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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40101/psn-pdf
    January 17, 2012 - Lessons learned from implementation of a computerized application for pending tests at hospital discharge … Lessons learned from implementation of a computerized application for pending tests at hospital discharge … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/lessons-learned-implementation-computerized-application-pending-tests- … Describing the experience of one hospital's implementation of an electronic system to help track and manage tests … the surprisingly large number of barriers to developing safe and effective systems to deal with such tests

  2. Potential Solutions to Lab Data Extraction (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/ny8.pdf
    April 29, 2014 - The Lab Information System (LIS) extracts results for ALL tests for requested patients. … will feed the list of patients into the Lab Information System (LIS) and request the results of the tests … Results for some tests in our list are not stored in the LIS (e.g., inhaled oxygen flow rate with an … In some systems it is not possible to select results for only some lab tests. … OR provide some information about the tests as performed (specimen, units of measure, method) so

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61126/psn-pdf
    November 11, 2020 - Potential for false positive results with antigen tests for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2--letter to … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potential-false-positive-results-antigen-tests-rapid-detection-sars-cov- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potential-false-positive-results-antigen-tests-rapid-detection-sars-cov- … 2-letter-clinical https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potential-false-positive-results-antigen-tests-rapid-detection-sars-cov

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845348/psn-pdf
    February 02, 2012 - Liquid-based Papanicolaou tests in endometrial carcinoma diagnosis: performance, error root cause analysis … Liquid-based Papanicolaou tests in endometrial carcinoma diagnosis: performance, error root cause analysis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/liquid-based-papanicolaou-tests-endometrial-carcinoma-diagnosis- performance-error-root-cause … Delayed diagnosis from false-negative Papanicolaou (Pap) tests can have tragic results. … This study re- screened liquid-based Pap tests of women who were later diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma

  5. Deciding Whether to Complement a Systematic Review of Medical Tests with Decision Modeling | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-decision-models/slides

  6. Final Progress Report: Improving Safety and Quality with Outpatient Order Entry (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/gandhi-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - • Order Tracking: Reports of tests that were ordered but not performed. … Outcome—Completion rate of tests ordered. … Order Tracking: Reports of Tests that Were Ordered but not Performed. … Secondary outcomes will compare test type, specifically lab tests versus colonoscopies. … tests, producing the cost-savings number.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45276/psn-pdf
    September 29, 2017 - Clinicians' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening, and tests: a systematic … Clinicians' Expectations of the Benefits and Harms of Treatments, Screening, and Tests: A Systematic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinicians-expectations-benefits-and-harms-treatments-screening-and-tests … This systematic review found that providers' expectations surrounding the risks and benefits of tests … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinicians-expectations-benefits-and-harms-treatments-screening-and-tests-systematic-review

  8. Tools To Improve Diagnostic Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/tools/index.html
    June 01, 2025 - 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

  9. Archived: Syphilis Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - Used in concert with nontreponemal tests, however, the positive predictive value of treponemal tests … tests, since declining antibody titers may produce false-negative nontreponemal tests. … Syphilis tests in diagnostic and therapeutic decision making. … Diagnostic tests. In: Larsen SA, Hunter EF, Kraus SJ, eds. A manual of tests for syphilis. … Specific syphilis serological tests may become negative in HIV infection.

  10. Diagnosis of Celiac Disease: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/celiac-disease_clinician.pdf
    July 01, 2016 - Endomysial antibody (EmA) IgA tests have lower sensitivity but similar specificity to tTG IgA tests … (high SOE). tTG IgA tests are more sensitive than DGP IgA and DGP IgG tests in adults who are not … Both tTG and DGP tests are more sensitive in children than in adults. … Limited evidence suggests that DGP tests are more accurate than tTG tests in children <24 months of … Testing algorithms �� All algorithms studied used tTG tests.

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50829/psn-pdf
    January 22, 2020 - How one medical checkup can snowball into a ‘cascade’ of tests, causing more harm than good. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-one-medical-checkup-can-snowball-cascade-tests-causing-more-harm- good … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-one-medical-checkup-can-snowball-cascade-tests-causing-more-harm-good … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-one-medical-checkup-can-snowball-cascade-tests-causing-more-harm-good

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38817/psn-pdf
    April 04, 2011 - Adequacy of hospital discharge summaries in documenting tests with pending results and outpatient follow-up … Adequacy of hospital discharge summaries in documenting tests with pending results and outpatient follow-up … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adequacy-hospital-discharge-summaries-documenting-tests-pending-results- … reviewed nearly 700 discharge summaries from two academic centers and found that only 16% of pending tests … were mentioned and that only 13% of discharge summaries listed all pending tests.

  13. Assessing Applicability of Medical Test Studies in Systematic Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-applicability/slides

  14. Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-bias/slides

  15. Choosing the Important Outcomes for a Systematic Review of a Medical Test | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-outcomes/slides

  16. Introduction to the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-introduction/slides

  17. Options for Summarizing Medical Test Performance in the Absence of a Gold Standard | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-performance/slides

  18. Meta-analysis of Test Performance Evidence When There is a “Gold Standard” | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/methods-guidance-tests-metaanalysis/slides

  19. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-frameworks.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - Developing the topic and structuring systematic reviews of medical tests. … In revealing potential benefits and harms of the tests? … Adverse events of subsequent treatment/ other tests? … The same cases must be detected by both tests. … This requires that both tests detect the same cases.

  20. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-frameworks.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - Developing the topic and structuring systematic reviews of medical tests. … In revealing potential benefits and harms of the tests? … Adverse events of subsequent treatment/ other tests? … The same cases must be detected by both tests. … This requires that both tests detect the same cases.
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