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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs018749-nease-final-report-2013.pdf
January 01, 2013 - likely to repeat those tests. … • Hypothesis 1b) the mean number of radiology tests ordered per month. … Results of tests ordered by the practice and
forwarded by other practices were ‘pushed’. … Claims for laboratory tests were defined as
claims in BETOS category 4 (tests), subcategories T1A–T1H … Claims for radiology tests were defined as all claims
in BETOS category 3 (imaging).
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-exchange-and-ambulatory-test-utilization
January 01, 2023 - are expected to reduce health care costs, partially by reducing redundant laboratory and radiology tests … Research suggests that when institutions implement electronic medical records (EHRs), the utilization of tests … is substantially reduced because clinicians who have ready access to the results of prior tests are … less likely to repeat those tests.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/hie-and-ambulatory-test-utilization/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - If physicians can easily access the results of tests that have already been performed, they are less … Rates and costs of tests were the outcome variables, and adoption over time from 2005 to 2010 was the … The rate of testing per provider was expressed as tests per 1,000 patients per quarter. … such as the possibility that HIE adoption might be associated with fewer but more expensive laboratory tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/dalal-anuj-k
September 26, 2019 - Lost in transition: discrepancies in how physicians perceive the actionability of the results of tests … Lost in transition: discrepancies in how physicians perceive the actionability of the results of tests … Impact of an automated email notification system for results of tests pending at discharge: a cluster-randomized … Impact of an automated email notification system for results of tests pending at discharge: a cluster-randomized
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/use-web-based-health-information-patient-practice-portal-non-users.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Exercise more
�Quit smoking � Make sure I take my medications as prescribed
� Make sure I get all the tests … and calories �Track your exercise
�Remind you when to take prescriptions �Remind you when you need tests … medicines, immunizations, and other information in one place
�Looking at the results of your lab tests … or other tests
�Seeing your doctor’s instructions for taking care of your health
�Getting a reminder … managing
your information in one
place
Looking at the results of
your lab and other tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/portal-and-non-portal-user-surveys-to-assess-mypreventivecare-portal.pdf
June 16, 2021 - □ Make s ure I take my medications as prescribed
□ Make sure I get all the tests … and calories □Track your exercise
□Remind you when to take prescriptions □Remind you when you need tests … medicines, immunizations, and other information in one place
□Looking at the results of your lab tests … or other tests
□Seeing your doctor’s instructions for taking care of your health
□Getting a reminder … Learning about when you □ □ □ □ □
need tests and care
Seeing your doctor’s □ □ □ □ □
instructions
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/automatic-notification-system-test-results-finalized-after-discharge/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - In the first phase of this study, components of the system were developed to: 1) identify laboratory tests … and e-mail addresses of appropriate inpatient and ambulatory providers; 3) exclude routinely-ordered tests … Participating physicians’ patients who were discharged from these services and had tests pending during … pilot period in which e-mail notifications were suppressed, the system automatically identified 2,992 tests … The higher amount is likely due to additional tests being incorporated from issues related to the discharge
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-quality-through-health-information-technology-testing-feasibility-and/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - examines how health IT tools can improve compliance, efficiency, and quality of care by reducing duplicate tests … and improve both the efficiency and quality of care by reducing the numbers of duplicate laboratory tests … Implementation of the EHR had limited measurable short-term impact on laboratory followup and duplicate tests … The rate of duplicate viral load tests for HIV at each center was low both pre- and post-implementation … post-implementation was evident on several measures, including CD4, lipid profile, and liver function tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/young-dw-1981-improving
January 01, 2023 - In the first study the number of tests not ordered fell from 68 to 16, and in a second study from 130 … After patient information is entered, such as patient history, physical examination, and laboratory tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015226-gandhi-final-report-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - • Order Tracking: Reports of tests that were ordered but not performed. … Outcome—Completion rate of tests
