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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. Understanding and Reducing Overuse of Potentially Harmful Screening Tests (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2014 - Understanding and Reducing Overuse of Potentially Harmful Screening Tests … right people, at the right time Understanding and Reducing Overuse of Potentially Harmful Screening Tests … While many screening tests are beneficial, some do more harm than good. … How do patients think about screening tests and their potential harms? 2. … More awareness of the potential harms of screening tests is needed.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. RED Discharge Preparation Workbook (pdf file)
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   February 14, 2013 - requests: _________________________________________________________________ Additional Appointments, Tests … Outstanding Tests/Labs Tests /Labs Pending Date Conducted Results Expected Who Will Follow … Outstanding Tests/Labs

7. AHCP Template for Manual Creation: English-Speaking Patients (pdf file)
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   February 14, 2013 - [PCP Name]: When I left the hospital, results from some tests were not available. … Please check for results of these tests: [List tests done] I am having trouble with the stairs in

8. 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.

9. Improving Your Laboratory Testing Process Toolkit (pdf file)
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   December 01, 2017 - The tools will help you examine how tests are managed in your office, from the moment tests are ordered … Errors in managing tests are more common than most of us realize. … Do you know why the test (or tests) was ordered? If yes, what was the reason?” … • An area to improve your patients’ knowledge about their tests. … A report that identifies all tests ordered during a specific time period?

10. 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

11. Dailygoals (doc file)
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    January 01, 2003 - Positive and expiratory pressure_____ |_| Pressure support/tracheostomy trial____h To Do Tests … /procedures today |_| N/A |_| Tests completed: _________ Scheduled labs |_| N/A Morning laboratory … tests, chest x-ray needed?

12. 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

13. 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

14. Daily Goals Checklist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2012 - expiratory pressure_____ __   Pressure support/tracheostomy trial ____ h     To Do   Tests … /procedures today __   N/A __   Tests completed: _________   Scheduled labs __   N/A   … Morning laboratory tests, chest x-ray needed?

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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?

19. 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.

20. 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