AHRQ Issues Report on Diagnostic Stewardship
Per the notice below, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has issued a report on diagnostic stewardship as a tool to improve the quality and safety of diagnosis.
Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
Table of Contents
- Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
- Introduction
- Background
- Diagnostic Error in the Testing Process
- Diagnostic Stewardship Interventions To Reduce Diagnostic Error
- Diagnostic Stewardship in Action
- Evaluation of Diagnostic Stewardship Implementation
- Opportunities and Challenges Ahead
- Conclusion
- References
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Prepared for:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
www.ahrq.gov
Suggested citation: Bradford A, Lubin IM, Cornish N, Morgan DJ, Singh H. Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model To Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2024. AHRQ Publication No. 24-0010-6-EF.
