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21. 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.

22. Prevalence and predictability of low-yield inpatient laboratory diagnostic tests. | PSNet
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    November 13, 2024 - Article Prevalence and predictability of low-yield inpatient laboratory diagnostic tests … Prevalence and Predictability of Low-Yield Inpatient Laboratory Diagnostic Tests. … promote  high-value care  by characterizing the diagnostic utility of information gained from ordering tests … Prevalence and Predictability of Low-Yield Inpatient Laboratory Diagnostic Tests. … Design and implementation of an automated email notification system for results of tests

23. A review of the evidence of harm from self-tests. | PSNet
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    August 03, 2009 - Review A review of the evidence of harm from self-tests. … A review of the evidence of harm from self-tests. … This review explored the evidence on self-tests, such as those for HIV, breast examinations, sexually … The authors conclude that little data exists confirming that these tests result in psychological, social … A review of the evidence of harm from self-tests.

24. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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25. Training Modules for the Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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26. Clinicians' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening, and tests: a systematic review. | PSNet
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    May 05, 2021 - Clinicians' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening, and tests … Clinicians' Expectations of the Benefits and Harms of Treatments, Screening, and Tests: A Systematic … This systematic review found that providers' expectations surrounding the risks and benefits of tests … Clinicians' Expectations of the Benefits and Harms of Treatments, Screening, and Tests: A Systematic … May 5, 2021 To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments.

27. Cognitive tests predict real-world errors: the relationship between drug name confusion rates in laboratory-based memory and perception tests and corresponding error rates in large pharmacy chains. | PSNet
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    April 12, 2017 - Study Cognitive tests predict real-world errors: the relationship between drug name … confusion rates in laboratory-based memory and perception tests and corresponding error rates in large … memory and perception tests and corresponding error rates in large pharmacy chains. … , these tests have not reliably predicted real-world error rates. … memory and perception tests and corresponding error rates in large pharmacy chains.

28. Cognitive tests predict real-world errors: the relationship between drug name confusion rates in laboratory-based memory and perception tests and corresponding error rates in large pharmacy chains. | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - Cognitive tests predict real-world errors: the relationship between drug name confusion rates in laboratory-based … memory and perception tests and corresponding error rates in large pharmacy chains. … Cognitive tests predict real-world errors: the relationship between drug name confusion rates in laboratory-based … memory and perception tests and corresponding error rates in large pharmacy chains.

29. Do patients who read visit notes on the patient portal have a higher rate of "loop closure" on diagnostic tests and referrals in primary care? A retrospective cohort study. | PSNet
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    January 31, 2024 - patients who read visit notes on the patient portal have a higher rate of "loop closure" on diagnostic tests … patients who read visit notes on the patient portal have a higher rate of “loop closure” on diagnostic tests … Prompt completion of diagnostic tests or referrals is paramount to receiving a timely diagnosis and treatment … In this study, completion rates for three common diagnostic tests or referrals (i.e., colonoscopy , … January 31, 2024 Completion of recommended tests and referrals in telehealth vs in-person

30. Completion of recommended tests and referrals in telehealth vs in-person visits. | PSNet
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    January 31, 2024 - Study Completion of recommended tests and referrals in telehealth vs in-person visits … Completion of recommended tests and referrals in telehealth vs in-person visits. … In this study of 4,133 patients, researchers found that orders for colonoscopies or cardiac stress tests … Completion of recommended tests and referrals in telehealth vs in-person visits. … Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Low rate of completion of recommended tests

31. Adequacy of hospital discharge summaries in documenting tests with pending results and outpatient follow-up providers. | PSNet
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    September 23, 2020 - Classic Adequacy of hospital discharge summaries in documenting tests … Adequacy of hospital discharge summaries in documenting tests with pending results and outpatient follow-up … 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. … Adequacy of hospital discharge summaries in documenting tests with pending results and outpatient follow-up

32. Medical Tests - White Paper Series | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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33. The impact of automated notification on follow-up of actionable tests pending at discharge: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. | PSNet
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    March 04, 2015 - Classic The impact of automated notification on follow-up of actionable tests … The Impact of Automated Notification on Follow-up of Actionable Tests Pending at Discharge: a Cluster-Randomized … Incomplete follow-up of tests pending at hospital discharge is a persistent patient safety issue. … intervention was focused on actionable test results , which constituted less than 10% of all pending tests … Even with the intervention, only 60% of tests deemed actionable had any documented follow-up in the medical

34. To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments. | PSNet
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    May 19, 2021 - Commentary To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments. … To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments. … Provider and patient underestimation of harms of tests and treatments may lead to over treatment. … This article presents seven domains of harm of tests and treatment which warrant comprehensive research … To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments.

35. Methods Guide for Medical Test Reviews | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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36. Diagnostic Stewardship Interventions To Reduce Diagnostic Error | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2024 - Diagnostic stewardship refers to a range of actions to promote optimal use of diagnostic tests … to encourage more “hypothesis-driven” use of testing and reduce use of unnecessary daily laboratory tests … routine laboratory order volume remained stable. 36 Although it is plausible that fewer unnecessary tests … In reflective testing, laboratory professionals were allowed to add tests they believed were indicated … to the tests general practitioners ordered.

37. Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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38. Improving Management of Test Results that Return After Hospital Discharge | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - These errors occur because pending tests are often not communicated to the followup provider, and systems … A copy of the pending tests can be printed and given to patients for outpatient appointments. … Evaluate the impact of this tool on accuracy of documenting pending tests in discharge summaries.  … Providers were surveyed on how to identify the responsible provider to manage pending tests. … Surveys indicated that inpatient providers believe that the “tests with pending results” field on the

39. 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

40. Evaluating Practices and Developing Tools for Comparative Effectiveness Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy: Methods for the Joint Meta-Analysis of Multiple Tests | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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