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61. Use of Health IT for Aging Adults | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/national-webinars/use-health-it-aging-adults
    January 01, 2023 - Use of Health IT for Aging Adults Event Date: July 17, 2017 | 2:30pm – 4: … will also discuss technologies that provide health information, resources, and tools to connect aging adults … a web-based information and communication technology system (Elder Tree) aimed at connecting aging adults … with family members, caregivers, other aging adults, and community resources on elder independence and … of integrating a full-scale 3D model of a home with EHR data for aiding in care planning for aging adults

62. Infographic - Opioid Prescription Fills Among Older Adults, 2020-2021 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioid-rx-older-adults-2020-21.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - Infographic - Opioid Prescription Fills Among Older Adults, 2020-2021 Opioid Prescription Fills Among … Older Adults, 2020-2021 � NHR& One Opioid Prescription During the Year 12.8% Adults Aged … Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #551, Any Use and "Frequent Use" of Opioids among Adults

63. Self-Management via Health Kiosk by Community-Residing Older Adults | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/self-management-health-kiosk-community-residing-older-adults
    January 01, 2023 - Self-Management via Health Kiosk by Community-Residing Older Adults Project Final … Despite their benefit, older adults have barriers to using these technologies, including a lack of access … Determine factors that influence intensity of kiosk use among older adults with a range of needs for … The health kiosks were designed to be of maximal benefit to older adults by being easy and intuitive … Self-Management via Health Kiosk by Community-Residing Older Adults - Final Report.

64. Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management for older adults: a systematic review. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-clinical-practice-guidelines-fall-prevention-and-management-older-adults
    March 09, 2022 - Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management for older adults … Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management for older adults: a systematic … most clinical practice guidelines provide consistent recommendations for fall prevention for older adults … September 13, 2023 Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review. … July 13, 2022 Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review.

65. AHRQ Strategic Plan for Health System Transformation To Optimize Health, Functional Status, and Well-Being Among Older Adults (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/priority-populations/aging-well-strategic-plan.pdf
    August 01, 2024 - for Health System Transformation To Optimize Health, Functional Status, and Well-Being Among Older Adults … Services Research to Improve Care Delivery, Access, Quality, Equity, and Health Outcomes for Older Adult … grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-23-011.html https://integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/about/initiatives/older-adult-opioid-initiative … https://www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/index.html https://integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/about/initiatives/older-adult-opioid-initiative … are relevant to older adults.

66. Archived: Evidence Summary: Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults and Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary20/suicide-risk-in-adolescents-adults-and-older-adults-screening
    April 15, 2013 - We examined trials limited to adolescents or limited to older adults separately from other adult trials … or mixed adolescent and adult populations 36–71 , and 13 were done in adolescents 72–84 . … Two of these trials were conducted in adult or older adult primary care populations 32 , 33 . … 2 were limited to older adult primary care patients 42 , 71 , and the remaining trials included wide … Youth and young adult suicide: a study of life trajectory. J Psychiatr Res . 2011;45:863-70.

67. Optimizing post-acute care patient safety: a scoping review of multifactorial fall prevention interventions for older adults. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/optimizing-post-acute-care-patient-safety-scoping-review-multifactorial-fall-prevention
    January 12, 2022 - post-acute care patient safety: a scoping review of multifactorial fall prevention interventions for older adults … post-acute care patient safety: a scoping review of multifactorial fall prevention interventions for older adults … Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management for older adults … October 21, 2020 Understanding hazards for adverse drug events among older adults after … April 20, 2022 Adverse events and their contributors among older adults during skilled

68. Engineering Safe Care Journeys for Vulnerable Older Adults | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/safe-care-journeys-long-desc.html
    January 01, 2025 - ED-to-skilled nursing facility (SNF) antibiotic stewardship intervention automatically identifies older adult … Older adult patients and care partners as knowledge brokers in fragmented health care . … Identifying roles in older adults’ emergency department transitions . … Final Report: Engineering Safe Care Journeys for Vulnerable Older Adults. … Progress Report: Engineering Safe Care Journeys for Vulnerable Older Adults.

69. Cancer-Related Hospitalizations for Adults, 2017 (pdf file)
    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb270-Cancer-Hospitalizations-Adults-2017.pdf
    January 01, 2017 - Cancer-Related Hospitalizations for Adults, 2017 1 STATISTICAL BRIEF #270 January … Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Cancer-Related Hospitalizations for Adults, 2017 … In 2017, there were 2.8 million cancer-related nonmaternal hospitalizations among adults in the United … Cancer-Related Hospitalizations for Adults, 2017. HCUP Statistical Brief #270. January 2021. … -2017.pdf https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb270-Cancer-Hospitalizations-Adults-2017.pdf

70. Ptsd-Adults-Trauma-Interventions Research-Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ptsd-adults-trauma-interventions_research-protocol.pdf
    November 08, 2012 - 1993) found that lifetime exposure to any type of traumatic event was 69 percent in a sample of 4,008 adult … Psychological Interventions Specific psychological interventions that have been studied for the prevention of adult … checks to ensure that known studies (i.e., studies included in the previous review on treatment of adult … CISD, and CISM has been revised Investigators conducting a concurrent CER of treatments for adult … is revised for this project’s protocol to be consistent with concurrent CER of treatments for adult

