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  1. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews Chapter 1 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/methods-guidance-tests-introduction_methods.pdf
    July 01, 2012 - Introduction With the growing number, complexity, and cost of medical tests, which tests can reliably … The second tenet is that medical tests (and therefore assessments of those tests) are about improving … tests are among the most commonly employed. … and prognostic tests, respectively. … ACCE Model Process for Evaluating Genetic Tests.

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43484/psn-pdf
    September 17, 2014 - A review of the evidence of harm from self-tests. … A review of the evidence of harm from self-tests. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/review-evidence-harm-self-tests This review explored the evidence on self-tests … The authors conclude that little data exists confirming that these tests result in psychological, social … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/review-evidence-harm-self-tests

  3. Assessment of overuse of medical tests and treatments at US hospitals using Medicare claims. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-overuse-medical-tests-and-treatments-us-hospitals-using-medicare-claims
    August 11, 2021 - Study Assessment of overuse of medical tests and treatments at US hospitals using … Assessment of overuse of medical tests and treatments at US hospitals using Medicare claims. … Assessment of overuse of medical tests and treatments at US hospitals using Medicare claims. … August 11, 2021 To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments.

  4. Final progress Report: Spaced Education to Optimize Prostate Cancer Screening (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/kerfoot-conlin-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - weeks 1-36), clinicians receiving SE emails ordered significantly fewer inappropriate PSA screening tests … PSA screening tests ordered by a cohort by the total number of PSA screening tests ordered by that … All three multiple- choice tests were completed by 92% and 85% of providers in the spaced education and … Mean test scores in the spaced education cohort were 96% (SD 8) and 95% (SD 8) for tests 2 (week 18) … Spaced education clinicians also ordered fewer PSA screening tests overall compared with clinicians

  5. Bindels R et al. 2003 "The efficacy of an automated feedback system for general practitioners." | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/bindels-r-et-al-2003
    January 01, 2003 - non-adherence of general practitioners (GPs) to accepted practice guidelines for ordering diagnostic tests … If deemed necessary, they could make changes in the tests requested. … MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The number of requested diagnostic tests (17% with 95% confidence interval [CI … ]: 12-22%) and the fraction of tests ordered that were not in accordance with the practice guidelines … "Due to comments of the...system 457 tests were removed (leucocyte count 66 times, packed cell volume

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 04, 2015 - Impact of an automated email notification system for results of tests pending at discharge: a cluster … Impact of an automated email notification system for results of tests pending at discharge: a cluster-randomized … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-automated-email-notification-system-results-tests-pending-discharge … automated secure e-mail system successfully increased inpatient attending physicians' awareness of tests … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-automated-email-notification-system-results-tests-pending-discharge-cluster-randomized

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43759/psn-pdf
    September 29, 2017 - Patients' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening, and tests: a systematic review … Patients' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening, and tests: a systematic review … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-expectations-benefits-and-harms-treatments-screening-and-tests- … systematic review found that patients generally overestimate benefits and underestimate harms related to tests … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-expectations-benefits-and-harms-treatments-screening-and-tests-systematic-review

  8. Decision Modeling (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medical-test-reviews-decision-modeling.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - Decision Modeling Deciding Whether To Complement a Systematic Review of Medical Tests With Decision … Deciding whether to complement a systematic review of medical tests with decision modeling. … Deciding whether to complement a systematic review of medical tests with decision modeling. … Inference between tests If the sensitivities of two tests are very similar, it is reasonable to expect … Extrapolation between tests Tests operate on same principle, so the clinical/biological characteristics

  9. Decision Modeling (ppt file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/medical-test-reviews-decision-modeling.ppt
    June 01, 2012 - Decision Modeling Deciding Whether To Complement a Systematic Review of Medical Tests With Decision … Deciding whether to complement a systematic review of medical tests with decision modeling. … Deciding whether to complement a systematic review of medical tests with decision modeling. … Inference between tests If the sensitivities of two tests are very similar, it is reasonable to expect … Extrapolation between tests Tests operate on same principle, so the clinical/biological characteristics

  10. Recommendation: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening
    May 18, 2021 - Several recommended screening tests are available. … The USPSTF recommendation for screening for colorectal cancer does not include serum tests, urine tests … Screening Tests The risks and benefits of different screening tests vary. … , urine tests, or capsule endoscopy for colorectal cancer screening. … Stool-Based Tests Stool-based tests include the high-sensitivity guaiac fecal occult blood test (gFOBT

  11. Job Aid: Model for Improvement and PDSA Cycles (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/ncepcr/resources/job-aid-model-pdsa.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Conduct small tests of change (e.g., one patient, practitioner or team), refine, and then spread using … Keeping tests "small" reduces people's fear and helps overcome our natural resistance to change. … When data show the change being tested is promising, the tests can increase in size. … Cycles move from small tests, to refining the change based on the results of the small test, to testing

