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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35571/psn-pdf
April 06, 2011 - overestimation-clinical-diagnostic-performance-caused-low-necropsy-rates
Assessing how well clinicians or diagnostic tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44127/psn-pdf
September 28, 2017 - intolerance-error-and-culture-blame-drive-medical-excess
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/older-patients-perceptions-unnecessary-tests-and-referrals-national-survey-medicare
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41814/psn-pdf
March 04, 2015 - the authors found cases where autopsies missed diagnoses that had been previously noted on imaging
tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42669/psn-pdf
September 27, 2017 - Most frequently missed were mouth care, ambulation, repositioning, bathing, and discussing tests
and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/neurological-red-flags-missed-stroke-after-intermittent-episodes-dizziness-and-headache
February 08, 2023 - The HINTS exam, first described in 2009, includes three bedside oculomotor tests: head impulse test ( … must be distinguished from positional nystagmus , which is elicited by the Dix-Hallpike (and other) tests … Both HINTS testing and STANDING take only a few minutes to perform. 32 However, all these bedside tests … Imaging and Laboratory Tests In patients with isolated dizziness who have nystagmus, laboratory testing … All tests have limitations.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/utmc-nurse-tossed-out-kidney-ruined-it-national-experts-say-error-rare
August 07, 2024 - May 27, 2011
How one medical checkup can snowball into a ‘cascade’ of tests, causing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866205/psn-pdf
July 10, 2024 - surgical rounds, he
was noted to be in hypovolemic shock and the team immediately ordered laboratory tests … Standard coagulation tests (i.e., International Normalized Ratio, Activated Partial
Thromboplastin Time … Ordering laboratory tests and imaging, as done
in this patient, only delays treatment of the shock and … opportunity to save
the patient, the appropriate urgency was not applied as evidenced by ordering laboratory tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37992/psn-pdf
August 20, 2008 - errors reported by staff and clinicians and examined errors in the process of ordering diagnostic
tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematic-review-application-plan-do-study-act-method-improve-quality-healthcare
May 01, 2019 - improvement showed that most studies do not report on the key methodological features of iterative cycles, tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/system-related-and-cognitive-errors-laboratory-medicine
December 21, 2016 - Problems managing laboratory tests can contribute to diagnostic error .
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45575/psn-pdf
November 09, 2016 - projects undertaken
demonstrated success in reducing the unneeded intervention: fewer serum creatinine tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41101/psn-pdf
October 16, 2012 - provider–patient interaction (e.g., missing important symptoms); diagnostic testing (e.g., overuse
or underuse of tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36334/psn-pdf
October 26, 2010 - As in the outpatient arena,
errors generally occurred due to failure to order diagnostic tests or interpret
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40925/psn-pdf
December 07, 2011 - included arranging follow-up
appointments, performing medication reconciliation, and following up on tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/hindsight-2020-thrombolytics-alcohol-intoxication
December 18, 2024 - Thirty minutes after TNKase administration, laboratory tests showed that the patient’s alcohol level … According to the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association guidelines, other tests such … It is not customary to measure and/or wait for other laboratory tests; “alteplase treatment should not … If the point-of-care ethanol level is unobtainable, one should prioritize lab tests such as the complete … collateral history, physical examination, clinical decision support tools, and point of care laboratory tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/864867/psn-pdf
April 10, 2024 - Thirty minutes after TNKase administration, laboratory tests showed that the patient’s alcohol level … According to the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association guidelines, other
tests … It is not
customary to measure and/or wait for other laboratory tests; “alteplase treatment should not … If the point-of-care
ethanol level is unobtainable, one should prioritize lab tests such as the complete … collateral history, physical examination, clinical decision support tools, and point of care laboratory
tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33861/psn-pdf
July 01, 2018 - You just repeat the tests. … What are the right screening tests and sequence of follow-up tests if these
are positive to work up … Based on new screening recommendations for high-risk patients, we're ordering many
imaging tests to … These are situations where we should be doing
few tests and referrals. … releases/2017/10/171002161254.htm
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/society-improve-diagnosis-medicine
fewer tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/852698/psn-pdf
August 30, 2023 - medical record (EMR) features an order set to assist clinicians in ordering
the appropriate diagnostic tests … appropriate follow-up testing (such as computed tomography [CT] scans and carcinoembryonic
antigen [CEA] tests … Decision-support systems for CT scans and CEA tests at appropriate
intervals post-surgery were implemented … In addition, adenoma detection rates were measured, and the
pathology department now tests all specimens
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40932/psn-pdf
July 05, 2016 - health-it-and-patient-safety-building-safer-systems-better-care
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lessons-learned-implementation-computerized-application-pending-tests-hospital-discharge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38621/psn-pdf
February 18, 2011 - providers for failing to perform adequate physical exams and patients for failing to undergo recommended
tests