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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fda-public-health-notification-unretrieved-device-fragments
June 02, 2021 - December 16, 2020
Potential for false positive results with antigen tests for rapid detection
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/minimize-medication-errors-urgent-care-clinics
March 29, 2023 - and finances at a community hospital
August 25, 2021
Liquid-based Papanicolaou tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/avoiding-medical-emergencies
April 07, 2021 - Preventing diagnostic errors in ambulatory care: an electronic notification tool for incomplete radiology tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/swift-new-tool-identifying-prospective-hazards
February 03, 2021 - Development of a conceptual map of negative consequences for patients of overuse of medical tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49632/psn-pdf
July 01, 2011 - The patient's past PSA tests had always been normal. … Imaging tests confirmed metastatic
prostate cancer and also uncovered the missed follow-up of the elevated … As with other types of handoffs, the written sign-out should
identify active issues, pending lab tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49850/psn-pdf
January 01, 2019 - or simply making order entry more convenient
(e.g., an order set for frequently utilized laboratory tests … designed for the convenience
of the provider (such as an order set for frequently used morning laboratory tests … in the hospital) might lead
to orders for inappropriate and unnecessary tests, a form of overuse known
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49682/psn-pdf
April 01, 2013 - ; (vi) to what extent would additional diagnostic tests help resolve this question? … ; (viii) do the
potential benefits of additional tests outweigh the potential risks in toxicity from … those tests (e.g., computed
tomography [CT] radiation, contrast nephropathy) or any subsequent tests … Neuroimaging was the correct choice of subsequent diagnostic
tests, but the CT scan of the brain was
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/bar-code-technology-medication-administration-medication-errors-and-nurse-satisfaction
July 29, 2020 - January 12, 2022
Older patients' perceptions of "unnecessary" tests and referrals: a
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-and-adverse-events
July 20, 2022 - laboratory test requests: classification and frequency of data-entry errors for outpatient serology tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/many-people-color-worry-good-health-care-tied-their-appearance
September 20, 2023 - January 24, 2024
Completion of recommended tests and referrals in telehealth vs in-person
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medical-overuse-physician-cognitive-error-looking-under-hood
September 25, 2019 - May 11, 2019
To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2019-update-medical-overuse-review
May 05, 2021 - improvement study
February 12, 2020
To expand the evidence base about harms from tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2018-update-pediatric-medical-overuse-review
March 04, 2020 - 2017
Clinicians' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening, and tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-medication-reviews-delivered-community-pharmacist-elderly-patients-polypharmacy-meta
May 19, 2021 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Assessment of overuse of medical tests
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doctor-gave-me-inept-diagnosis-neurological-problem-i-should-know-im-neurologist
April 27, 2022 - March 13, 2013
How one medical checkup can snowball into a ‘cascade’ of tests, causing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/breathe-easy-safe-tracheostomy-management
June 07, 2023 - August 4, 2021
Low rate of completion of recommended tests and referrals in an academic … patients who read visit notes on the patient portal have a higher rate of "loop closure" on diagnostic tests … January 17, 2024
Completion of recommended tests and referrals in telehealth vs in-person
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/doctors-fear-work-caps-residents-may-be-bad-medicine
May 27, 2011 - May 27, 2011
How one medical checkup can snowball into a ‘cascade’ of tests, causing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/first-do-no-harm-0
September 05, 2007 - September 5, 2007
How one medical checkup can snowball into a ‘cascade’ of tests, causing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/diagnosing-diagnostic-mistakes
April 30, 2014 - diagnosis of dissecting aneurysm.( 9 ) Second, the quality of the literature addressing various diagnostic tests … Reports of the accuracy of diagnostic tests are biased by retrospective reviews of charts of patients … empiric treatment of one may increase the chance of death in another; and (iii) the value of diagnostic tests … Were the appropriate tests ordered for the differential diagnosis list?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49571/psn-pdf
October 01, 2008 - twice in a family
practice office for "well checks" over the past few years but had not had blood tests … Take-Home Points
Measuring a child and plotting his or her height and weight are essential routine tests