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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crcscreeningrpt/crcscreentab5-1.html
April 01, 2018 - Mail screening invitation, educational materials, and stool test materials b :
Version 1: Stool test … kit enclosed
Version 2: Request card for stool test kit enclosed
4.b-1. … Reply card for requesting stool test kit (Version 2)
4.c. … Reminder letter to patients (who received a stool test kit) b
4.d-2. … Feedback form for stool test positive
6.a-2. Feedback form for stool test negative
6.b.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/lacson2-report.pdf
January 01, 2025 - Scope: We previously established an enterprise-wide Communication of Critical Test Results
(CCTR) policy … Patient safety concerns arising from test results that return after hospital discharge. … Provider
management strategies of abnormal test result alerts: a cognitive task analysis. … Optimizing communication of critical test results. J Am Coll Radiol 2009;
6(10):721-723. … Technology requirements for the optimal communication of critical test
results.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/visual/visual-mgmt-pdsa-form.docx
May 01, 2017 - In the “plan” step, lay out the specifications of your test. In the “do” step, conduct the test. … In the “study” step, review how the test went and lessons learned. … In the “act” step, integrate your learning into a next test or into daily practice.] … Give heads-up to team about test (avoid days after weekends or holidays for first test): Let staff involved … “Test of a visual management board on [date].
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/huddles-pdsa-form.html
June 01, 2017 - Daily Huddle with safety focus
What questions do we hope to answer with this test? … Plan:
Describe your first (or next) test of change ( Every goal will require multiple tests … Give overview of project work to your team before announcing the first test.
3. … for first test):
“Test of a daily huddle on [Date]. … Daily Huddle with safety focus
What questions do we hope to answer with this test?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/kerfoot-conlin-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - We developed and pilot-tested
multiple-choice test items on this same content. … The 14-item test was administered to participants at
enrollment (test 1) and at weeks 18 (test 2) and … 36 (test 3). … Test 1 scores (week 0) were similar between cohorts (mean 72%,
p=0.89). … Based on the pilot test results, a 14-item test was constructed, with a
Cronbach alpha reliability of
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/cahps-analysis-program-yount-slides.pdf
August 01, 2020 - SAS data sets to
represent Clinician & Group Survey 3.0
• Modified test programs that go with the … Test SAS data set to clarify which
programs to run first and to align with
new data
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What’s … Test SAS Program Files
_1_TEST_FORMAT_CAHPS50 Creates formats for the Test data
_2_TEST_PREPDATA_CAHPS50 … SAS Data Files
TEST_CAHPS50_DATA Raw test data
TEST_CAHPS50_DATA_recoded Test data after recoding … data is adult*/
adjuster = MHS GHS, /*List of case-mix adjuster variables
to include*/
dataset = test
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866864/psn-pdf
October 02, 2024 - Patient safety in actioning and communicating blood test
results in primary care: a UK wide audit using … Patient safety in actioning and communicating blood test results in
primary care: a UK wide audit using … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-actioning-and-communicating-blood-test-results-primary-care … -
uk-wide-audit
Failure to communicate test results in a timely manner can lead to delayed or missed … -21st-century-cures-act
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/i-wish-i-had-seen-test-result-earlier-dissatisfaction-test-result-management-systems-primary
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs021681-zikmund-fisher-final-report-2017.pdf
January 01, 2017 - Systematic Design of Meaningful Presentations of Medical Test Data for Patients - Final Report … Patients have many good reasons to want direct access to their test results. … test results “display generator” application. … The pros and cons of infusing cancer patients with statistics and
test results. … (free, online, test result display generator)
http://mylabresults.org
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/deficiencies-quality-management-processes-and-delays-communication-test-results-and-follow
March 01, 2023 - Deficiencies in Quality Management Processes and Delays in the Communication of Test … Citation Text:
Deficiencies in Quality Management Processes and Delays in the Communication of Test … Citation Text:
Deficiencies in Quality Management Processes and Delays in the Communication of Test … April 26, 2006
Multiple Failures in Test Results Follow-up for a Patient Diagnosed with … May 15, 2019
Understanding test results follow-up in the ambulatory setting: analysis
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st26/stat26.pdf
January 01, 2002 - Statistical Brief #26: Use of the Pap Test as a Cancer Screening Tool -- 2001
Statistical Brief #26 … Use of the Pap Test as a Cancer Screening Tool ― 2001
By: May Chu, B.S. … The rate of Pap test
screening varied considerably by health insurance coverage status. … As shown in Figure 3, the rate of Pap test screening also varied by race/ethnicity. … Data on Pap test screening was missing for about 2.5% of women.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/reports/issue-briefs/dxsafety-probabilistic-thinking.pdf
September 01, 2022 - Interpret test
result