ordered. … Outcome—
Percentage of the time redundant tests are performed. … Order Tracking: Reports of Tests That Were Ordered But Not Performed. … tests producing the cost-savings number.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/kim-j-et-al-2005
January 01, 2005 - of an introductory segment, four test-specific segments, and information to allow comparison of the tests … Within 6 months of viewing, 43% of patients had completed screening tests. … design and provides a 5-minute introduction followed by five additional sections describing various tests … Through video footage and physician/patient narration, the resource allows patients to review various tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/healthitandlaborders.pdf
November 01, 2011 - To examine redundant lab tests we measured the
frequency of Viral Load tests for the same patient within … Duplicate Tests
The study documented the number of duplicate Viral Load tests for HIV patients before … Less than 1 percent of tests were duplicated in all time intervals
examined. … Presently clinicians must scroll through all Centers’ tests, which is time-
consuming. … tests are not categorized intuitively.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/centers-medicare-medicaid-services-special-study-%E2%80%93-pilot-testing-electronic
January 01, 2023 - Production tests were conducted to determine the functionality of the Medication History, RXFILL, and … Laboratory tests were conducted to assess the functionality of the Structured Sig and RxNorm standards
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/oklahoma-patient-survey.pdf
June 16, 2021 - The information provided to me about my tests, treatments, and/or procedures was clear and helpful to … It was easy to schedule my appointment for follow-up tests, procedures, and/or outside appointments with … procedures was clear and helpful to me:
16:
It was easy to schedule my appointment for follow-up tests
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/Helene_Kopal_IQHIT_Q6_HTN_Intervention_Users_Manual.pdf
March 01, 2009 - the Hypertensive Patient – User’s Manual
v 1.0 7 March 2009
3.4 Using Order Sets to
Order Tests … Open Door’s
recommended treatment
standards for hypertension
appear as pre-entered:
• Laboratory Tests … • Diagnostic Imaging
Tests
• Immunizations
• Lifestyle
Assessments*
• Appointments
Standard … Patient – User’s Manual
v 1.0 8 March 2009
To order tests … Use CDSS to learn whether the patient is due for any
screening tests or preventive care based on his
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/use-web-based-health-information.pdf
June 16, 2021 - Exercise more
�Quit smoking � Make sure I take my medications as prescribed
� Make sure I get all the tests … and calories �Track your exercise
�Remind you when to take prescriptions �Remind you when you need tests … medicines, immunizations, and other information in one place
�Looking at the results of your lab tests … or other tests
�Seeing your doctor’s instructions for taking care of your health
�Getting a reminder
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/effects-age-cognition-and-health-literacy-use-patient-emr/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - level, income, health information, medication use, experience with technology, and cognitive battery tests … Participants will also be given the TOFHLA and subjective and objective numeracy tests. … Cognitive tests were identified and modified.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/tools-optimizing-medication-safety-top-meds
January 01, 2023 - Refine a standard battery of tests for pre-market safety screening of drug names, and develop and test … Publication Technology: Computerized Provider Order Entry System Population: Researcher
Cognitive tests … errors: the relationship between drug name confusion rates in laboratory-based memory and perception tests … Cognitive tests predict real-world errors: the relationship between drug name confusion rates in laboratory-based … memory and perception tests and corresponding error rates in large pharmacy chains.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/length-of-stay-quick-reference-guide.pdf
March 01, 2009 - hospitalizations due to
delays in decisionmaking by providers while they
wait for results, schedule diagnostic tests … avoid waiting for
paper charts to arrive to the hospital floor or
ordering what may be duplicate tests … Tests, treatments,
and medications are therefore scheduled and
delivered faster.2,6 Viewing results … team and your stakeholders and would avoid
the difficulty of conducting and interpreting
statistical tests … Computerized pathology test order entry
reduces laboratory turnaround times and
influences tests ordered
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs018648-atlas-final-report-2014.pdf
January 01, 2014 - Efficacy laboratory tests were defaulted to order, while safety laboratory tests required the PCP
to … Dates of laboratory tests and results were obtained over 2-‐year period
beginning 6-‐ months before … We also used two additional indices to
assess decision making quality specific to laboratory tests … or chi-‐square tests, as appropriate. … Finally, many intervention physicians
noted that a substantial minority of tests were completed at