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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctoolkit4.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 … Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test results.
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/home/index.html
November 01, 2023 - Field test. … A field test was conducted during the first half of 2008 with 34 Medicare-certified home health agencies … The team made some adjustments to the survey based on analyses of the field test data and submitted the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/tools/PCMH/pcpf-module-8-approaches-to-qi.pdf
September 01, 2015 - Identify key changes that you will actually test. … The MFI uses a rapid cycle process called Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) cycles to test the effects of
small … Quality improvement teams then introduce and test changes designed to achieve the
improvement aims using … Test and then spread the “best practice” to other clinicians and practices. … PDSA Worksheet for Testing Change
List the tasks needed to set up this test of change
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/MeasureDx-guide.pdf
July 01, 2022 - documenting action or response to test results
� Problems with notifying patients of test results … 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 - documenting action or response to test results
� Problems with notifying patients of test results … 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/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/OConnor.pdf
November 29, 2004 - in one year 92%
Mean A1c value (SE) 7.7% (0.03)
Median A1c value 7.4%
At least one LDL test in … +Drug-fill date more than 4 weeks after test date. … Serum Creatinine=a blood test that reflects kidney function. … patients that have an A1c
test. … ***Type 3 glucose error is having no A1c test for a year.
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www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-current-state-apa.html
January 01, 2024 - diagnostic safety/error + technology tools
diagnostic safety/error + testing
diagnostic safety/error + test … order
diagnostic safety/error + test results management
diagnostic safety/error + close the loop
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/lab-testiing/lab-testing-casereport.pdf
September 05, 2017 - The pilot test findings are described under “Implementation: Pilot Test of
the Revised Toolkit,” beginning … Implementation: Pilot Test of the Revised Toolkit
Pilot Test Overview
We tested the toolkit in two … (test ordered, results given to clinician,
patient called, etc. … (test ordered, results given to clinician,
patient called, etc. … If you are not able to find
a test that you had done, please take a look at this website for more test
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/chapter-7.html
July 01, 2022 - If cognitive impairment is a concern, a simple screening test is the Mini-Cog (PDF). … The Mini-Cog uses a three-item recall test for memory and a simply scored clock-drawing test. … The test has been shown to have good predictive value in diverse populations, both in relation to the
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/chapter-7.html
July 01, 2022 - If cognitive impairment is a concern, a simple screening test is the Mini-Cog (PDF). … The Mini-Cog uses a three-item recall test for memory and a simply scored clock-drawing test. … The test has been shown to have good predictive value in diverse populations, both in relation to the
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/West.pdf
September 01, 2005 - (the most frequent of all errors reported).14 Of all reported
diagnostic test errors, more than 70 … - Track all test results received.
- Assure sensitivity to time. … Process
flow maps indicated that some practices maintained duplicate lab test
tracking systems. … occur
and searches for missing lab test information became grossly
inefficient. … For example, we
were unable to test the use of a single, office-specific laboratory order form.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/carecoordination/measure5.html
June 01, 2018 - Results
73.9
77.5
Consultant Reports
69.6
74.4
Diagnostic Test Images
66.7
71.3 … Diagnostic test results, from 73.9% to 77.5%.
Consultant reports, from 69.6% to 74.4%. … Diagnostic test images, from 66.7% to 71.3%. … Hospitals with computerized systems that allow results viewing with a component for diagnostic test … psychiatric hospitals had a computerized system for results viewing with a component for diagnostic test
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/events/webinar/sops_101_webcast-2022-gray.pdf
January 01, 2022 - 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/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/analysis/2020-instructions-for-analyzing-data.pdf
January 01, 2020 - (including the formats), and a test SAS data set. … Appendix A explains how to use the test data. … Using
the Test Data in the CAHPS
Analysis Program). … Using the Test Data in the CAHPS Analysis Program
This appendix explains how to use the test programs … • (June 2020) Modified all test programs to correspond with the updated Test SAS data, and
clarified
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/hospital/about/dev_adult_hp_survey.html
January 01, 2025 - This pilot test included 132 hospitals and resulted in over 19,000 completed surveys. … In the summer of 2004, the CAHPS Team worked with hospitals and vendors that volunteered to test the … In collaboration with these test sites, researchers investigated various approaches to integrating the
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/state-of-science-2b.html
June 01, 2020 - signals. 74,76,77
For example, algorithms could identify patients with a certain type of abnormal test … communication of amended findings
Followup and tracking of diagnostic information
Abnormal test … result with no timely followup action
Abnormal test result missed
Referral-related factors … For instance, measures of diagnostic test result followup may focus specifically on abnormal test results … Examples of diagnostic safety measures could include the proportion of documented “red-flag” symptoms or test
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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 - About a third of patients reported that they did not
always receive test results from someone in the … ,
and that’s a very real and important issue, that this isn’t just about having a delay in getting test … or procedure redone because the clinician didn’t have earlier test results;
having to come back for … An EHR is just a wonderful mechanism to facilitate those office space systems for getting test results … results” and “how am I going to hear about my test results,” and helping patients feel empowered to
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/sops-action-planning-tool-template.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Will you pilot test the initiative? … PDSA Plan:
Area within the facility where pilot test will be done:
2f. What is the timeline?
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www.ahrq.gov/sops/surveys/nursing-home/supplemental-items/workplace-safety.html
June 01, 2025 - Nursing Home Workplace Safety Supplemental Items, including data from the 2023 Workplace Safety pilot test … and the 2025 Nursing Home Survey Version 2.0 pilot test for a total of 3,683 providers and staff in
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctoolA21.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