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Best Practices Toolkit – Emergency Medicine

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Improving Diagnostic Accuracy 

• American College of Emergency Physicians. Point-of-Care Tools. Accessed May 18, 2022.  
• Scicchitano P, Grazioli Gauthier L, D’Agostino C, et al. The Diagnosis of Acute Myocarditis in Emergency (DAME) score: improving diagnostics within the emergency department. Eur J Intern Med. 2021;85:56-62. 
• Abedi V, Khan A, Chaudhary D, et al. Using artificial intelligence for improving stroke diagnosis in emergency departments: a practical framework. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2020;13:1756286420938962. 
• Hanscom R, Small M, Lambrecht A. [White Paper.] A Dose of Insight—Diagnostic Accuracy: Room for Improvement. Coverys. Published March 13, 2018. Accessed May 18, 2022. 
• Cifu AS. Diagnostic errors and diagnostic calibration. JAMA. 2017;318(10):905-906. 
• Committee on Diagnostic Error in Health Care; Board on Health Care Services; Institute of Medicine; The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. In: Balogh EP, Miller BT, Ball JR, eds. Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. The National Academies Press. 2015.  
• National Quality Forum. Improving Diagnostic Quality and Safety: Final Report. Published September 19, 2017. Accessed May 18, 2022. 
• Costa Filho GB, Moura AS, Brandão PR, Schmidt HG, Mamede S. Effects of deliberate reflection on diagnostic accuracy, confidence and diagnostic calibration in dermatology. Perspect Med Educ. 2019;8(4):230-236. 
• Singh H, Khanna A, Spitzmueller C, Meyer AND. Recommendations for using the Revised Safer Dx Instrument to help measure and improve diagnostic safety. Diagnosis (Berl). 2019;6(4):315-323. 
• Singh H, Upadhyay DK, Torretti D. Developing health care organizations that pursue learning and exploration of diagnostic excellence: an action plan. Acad Med. 2020;95(8):1172-1178. 
• Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM). Resources for Clinical Teams. Accessed May 18, 2022. 
• American College of Physicians. Getting it Right: Cases to Improve Diagnosis. May 18, 2022. 
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Operational Measurement of Diagnostic Safety: State of the Science. Reviewed September 2020. Accessed May 18, 2022. 
• Bergl PA, Wijesekera TP, Nassery N, Cosby KS. Controversies in diagnosis: contemporary debates in the diagnostic safety literature. Diagnosis (Berl). 2020;7(1):3-9. 

 

Team Communication and Training

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. TeamSTEPPS®. Accessed May 16, 2022. 

• • TeamSTEPPS® 2.0 Curriculum. Accessed May 16, 2022. 
  • TeamSTEPPS® for Diagnosis Improvement. Accessed May 16, 2022. 
  • TeamSTEPPS® 2.0 Pocket Guide. Accessed May 16, 2022.  
  • TeamSTEPPS® Pocket Guide App. Accessed May 16, 2022. 

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Medications at Transition and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation. Reviewed August 2012. Accessed March 25, 2022. 
• Crucial Learning. Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue. Accessed May 16, 2022. 
• I-PASS Patient Safety Institute. Improving Communication Saves Lives. Accessed June 7, 2022. 
• Emergency Nurses Association. Emergency Nurse Residency Program. Accessed June 14, 2022. 
• Emergency Nurses Association. Position Statement: Emergency Nurse Certification. Accessed June 14, 2022 

 

Communication With Patients 

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit. Reviewed September 2020. Accessed May 18, 2022. 
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The SHARE Approach: A Model for Shared Decisionmaking—Fact Sheet. Reviewed September 2020. Accessed May 18, 2022. 
• The Joint Commission. Speak Up Campaigns. Accessed May 16, 2022. 

• • Speak Up Against Discrimination. Accessed May 16, 2022. 
  • Speak Up About Your Care. Accessed May 16, 2022. 
  • Speak Up Avoid a Return Trip to the Hospital. Accessed May 16, 2022. 
  • Speak Up For Your Rights. Accessed May 16, 2022. 

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. AHRQ’s Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice: Training Modules for Health Care Leaders and Professionals. Reviewed September 2020. Accessed May 18, 2022. 
• American Medical Association. American Association of Medical Colleges. Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Language, Narrative and Concepts. 2021. Accessed May 16, 2022. 

Improving Discharge 

• Samuels-Kalow ME, Stack AM, Porter SC. Effective discharge communication in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. 2012;60(2):152-159. 
• Hoek AE, Anker SCP, van Beeck EF, Burdorf A, Rood PPM, Haagsma JA. Patient discharge instructions in the emergency department and their effects on comprehension and recall of discharge instructions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Emerg Med. 2020;75(3):435-444. 
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Re-Engineered Discharge (RED) Toolkit. Reviewed February 2020. Accessed June 6, 2022. 
• Sheikh H, Brezar A, Dzwonek A, Yau L, Calder LA. Patient understanding of discharge instructions in the emergency department: do different patients need different approaches? Int J Emerg Med. 2018 Feb 8;11(1):5. 
• Dermody S, Hughes M, Smith V. The effectiveness of pictorial discharge advice versus standard advice following discharge from the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Emerg Nurs. 2021;47(1):66-75.e1. 

 

Simulation Training

• • Society for Simulation in Healthcare. May 16, 2022.