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- Improve Dx Newsletter March 2019
- Diagnosis March 2019
Organization (Website) Origin: Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) (
https://www.improvediagnosis.org/)
Topic Brief:Improve Dx Newsletter March 2019 Articles (access articles at the URL listed below)New Pennsylvania Law Requires Patient Notification for Abnormal Imaging Results
Despite years of sincere improvement efforts, communication gaps in reporting critical test results persist. Pennsylvania's Patient Test Result Information Act requires imaging entities to notify patients directly about abnormal findings. The law went into effect in January 2019, and the implications are just beginning to be felt.
Learning Collaborative Applies QI to Diagnostic Error
With a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, six centers piloted the IHI Breakthrough Series methodology in programs to develop specific interventions designed to reduce diagnostic error.
Applying the Real-World Wisdom of Patients and Families to Diagnosis
SIDM recently completed its "PAtients Improving REsearch in Diagnosis" (PAIRED) project, that successfully developed and evaluated an innovative curriculum to train Patient Partners to participate in the design, execution, and dissemination of research to improve diagnostic processes.
From the Field: The Pre-Analytical Phase
The laboratory testing process begins at sample collection and, if successful, culminates with an accurate diagnosis. The March 2019 issue of Diagnosis explores how the collection and testing of the physiologic material, called the pre-analytic stage of the process, must be robust and accurate to generate high-quality data to aid diagnosticians.
Diagnosis March 2019 Articles (only partial listing/access issue at the URL listed below)
- The preanalytical phase – a field for improvement
- Managing inappropriate utilization of laboratory resources
- The Choosing Wisely initiative and laboratory test stewardship
- Blood sample quality
- Blood sampling guidelines with focus on patient safety and identification – a review
- Sample transportation – an overview
- Values and stability of serum (or plasma) indices in uncentrifuged serum and lithium-heparin plasma
- Diagnostic error as a result of drug-laboratory test interactions
- The preanalytical phase in the era of high-throughput genetic testing
Improve Dx Newsletter URL: https://www.improvediagnosis.org/improvedx-march-2019/Diagnosis URL: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/dx.2019.6.issue-1/issue-files/dx.2019.6.issue-1.xml------------------------------
Lezlee Koch, ASCLS Patient Safety Committee
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