71. The Virtual Smart Assistant: How Voice-Controlled Technology Can Support Self-Management of Healthcare in Older Adults | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/virtual-smart-assistant-how-voice-controlled-technology-can-support-self-management-healthcare
    January 01, 2020 - Smart Assistant: How Voice-Controlled Technology Can Support Self-Management of Healthcare in Older Adults … can broaden its use, leading to improved overall health and reduced hospital readmission for older adults … Madison Research Profile: Using Smart Devices to Implement an Evidence-based eHealth System for Older Adults … Funded Amount: $2,071,465 How can we bridge the digital divide for older adults? … Technology to support older adults The research team believes this voice-controlled technology may

72. Decision Support in the Emergency Department to Improve Medication Safety for Older Adults | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/decision-support-emergency-department-improve-medication-safety
    January 01, 2023 - Decision Support in the Emergency Department to Improve Medication Safety for Older Adults Theme … Using the clinical decision support system Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Adults … Inappropriate ED prescribing puts older adults at risk Transitions in care, especially when patients … emergency department (ED) back to home, can be a risky time for patients, particularly among older adults … More than half of older adults discharged from the ED leave with a new prescription medication.

73. Changes in prescription and over-the-counter medication and dietary supplement use among older adults in the United States, 2005 vs 2011. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/changes-prescription-and-over-counter-medication-and-dietary-supplement-use-among-older
    May 06, 2020 - Changes in prescription and over-the-counter medication and dietary supplement use among older adults … Changes in Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medication and Dietary Supplement Use Among Older Adults … Older adults commonly use over-the-counter medications and dietary supplements , which can lead to … Changes in Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medication and Dietary Supplement Use Among Older Adults … January 7, 2015 How useful are medication patient information leaflets to older adults

74. Safer prescribing for hospitalized older adults with an electronic health records‐based prescribing context. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safer-prescribing-hospitalized-older-adults-electronic-health-records-based-prescribing
    March 09, 2022 - Study Safer prescribing for hospitalized older adults with an electronic health records‐based … Safer prescribing for hospitalized older adults with an electronic health records‐based prescribing context … (EHR)-based support tool on potentially inappropriate medication doses in hospitalized elderly adults … relievers, sleep agents, and anticholinergics), the support tool helped align drug doses for older adults … January 19, 2022 Older adults' awareness of deprescribing: a population-based survey.

75. Assessing patient work system factors for medication management during transition of care among older adults: an observational study. | PSNet
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    July 20, 2022 - Assessing patient work system factors for medication management during transition of care among older adults … Assessing patient work system factors for medication management during transition of care among older adults … The study found that most adults managed medications without caregivers, faced low self-efficacy, and … July 24, 2024 Medication management strategies by community-dwelling older adults: a … September 13, 2023 Understanding hazards for adverse drug events among older adults after

76. Opioid prescribing to US children and young adults in 2019. | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-us-children-and-young-adults-2019
    September 30, 2020 - Study Opioid prescribing to US children and young adults in 2019. … Opioid prescribing to US children and young adults in 2019. … In this analysis of US retail pharmacy data, 3.5% of US children and young adults were dispensed at least … Opioid prescribing to US children and young adults in 2019. … June 30, 2021 Prescription opioid use, misuse, and use disorders in U.S. adults: 2015

77. Recommendation: Anxiety Disorders in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/anxiety-adults-screening
    June 20, 2023 - populations; more evidence on both timing and screening interval is needed for all adult populations … The prevalence of anxiety disorders decreases in the middle and older adult years and is lowest among … older adults as having anxiety disorders than they do in younger adult populations, and diagnosing an … of all ages and perinatal populations; 16 studies included general adult populations, 4 studies were … Most evidence occurred in general adult populations.

78. High-risk medications in hospitalized elderly adults: are we making it easy to do the wrong thing? | PSNet
    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-risk-medications-hospitalized-elderly-adults-are-we-making-it-easy-do-wrong-thing
    May 18, 2022 - Study High-risk medications in hospitalized elderly adults: are we making it easy … High-Risk Medications in Hospitalized Elderly Adults: Are We Making It Easy to Do the Wrong Thing? … Falls in hospitalized older adults represent a source of serious preventable patient harm . … High-Risk Medications in Hospitalized Elderly Adults: Are We Making It Easy to Do the Wrong Thing? … October 7, 2020 Overprescribing of opioids to adults by dentists in the U.S., 2011-2015

79. State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dx-safety-older-adults.pdf
    January 17, 2024 - Older adults are at higher risk for diagnostic errors than younger adult populations for multiple reasons … Older adults have more atypical presentations of medical conditions compared with their younger adult … Recognition of adult-onset T1D is important, as a prompt diagnosis can avoid misdiagnosis of type 2 … Hoyt and Jordan (2023)40 The diagnostic challenge of an older adult with epigastric pain in the … Conclusion Older adult populations face many unique challenges to diagnostic safety.

80. Practice Self-Assessment Tool for Opioid Use in Older Adults (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-compendium-self-assessment.pdf
    December 01, 2023 - is organized into seven high-leverage change (HLC) areas related to providing care for your older adult … …are available for our older adult population and routinely produced and distributed to providers … Review of the chart of an older adult on long- term opioids prior to a scheduled visit (scrubbing … Policies that foster equity, such as empowering older adult patients to report discrimination and … …is done proactively and routinely, based on overall risk level of the older adult.