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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45105/psn-pdf
May 11, 2016 - medicines-management-medication-errors-and-adverse-medication-events-
older-people-referred
Medication management is known to be especially high-risk for older adults … These results emphasize the need to improve medication safety for older
adults in community settings … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/investigating-long-term-consequences-adverse-medical-events-among-older-adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49580/psn-pdf
March 21, 2009 - Health outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate
medication use in older adults. … Updating the Beers Criteria for
potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: results of … Selected Potentially Inappropriate Medications to Avoid in Older Adults: Independent of
Diagnosis or … Diazepam, flurazepam,
chlordiazepoxide, other long-acting
benzodiazepines
Older adults have a higher … Updating the Beers Criteria for Potentially
Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/older-adults-perceptions-feeling-safe-urban-and-rural-acute-care
October 17, 2018 - Study
Older adults' perceptions of feeling safe in urban and rural acute care. … Older adults' perceptions of feeling safe in urban and rural acute care. … Older adults' perceptions of feeling safe in urban and rural acute care.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/therapeutic-errors-involving-adults-community-setting-nature-causes-and-outcomes
May 24, 2009 - Study
Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes … Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes. … Therapeutic errors involving adults in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/polypharmacy-and-potentially-inappropriate-medication-people-dementia-nationwide-study
March 06, 2012 - associated with polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications in community-dwelling older adults … Patient and physician perspectives of deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications in older adults … prescribing and its associations with health-related and system-related outcomes in hospitalised older adults … April 8, 2020
Patterns of dementia treatment and frank prescribing errors in older adults … January 27, 2019
Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cascade-iatrogenesis-factors-leading-development-adverse-events-hospitalized-older-adults
June 27, 2012 - Cascade iatrogenesis: factors leading to the development of adverse events in hospitalized older adults … Cascade iatrogenesis: factors leading to the development of adverse events in hospitalized older adults … Cascade iatrogenesis: factors leading to the development of adverse events in hospitalized older adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fda-drug-safety-communication-fda-requires-labeling-changes-prescription-opioid-cough-and
January 25, 2017 - FDA requires labeling changes for prescription opioid cough and cold medicines to limit their use to adults … FDA requires labeling changes for prescription opioid cough and cold medicines to limit their use to adults … FDA requires labeling changes for prescription opioid cough and cold medicines to limit their use to adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/toward-higher-performance-health-systems-adults-health-care-experiences-seven-countries-2007
February 22, 2010 - Study
Toward higher-performance health systems: adults' health care experiences in … Toward higher-performance health systems: adults' health care experiences in seven countries, 2007. … Toward higher-performance health systems: adults' health care experiences in seven countries, 2007.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45484/psn-pdf
December 04, 2016 - health certification and plan of
care and their potential to affect safety of vulnerable
elderly adults … Home Health Certification and Plan of
Care and Their Potential to Affect Safety of Vulnerable Elderly Adults … enhance care
coordination to ensure accurate medication reconciliation for recently hospitalized older adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-pharmacist-led-transitions-care-program-veterans-two-planned-care-transitions
December 23, 2011 - home health certification and plan of care and their potential to affect safety of vulnerable elderly adults … Assessing patient work system factors for medication management during transition of care among older adults … September 28, 2022
Understanding hazards for adverse drug events among older adults … July 20, 2022
Sources of medication omissions among hospitalized older adults with polypharmacy … Disparate perspectives: exploring healthcare professionals' misaligned mental models of older adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/narrative-review-safety-concerns-deprescribing-older-adults-and-strategies-mitigate-potential
December 19, 2018 - Review
A narrative review of the safety concerns of deprescribing in older adults … A narrative review of the safety concerns of deprescribing in older adults and strategies to mitigate … A narrative review of the safety concerns of deprescribing in older adults and strategies to mitigate … View More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-reconciliation-victory-after-avoidable-error
April 01, 2015 - take medications that should always be avoided.( 3,9 ) A study evaluating medication use in older adults … Health outcomes associated with potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults. … Updating the Beers Criteria for potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults: results of … Selected Potentially Inappropriate Medications to Avoid in Older Adults: Independent of Diagnosis or … Updating the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patients-reports-adverse-events-data-linkage-study-australian-adults-aged-45-years-and-over
June 21, 2016 - Study
Patients' reports of adverse events: a data linkage study of Australian adults … Patients' reports of adverse events: a data linkage study of Australian adults aged 45 years and over … Patients' reports of adverse events: a data linkage study of Australian adults aged 45 years and over
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/consistency-between-coded-poison-center-data-and-fatality-abstract-narratives-therapeutic
June 11, 2008 - between coded poison center data and fatality abstract narratives for therapeutic error deaths in older adults … between coded poison center data and fatality abstract narratives for therapeutic error deaths in older adults … between coded poison center data and fatality abstract narratives for therapeutic error deaths in older adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effects-enhanced-discharge-planning-intervention-hospitalized-older-adults-randomized-trial
September 21, 2016 - Study
Effects of an enhanced discharge planning intervention for hospitalized older adults … Effects of an enhanced discharge planning intervention for hospitalized older adults: a randomized trial … Effects of an enhanced discharge planning intervention for hospitalized older adults: a randomized trial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-drug-events-after-hospital-discharge-older-adults-types-severity-and-involvement
August 11, 2010 - Study
Adverse drug events after hospital discharge in older adults: types, severity … Adverse drug events after hospital discharge in older adults: types, severity, and involvement of Beers … Adverse drug events after hospital discharge in older adults: types, severity, and involvement of Beers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45714/psn-pdf
December 20, 2017 - Medications considered inappropriate for older adults according to Beers criteria were
involved in less … The authors conclude that preventing ADEs requires attention to older
adults and to antibiotic, anticoagulant … //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-use-leading-emergency-department-visits-adverse-drug-events-older-adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-adjusted-survival-adults-following-hospital-cardiac-arrest-day-week-and-time-day
July 01, 2017 - Study
Risk-adjusted survival for adults following in-hospital cardiac arrest by day … Risk-adjusted survival for adults following in-hospital cardiac arrest by day of week and time of day … Risk-adjusted survival for adults following in-hospital cardiac arrest by day of week and time of day
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sources-unsafe-primary-care-older-adults-mixed-methods-analysis-patient-safety-incident
October 12, 2016 - Study
Sources of unsafe primary care for older adults: a mixed-methods analysis of … Sources of unsafe primary care for older adults: a mixed-methods analysis of patient safety incident … Sources of unsafe primary care for older adults: a mixed-methods analysis of patient safety incident
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/self-reported-medical-medication-and-laboratory-error-eight-countries-risk-factors
September 19, 2012 - Self-reported medical, medication and laboratory error in eight countries: risk factors for chronically ill adults … Self-reported medical, medication and laboratory error in eight countries: risk factors for chronically ill adults … Self-reported medical, medication and laboratory error in eight countries: risk factors for chronically ill adults