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AHRQ Author: Arnold S
The imperative to address diagnostic safety.
Diagnostic errors are likely to impact most of us in our lifetime. The author discusses two studies pointing to the vastness of the challenge and the urgency to act now. He also discusses other aspects of this issue and highlights two current AHRQ dedicated research opportunities on diagnostic safety: one to look at the incidence and causes of diagnostic errors in ambulatory care, and the second to look at improvement strategies and interventions.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Arnold S .
The imperative to address diagnostic safety.
Diagnosis 2017 Jun 27;4(2):55-56. doi: 10.1515/dx-2017-0017.
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Keywords: Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Medical Errors, Ambulatory Care and Surgery, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement
Walsh KE, Harik P, Mazor KM
Measuring harm in health care: optimizing adverse event review.
The objective of this study was to identify modifiable factors that improve the reliability of ratings of severity of health care-associated harm in clinical practice improvement and research. Using a generalizability theory framework to estimate the impact of number of raters, rater experience, and rater provider type on reliability, the researchers found that reliability was greatly improved with 2 reviewers.
AHRQ-funded; 290201000022I.
Citation: Walsh KE, Harik P, Mazor KM .
Measuring harm in health care: optimizing adverse event review.
Med Care 2017 Apr;55(4):436-41. doi: 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000679.
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Keywords: Medical Errors, Adverse Events, Quality Improvement, Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Patient Safety
Meeks DW, Meyer AN, Rose B
Exploring new avenues to assess the sharp end of patient safety: an analysis of nationally aggregated peer review data.
The researchers described outcomes of peer review within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system and identified opportunities to leverage peer review data for measurement and improvement of safety. Results showed that the most common process contributing to substandard care was 'timing and appropriateness of treatment'; approximately 16% had diagnosis-related performance concerns. The authors concluded that peer review may be a useful tool for healthcare organizations to assess their sharp end clinical performance, particularly safety events related to diagnostic and treatment errors.
AHRQ-funded; HS022087.
Citation: Meeks DW, Meyer AN, Rose B .
Exploring new avenues to assess the sharp end of patient safety: an analysis of nationally aggregated peer review data.
BMJ Qual Saf 2014 Dec;23(12):1023-30. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003239.
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Keywords: Adverse Events, Medical Errors, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement