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1. Categorizing High and Low Performance in Quality Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   December 01, 2022 - Here are two alternative strategies to consider: Using statistical tests to identify “significantly … Using Statistical Tests to Categorize Performance One solution is to use statistical tests to identify … Many health care professionals believe that only statistical tests can tell you which differences really … The Challenge of Statistical Tests If you use this approach, providers will want assurance that they … Some report sponsors worry that if statistical tests or more judgment-based tests of clinical significance

2. Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2018 - guide can increase the reliability of the testing process in your office by helping you examine how tests … Studies of primary care offices consistently show that the process for managing tests is a significant … The tools will help you examine how tests are managed in your office, from the moment tests are ordered

3. 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Appendix A (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2018 - 2000-2017) Adults who had a doctor’s office or clinic visit in the last 12 months and needed care, tests … , or treatment who sometimes or never found it easy to get the care, tests, or treatment -2.19 0.0 … , or treatment who sometimes or never found it easy to get the care, tests, or treatment 2.34 0.0 … , or treatment who sometimes or never found it easy to get the care, tests, or treatment 138.68 6.19 … , or treatment who sometimes or never found it easy to get the care, tests, or treatment 59.74

4. Tools To Improve Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2024 - Studies of primary care offices consistently show that the process for managing tests is a significant … This toolkit helps ensure that diagnostic lab tests are accurately managed and shared with patients and … The tools help examine how tests are managed in the office, from the moment tests are ordered until the … important areas: elevated blood pressure, adolescent depression, and actionable pediatric diagnostic tests

5. Final Topic Refinement Document - Role of Liquid Biopsy in Detection and Management of Cancer in the Medicare Population (pdf file)
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   July 29, 2021 - Laboratory Developed Tests. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. … https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/vitro- diagnostics/laboratory-developed-tests. … such as PSA, hCG, CA125, tumor-based gene expression tests, calcitonin, HE4, NMP-22 etc … The current construct of FDA approved tests will most likely make FDA approved tests lag in content … infancy, with few such tests currently validated and available for clinical use.

6. Understanding Physicians' and Patients' Views of Harms and Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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   September 18, 2014 - Do physicians know about the harms of screening tests and consider them in relation to other factors …  15% did not see much harm in ordering screening tests even if they are not recommended. … highly influenced by patient age and patient request, with clinicians being more likely to recommend tests … They also need tools to help communicate potential harms of screening tests and to engage patients

7. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare (pdf file)
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   July 14, 2023 - updates from the IAWG Subcommittee on Best Practices for Utilizing Patient Portals for the Release of Tests … very similar symptoms, and a full workup and examination (sometimes with additional diagnostic tests … This policy financially penalizes hospitals that may want to perform the tests. … The winning technologies designed and developed diagnostic tests and platform technologies to reduce … updates from the IAWG Subcommittee on Best Practices for Utilizing Patient Portals for the Release of Tests

8. Results of ARRA-Funded CER Dissemination Activities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   December 01, 2014 - Continuing Education Retention Tests Slide 14. … Continuing Education Retention Tests: Confidence in Applying PCOR Slide 15. … Continuing Education Retention Tests: Perceived Value of PCOR Slide 16. … Return to Contents Slide 14: Continuing Education Retention Tests: Confidence in Applying PCOR … : This set of pie graphs shows perceived value of PCOR in continuing education retention tests for two

9. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare (pdf file)
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   November 19, 2021 - Rapid antigen tests perform on par with lab tests when used every 3 days.

10. Research Centers for Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2018 - Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services | University of North Carolina Overuse of some medical screening tests … main research projects of this center focus on reducing the overuse of potentially harmful screening tests … Screening tests, such as mammograms and colonoscopies.

11. Federal Interagency Workgroup: Improving Diagnostic Safety and Quality in Healthcare (pdf file)
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    November 03, 2022 - listen to a presentation from the Food and Drug Administration on the regulation of in vitro clinical tests … updates and a presentation from the Food and Drug Administration on the regulation of in vitro clinical tests

12. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 2b) (doc file)
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    June 20, 2011 - Your doctor may also ask you to get some tests or give you test results that you are waiting for. … Am I waiting on results of any tests? When should I get the results? … Are there tests I need after I leave the hospital?

13. Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Doctors Possible Side Effects Stay Safe While Taking Your Blood Thinner Food and Your Blood Thinner Blood Tests … Return to Contents   Blood Tests You will have to have your blood tested often if you are taking … Regular blood tests are not needed for some of the newer blood thinners. … Go for blood tests as directed. Never skip a dose. Never take a double dose.

14. Federal Interagency Workgroup on Improving Diagnostic Safety: July Meeting Summary (pdf file)
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    November 03, 2023 - updates from the IAWG Subcommittee on Best Practices for Utilizing Patient Portals for the Release of Tests … share very similar symptoms, and a full workup and examination (sometimes with additional diagnostic tests … radiopharmaceutical with the scan and thus financially penalizes the hospital who may want to perform the tests

15. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 2b) (pdf file)
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    May 22, 2013 - Your doctor may also ask you to get some tests or give you test results that you are waiting for. … • Am I waiting on results of any tests? When should I get the results? … • Are there tests I need after I leave the hospital?

16. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Ambulatory Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - Improvement can increase the reliability of the testing process in your office by helping you examine how tests … Actionable pediatric diagnostic tests, which are potentially delayed up to 26 percent of the time.

17. Implementation Guide for AHRQ's Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice - Training Modules (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2017 - In QI work we talk about “small tests of change.” … 1 r Yes, definitely 2 r Yes, somewhat 3 r No Other Possible Tests, Treatments, or Operations … A decision aid provides information and helps you think about your options for tests, treatments, or … b) I know which tests, treatments, and procedures require verbal consent. … For tests/treatments/procedures that require informed consent, how frequently do you do the following

18. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 2a) (doc file)
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    February 24, 2011 - Am I waiting on results of any tests? When should I get the results? … Are there tests I need after I leave the hospital?

19. Development of the CAHPS Adult Hospital Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2023 - CMS conducted pilot tests of the draft instrument through a contract with the Quality Improvement Organizations … The CAHPS Team used these field tests to learn more about the instrument, sampling processes, data collection

20. Development of the CAHPS Health Plan Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2022 - updated the survey instrument several times to reflect changes in healthcare delivery, survey field tests … Over the years, the CAHPS team has conducted multiple field tests of the Health Plan Survey in geographically