Decide on
next steps:
more testing
or manage
M
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ho
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To
Kn … probability
Understand
test and
treatment
thresholds
Understand
chance of
benefts and … harmed by getting the test. … results.22 These estimates must be updated with each subsequent
test. … ■ At Step 4: Test interpretation: Teach about test accuracy using natural frequency interpretation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34888/psn-pdf
March 11, 2019 - "I wish I had seen this test result earlier!" … "I wish I had seen this test result earlier!" … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/i-wish-i-had-seen-test-result-earlier-dissatisfaction-test-result-management … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/i-wish-i-had-seen-test-result-earlier-dissatisfaction-test-result-management-systems-primary … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/i-wish-i-had-seen-test-result-earlier-dissatisfaction-test-result-management-systems-primary
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/crctoolkit/crctool2c1.html
April 01, 2018 - Spanish)
4.b-3 Web Links to CDC Patient Information on CRC Screening
4.b-4 Stool Test Kit Request … Take-home stool blood testing IS ACCEPTABLE as a CRC screening test. … Patients with any positive at-home stool test should be referred for colonoscopy. … (FOBT) every year*, **
Fecal immunochemical test (FIT) every year*, **
Stool DNA test (sDNA), interval … If FOBT or FIT is used as a screening test, use the take-home multisample.
U.S.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/laboratory-testing-general-practice-patient-safety-blind-spot
July 29, 2015 - Insufficient communication of laboratory test results can contribute to delays in diagnosis . … Discussing poor communication regarding test results in primary care , this commentary advocates for … : dissatisfaction with test result management systems in primary care. … November 20, 2015
Patient perspectives on test result communication in primary care: … October 7, 2011
The frequency of missed test results and associated treatment delays
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-health-information-technology-interventions-improve-medication-laboratory-monitoring
August 11, 2010 - Failure to follow up on test results has been linked to missed and delayed diagnoses in the ambulatory … this systematic review found only modest published evidence linking EHR use to improved laboratory test … The authors conclude that further research will be required to develop optimal test management systems … March 13, 2019
Electronic detection of delayed test result follow-up in patients with … April 14, 2011
Ten strategies to improve management of abnormal test result alerts in
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867143/psn-pdf
November 13, 2024 - A virtual breakthrough series collaborative for missed
test results: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized … A virtual breakthrough series collaborative for missed test
results: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/virtual-breakthrough-series-collaborative-missed-test-results-stepped-wedge … -
cluster
Failure to follow up on test results promptly can lead to delayed diagnoses. … teams implemented 47
unique interventions, including increased patient engagement through access to test
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/sustainability/management/huddles-slides.html
June 01, 2017 - Do : Conduct the test
Study : Review how the test went and what lessons were learned
Act : … First Test
Image: Flowchart showing details to consider in your first test
Box 1: Select the appropraite … Box 8: Schedule a 10-minute 'debrief'
Slide 8: Practical Tips To Remember for Your First Test … Image: Graphic showing four practical tips to inform your first test
1. … Time the test
2. Debrief with your staff
3. Follow up on issues
4.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trends-primary-care-clinician-perceptions-new-electronic-health-record
March 13, 2019 - by 1 year after implementation, clinicians felt that the EHR improved their ability to follow up on test … February 15, 2011
"I wish I had seen this test result earlier!" … : dissatisfaction with test result management systems in primary care. … May 4, 2011
Management of test results in family medicine offices. … , 2010
Frequency of failure to inform patients of clinically significant outpatient test
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/pharyngitis-slides.pptx
September 01, 2022 - Objectives
Review common infectious causes of pharyngitis
Identify criteria for determining whether to test … cough
Add the Criteria:
0 or 1 No testing, no antibiotics needed
2 or 3 Obtain a rapid strep test … Check rapid strep test
B. Prescribe amoxicillin
C. Prescribe amoxicillin-clavulanate
D. … Check rapid strep test
B. Prescribe amoxicillin
C. Prescribe amoxicillin-clavulanate
D. … is a molecular test
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Pharyngitis
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/automatic-notification-system-test-results-finalized-after-discharge/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - An Automatic Notification System for Test Results Finalized after Discharge - 2010
Project … Name
An Automatic Notification System for Test Results Finalized after Discharge
Principal … The impact of this system on physician awareness of test results will be evaluated. … The intervention primarily relies upon the inpatient test results system and the admission, discharge … The primary outcome will be awareness of all post-discharge test results among responsible providers.