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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/whats-trouble-how-doctors-think
August 24, 2016 - April 25, 2007
Drug shortages forcing hard decisions on rationing treatments.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/rethinking-use-air-safety-principles-reduce-fatal-hospital-errors
May 15, 2024 - July 13, 2022
Why doctors still offer treatments that may not help.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/im-smiling-under-here-masks-plexiglass-and-questions-norm-hospitals-lure-patients-back-covid
June 24, 2020 - April 14, 2017
White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced … July 20, 2022
Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false … June 17, 2020
Fear of Covid-19 leads other patients to decline critical treatment.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/do-words-matter-stigmatizing-language-and-transmission-bias-medical-record
June 06, 2021 - notes with stigmatizing language may negatively impact a patient’s current and future diagnosis and treatment … who read the neutral note had a more positive view of the patient and were more aggressive with pain treatment … December 15, 2008
What do patients and their carers do to support the safety of cancer treatment … September 12, 2018
To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments. … August 19, 2020
Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/round-trip-service
April 26, 2023 - The patient was ultimately seen in the emergency department and received appropriate treatment for uncomplicated … postoperative problem, but even absent this, he needs a physician to arrange and write orders for physical therapy … swelling, the patient may be facing months of imaging studies, parenteral antibiotics, analgesics, and therapy … 4 ) The surgical procedures that lend themselves to offshore care are non-urgent, short-duration treatments … some cardiac surgery, weight-loss surgery, cosmetic plastic surgery, dental surgery, and infertility treatments
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/triad-xii-are-patients-aware-and-agree-dnr-or-polst-orders-their-medical-records
September 15, 2021 - single-center study found that Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) orders and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment … When queried by study staff, 44% of patients expressed wishes for life-sustaining treatment that differed … TRIAD VII: do prehospital providers understand Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment … Widespread misinterpretation of advance directives and Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/patient-safety-and-adherence-self-administered-medications
September 29, 2011 - Adherence, the extent to which patients take their treatments as prescribed, is surprisingly low with … Thus, this is a vital missing link in translation of evidence-based treatments into effective practice … patients and providers alike on expected and achieved processes of care, adherence to appointments and treatments … A meta-analysis of the association between adherence to drug therapy and mortality. … Is this patient taking the treatment as prescribed? JAMA. 1993;269:2779-2781.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/time-ordered-comorbidity-correlations-identify-patients-risk-mis-and-overdiagnosis
December 07, 2022 - Resources
Racial and ethnic discrepancy in pulse oximetry and delayed identification of treatment … June 22, 2022
To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/iv-push-gap-analysis-tool-gat-helps-uncover-national-priorities-safe-injection-practices
August 14, 2019 - May 5, 2018
Drug shortages forcing hard decisions on rationing treatments.
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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 - study
February 12, 2020
To expand the evidence base about harms from tests and treatments
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-liability-age-data-reliance-and-errors
March 18, 2020 - February 22, 2023
White patients’ physical responses to healthcare treatments are influenced
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2018-update-pediatric-medical-overuse-review
March 04, 2020 - October 29, 2017
Clinicians' expectations of the benefits and harms of treatments, screening
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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 and treatments … Related Resources
WebM&M Cases
Duplicate Therapies
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/spectrum-medical-errors-when-patients-sue
October 28, 2020 - July 29, 2020
Effects of state opioid prescribing laws on use of opioid and other pain treatments
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/performing-inadvertent-procedure
October 16, 2019 - Physician understanding and ability to communicate harms and benefits of common medical treatments
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/living-will-misinterpreted-dnr-order-confusion-compromises-patient-care
September 11, 2019 - Widespread misinterpretation of advance directives and Portable Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments … TRIAD VII: do prehospital providers understand Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ability-intensive-care-units-maintain-zero-central-line-associated-bloodstream-infections
January 29, 2020 - Resources From the Same Author(s)
Developing a cancer-specific trigger tool to identify treatment-related … Development of a conceptual map of negative consequences for patients of overuse of medical tests and treatments
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/drug-shortages-persist-us-harming-care
November 14, 2012 - September 6, 2016
Drug shortages forcing hard decisions on rationing treatments.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/genome-detectives-solve-hospitals-deadly-outbreak
August 22, 2012 - August 19, 2020
Why doctors still offer treatments that may not help.