  12. RED Discharge Preparation Workbook (pdf file)

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    June 02, 2025 - requests: _________________________________________________________________ Additional Appointments, Tests … Outstanding Tests/Labs Tests /Labs Pending Date Conducted Results Expected Who Will Follow … Outstanding Tests/Labs

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60326/psn-pdf
    May 13, 2020 - Preventing diagnostic errors in ambulatory care: an electronic notification tool for incomplete radiology tests … Preventing diagnostic errors in ambulatory care: an electronic notification tool for incomplete radiology tests … incomplete To decrease the risk of diagnostic errors attributed to incomplete recommended diagnostic tests … , this study evaluated an electronic monitoring tool alerting clinicians to incomplete imaging tests

  14. PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/medical-tests-proposals_research.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Proposals for a phased evaluation of medical tests. Medical Tests—White Paper Series. … of diagnostic tests. … process for evaluating data on emerging genetic tests. … Can a similarly staged model be used for the evaluation of medical tests? … ACCE: A Model Process for Evaluating Data on Emerging Genetic Tests.

  15. PROPOSALS FOR A PHASED EVALUATION OF (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/whitepaper3-lijmer02262010-2.pdf
    January 01, 2009 - Proposals for a phased evaluation of medical tests. Medical Tests—White Paper Series. … of diagnostic tests. … process for evaluating data on emerging genetic tests. … Can a similarly staged model be used for the evaluation of medical tests? … ACCE: A Model Process for Evaluating Data on Emerging Genetic Tests.

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38983/psn-pdf
    February 10, 2015 - Improving safety and eliminating redundant tests: cutting costs in U.S. hospitals. … Improving safety and eliminating redundant tests: cutting costs in U.S. hospitals. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-safety-and-eliminating-redundant-tests-cutting-costs-us-hospitals … tests ordered for the same patient by different physicians). … annually, with an additional $8 billion in savings potentially achievable by eliminating redundant tests

  17. LOINC Overview and Instructions (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/datainnovations/clinicalcontentenhancementtoolkit/mn14.pdf
    November 04, 2014 - hospitals to transmit information about their laboratory testing and information systems (i.e., lab tests … This information will help standardize local lab tests to an accepted standard known as Logical Observation … Because data from only a small number of lab tests are required for this project, a list of relevant … described above only for those tests for which LOINC codes are not currently being used. … Comments on Individual Required Tests The following comments apply to individual tests: 5.

  18. Appendix-Table-B-1-Observational-Studies (xls file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/appendix-table-B-1-observational-studies.xlsx
    March 20, 2021 - PCR (viral genome sequencing of a subset) Positive: 1.9 tests per-person; 0.5 tests per-person after … first Ab+ test Negative:1.7 tests per-person; 0.9 tests per-person after first Ab+ test 0.5 Any (% … during second surge (%) Positive 0 tests: 3,525 (32) 1 test: 2,426 (22) 2–3 tests: 2,719 (25) 4+ tests … : 2,398 (22) Negative 0 tests: 124,165 (24) 1 test: 117,711 (23); 2–3 tests: 154,359 (30) 4+ tests: 118,036 … occurring in the positive cohort ≥90 days after primary PCR+ test PCR Tests per 10,000 days at risk

  19. Nass Summary Stats Hospital 2021 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nass/stats/nass_summary_stats_hospital_2021.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - 0.51010 Median 1.375041 Variance 0.26021 Mode 1.375041 Range 3.37024 Interquartile Range 0.45464 Tests … 292405 Median 168121.6 Variance 8.5501E10 Mode 144826.2 Range 1123827 Interquartile Range 329715 Tests … 88.11045 Median 98.0000 Variance 7763 Mode 368.0000 Range 357.00000 Interquartile Range 62.00000 Tests … Tests for Location: Mu0=0 Test Statistic p Value Student's t t 41.95557 Pr > |t| <.0001 Sign M 1440.5 … Moments Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles

  20. Nass Summary Stats Hospital 2022 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nass/stats/NASS_Summary_Stats_Hospital_2022.pdf
    January 01, 2022 - 0.52093 Median 1.356040 Variance 0.27137 Mode 1.290298 Range 3.03676 Interquartile Range 0.49259 Tests … 264541 Median 118613.0 Variance 6.9982E10 Mode 115823.0 Range 1143599 Interquartile Range 223913 Tests … 70.76529 Median 71.0000 Variance 5008 Mode 274.0000 Range 264.00000 Interquartile Range 60.00000 Tests … Table 1 The Univariate Procedure DISCWT Moments Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests … Moments Basic Measures of Location and Variability Tests For Location Quantiles
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