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  1. Medical disrespect. | PSNet

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    September 27, 2023 - September 27, 2023 How one medical checkup can snowball into a ‘cascade’ of tests, causing

  2. Reducing diagnostic errors worldwide through diagnostic management teams. | PSNet

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    May 23, 2018 - review highlights the value of creating diagnostic management teams tasked with selecting laboratory tests

  3. Neurological Red Flags: A Missed Stroke after Intermittent Episodes of Dizziness and Headache | PSNet

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    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.

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  5. Swiss Cheese Model | PSNet

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    September 13, 2021 - wrong-site surgery, slices of the cheese might include conventions for identifying sidedness on radiology tests

  6. Can wearable tech prevent healthcare errors? | PSNet

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    December 02, 2020 - Design and implementation of an automated email notification system for results of tests

  7. Vanderbilt Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy. | PSNet

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    March 02, 2022 - March 6, 2012 Diagnostic errors and abnormal diagnostic tests lost to follow-up: a source

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 01, 2012 - Today, there are countless ways to categorize disease—telemetry printouts, laboratory tests, electrocardiograms … Prompt, accurate diagnosis reduces the number of procedures and invasive tests, decreases the number … in a medical culture that allows clinicians to make clinical decisions based largely on technologic tests

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 06, 2018 - most participants felt that accessing OpenNotes facilitated their understanding of the rationale for tests

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 21, 2013 - prior VA studies have shown that a small but clinically significant proportion of abnormal laboratory tests

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    December 03, 2014 - Tests ordered by trainees frequently led to issues with follow-up since trainees often rotated to other

  12. New Oral Anticoagulants | PSNet

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    July 01, 2011 - Clinicians may inappropriately order coagulation tests that do not correlate with TSOAC effect. … For example, commonly obtained tests for warfarin or heparin, including the prothrombin time or partial … Or, they may also fail to order TSOAC-specific tests when such tests are indicated, as in situations

  13. Computer viruses are "rampant" on medical devices in hospitals. | PSNet

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    February 21, 2024 - Design and implementation of an automated email notification system for results of tests

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  16. Hindsight is 20/20: Thrombolytics for Alcohol Intoxication | PSNet

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    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

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    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

  18. Patient-reported missed nursing care correlated with adverse events. | PSNet

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    September 27, 2017 - Most frequently missed were mouth care, ambulation, repositioning, bathing, and discussing tests and

  19. Microsoft PowerPoint - Spotlight Case_Hindsight is 2020_SLIDES_FINAL.pptx (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - per hospital protocol. 7 Case Details (4) • Thirty minutes after TNK administration, laboratory tests … . – 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 … • If the point-of-care ethanol level is unobtainable, one should prioritize lab tests such as the … collateral history, physical examination, clinical decision support tools, and point of care laboratory tests

  20. Spotlight Case Hindsight Is 2020 Slides Final Revised 05.03.2024 (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2024 - hospital protocol. 7 Case Details (4) • Thirty minutes after TNKase administration, laboratory tests … . – 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 … • If the point-of-care ethanol level is unobtainable, one should prioritize lab tests such as the … collateral history, physical examination, clinical decision support tools, and point of care laboratory tests
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