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21. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality (pdf file)
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    July 22, 2021 - o We have begun pilot testing the TeamSTEPPS for Improving Diagnosis curriculum. … • COVID Response: Work has focused on preventing the spread of the disease, testing and treating … • RADx Home COVID Testing App: NIBIB is leading an effort to evaluate home COVID testing when paired

22. Development of the CAHPS Cancer Care Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Development and testing of the initial version. … They then evaluated the content validity and comprehensibility of the questions by cognitively testing … This survey was put through an iterative testing process that included an initial round of field testing … They also conducted testing of the proposed measures with patients who had received cancer treatment.

23. Speaking Plainly: Communicating the Patient’s Role in Health Care Safety (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2004 - Swift Abstract The development and testing of a patient fact sheet entitled Five Steps to Safer … “Consumer testing” refers to the process of testing materials or concepts with an audience.) … This testing also uncovered valuable information regarding cultural differences. … Development and testing of promotional materials As mentioned previously, physician testing of the … Abstract Introduction Background Consumer testing Physician testing Testing with consumers whose

24. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare (pdf file)
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    November 03, 2022 - o TeamSTEPPS for Diagnosis Improvement is now posted on the AHRQ website o Completed the pilot testing … o Completed pilot testing of our resource – Calibrate Dx: A Resource to Improve Diagnostic Decisions … Mobile Application Reporting through Standards project to address the unmet need of shifting in COVID testing … , to ensure accurate and appropriate reporting on at-home testing results.

25. Explain and Motivate Use of Healthcare Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2019 - Testing Is Essential While this section offers many suggestions about how to explain quality information … You can also use cognitive testing to explore alternative ways of talking about a particular issue, to … Finally, use testing to make sure that your language and message do not offend your consumer audience … Learn more about The Purpose and Process of Cognitive Testing .  

26. Advancing Diagnostic Equity Through Clinician Engagement, Community Partnerships, and Connected Care (pdf file)
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    November 15, 2022 - are less likely to be tested for coronavirus.1 Similar disparities have been documented with cardiac testing … address their biases through self-reflection activities (e.g., examining rates of how often essential testing … improve appointment attendance, ad- dress language barriers, and reinforce the importance of refer- rals, testing … COVID-19 racial disparities in testing, infection, hospitalization, and death: analysis of Epic data … November 12, 2021. https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue- brief/covid-19-racial-disparities-testing-infection-hospitalization-death

27. Methods To Deploy Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2017 - Community-Acquired Pneumonia Toolkit Improving Surgical Care and Recovery Improving Your Laboratory Testing … Skills Updates or Competency Testing . Use the materials as part of competency testing of staff. … Competency testing can be done in a controlled environment such as a skills lab or can be accomplished

28. Advice on Using Design Professionals for a Quality Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Resources Comparative Report Profiles Writing Tips Design Tips Cognitive Testing … Start consumer testing of the design at an early stage when it’s still possible and cost-effective to … Invite your design team to observe this testing. … Work with your design team to use the results from consumer testing to improve the report's design. … will support changes in design (such as changes that might be needed based on results from consumer testing

29. NPSD Data Spotlight - Patient Safety and COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis of Concerns During the Public Health Emergency (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2021 - • Procedural issues with COVID-19 testing represented 13.0% of records analyzed. … The results indicate a need to close the loop on critical processes, such as testing, during a PHE … Additionally, nearly half of the records reviewed related to testing (n = 16) noted a failure of the … Potential patient and staff exposure to individuals testing positive for COVID-19, or PUI, presented … Train new staff, perform stat COVID-19 testing for surgery/ED, process ED samples.

30. Resources for Developers of Quality Reports for Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2019 - Resources Comparative Report Profiles Writing Tips Design Tips Cognitive Testing … Testing Quality Reports With Consumers Learn how you can use the  cognitive testing to elicit audience

31. Explaining Comparisons of Health Care Quality Scores | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2016 - However, evidence from cognitive testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Quality … Model_Report_Composite.pdf The developers of a model report for the AHRQ Quality Indicators did cognitive testing … shows how that can be done with two simple sentences which have been subjected to rigorous cognitive testing … ”   [1] This testing was done initially to explore how to add data from the CAHPS Hospital Survey … The approach shown on this page was adopted for the cognitive testing of the AHRQ Quality Indicator Model

32. The CAHPS Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2023 - Responsibilities of the CAHPS Consortium: The Consortium is responsible for conceiving, developing, testing … This work includes:  The development and testing of new surveys to measure patient experience (e.g. … The development and testing of survey items on specific topics (e.g., shared decision-making). … Information about products at various stages of development and testing.

33. Issue Brief 9: Improved Diagnostic Accuracy Through Probability-Based Diagnosis (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - While many clinicians do not frame diagnostic testing in terms of patient benefit and harms, tests, … ■ Step 5: Final diagnosis or further testing. … Similar logic could be applied to testing more generally with better access to information. … Clinician attitudes and beliefs associated with more aggressive diagnostic testing. … Using Bayes’ rule in diagnostic testing: a graphical explanation.

34. CAHPS Emergency Department Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - Cognitive testing of the survey with ED patients. Measure testing with consumers. … Read about the development and testing of the CAHPS Emergency Department Survey .

35. Acute Care Learning Laboratory—Reducing Threats to Diagnostic Fidelity in Critical Illness | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - engaged key stakeholders to identify threats to the diagnostic process and guide the design, development, testing … data resources, real-time data processing capabilities, and patient clinical data, the laboratory is testing … As it prepares for pilot testing, the lab plans to apply for funding to evaluate the preliminary effectiveness … Feasibility and reliability testing of manual electronic health record reviews as a tool for timely identification … Feasibility and reliability testing of manual electronic health record reviews as a tool for timely identification

36. Diagnostic Safety Resource List (pdf file)
    cahps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/medical-office/diagnostic-safety-resources.pdf
    May 01, 2023 - Testing and Referrals 4 Composite Measure 3. … Testing and Referrals 1. … Improvement https://www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-care/lab-testing-toolkit.html The tools in this … step-by-step guide can increase the reliability of the testing process in medical offices by helping … Testing and Referrals 1. Closing the Loop 2.

37. Translating Surveys and Other Materials | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - This process includes two kinds of testing: Cognitive testing with a small group of representatives … of the target population, followed by revisions and additional testing as needed to address any areas

38. Understanding and Reducing Overuse of Potentially Harmful Screening Tests (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - psychological, and costs: Physical Emotional/Psychological Costs  Injury from screening or follow-up testing … the immediate harms of the screening test, not future related harms such as unnecessary follow-up testing … Through testing the educational materials we learned that:  Fewer than half of patients recognize … and untreatable diseases - Altering the language or risk communication used to describe harms - Testing

39. Search FAQs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2019 - Revisions to reflect findings from cognitive testing. … Field testing and psychometric analysis of field test results. … The CAHPS Hospital Survey: development, testing, and use. … Role of cognitive testing in the development of the CAHPS Hospital Survey. … and field testing of the survey.

40. Emergency Department Workflow Diagrams (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2018 - Diagnostic testing including labwork and chest x-ray. Diagnosis CAP? Pursue other diagnoses. … Diagnostic testing including labwork and chest x-ray. Diagnosis CAP? Pursue other diagnoses. … Diagnostic testing including labwork and chest x-ray. Diagnosis CAP? Pursue other diagnoses.