in test volume.

177. II. Background | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2018 - Spanish) 4.b-3 Web Links to CDC Patient Information on CRC Screening 4.b-4 Stool Test Kit Request … Card 4.c-1 Letter to Patient for Responding to Stool Test Kit Requests 4.d-1 Reminder Letter to … Positive 6.a-2 Feedback Form for Stool Test Negative 6.b-1 Feedback Form for CDE A.1-2 Practice … Recruit stool test kit suppliers. Establish relationship with a clinical lab. … Of those 786 screens, 363 were by stool test (almost all of the others were by colonoscopy).

178. COVID-19 Testing Vendors for Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/testing-vendors-covid.html
     July 01, 2022 - The list contains the vendor's name, company details, testing process description, turnaround time, test

179. Creating Safety in the Testing Process in Primary Care Offices (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Elder_18.pdf
     February 19, 2008 - • Chart audits of test orders, results, and patient notification. … For all practices, the type of test ordered (laboratory, imaging, or special test) and the site where … At this same office, physicians’ laboratory test orders were handwritten on the billing sheet; test … “I wish I had seen this test result earlier!” … Dissatisfaction with test result management systems in primary care.

180. Developing Innovative Simulation-Based Training to Improve Patient Safety in Radiation Oncology | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-mazur.html
     March 01, 2023 - to assess the usability of an electronic health record (EHR) system for the management of abnormal test … research that had found that providers still were challenged to follow-up quickly with abnormal diagnostic test … within the EHR that could enhance providers’ ability to acknowledge and follow up on critically abnormal test … EHR enhancements—such as displaying clear patient status information, automatically sorting critical test