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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/prescribing-patterns-of-preferred-or-formulary-medications-quick-reference-guide.pdf
April 01, 2009 - These drug alternatives could be part of
an organization’s preferred medication list or a health
plan … This
decision support may help clinicians choose less
expensive, but equally effective, drug alternatives … H2blocker was ordered, a screen appeared that
explained the rationale for changing to the favored
drug … classes and
preferred drug classes within eight therapeutic
categories. … Compared with the control
group, the prescription ratio for highcost drug
classes was 17.5 percent
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/simon-steven
January 01, 2023 - Simon, Steven
Using health information technology to improve drug monitoring … Using health information technology to improve drug monitoring: a systematic review. … Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2009 Dec;18(12):1232-7. PMID: 19725020.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/ahrq-funded-project-resources-archives/chart-review-form
January 01, 2023 - Chart Review Form
Description
This is a chart review form for an adverse drug
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/ahrq-funded-project-resources-archives/ade-incident-identification
January 01, 2023 - ADE Incident Identification Form
Description
This form identifies an adverse drug
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digital.ahrq.gov/medication-reconciliation
January 01, 2023 - complete and accurate list of a patient's prescribed and home medications; to identify discrepancies in drug … Improved Workflow and Clinical Processes Improved Decisionmaking and Communication
Reduce adverse drug … Medication reconciliation for reducing drug-discrepancy adverse events.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/meaningful-drug-interaction-alerts/citation/drugs
January 01, 2023 - Project Name
Meaningful Drug Interaction Alerts
Document Type
Journal Publication
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/optimizing-care-delivery-for-clinicians
January 01, 2023 - Creating Meaningful Decision Support to Reduce Drug-Drug Interactions By individualizing drug–drug
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-center-education-and-research-therapeutics-4
January 01, 2023 - Use of hepatotoxic drugs in chronic liver disease.
Citation
Hug BL, Surber C, Bates DW. Use of hepatotoxic drugs in chronic liver disease. J Patient Saf 2012 Jun;8(2):45-50.
Link
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22525363
Principal Investigator
Bates, David
Project Name
…
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digital.ahrq.gov/funding-mechanism/disseminating-and-implementing-patient-centered-outcomes-research-pcor-evidence
January 01, 2023 - Implementation of DDInteract: A Shared Decision Making Tool for Anticoagulant Drug-Drug Interactions … shared decision making clinical decision support tool that aims to reduce harm from oral anticoagulant drug-drug
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs025005-snyder-final-report-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - patient), 2)
effectiveness (e.g., a higher dose of medication is recommended), 3) safety (e.g., a drug-drug … interaction alerts associated with EHRs .21,31-
32 Because the original I-MeDeSA focused solely on drug-drug … asthma drug (1)
Safety 6 Unsafe drug (anti-hypertensives; benzodiazepine; hypnotic;
antidepressant … (i.e., a drug-drug interaction
alert appears as soon as a drug is chosen/entered and does not wait for … (i.e., drug–drug interaction vs. allergy alert vs. possible medication non-
adherence)
5ii
5iii
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/ahrq-funded-project-resources-archives/medication-error-and-near-miss
January 01, 2023 - Classification Form
Description
This is a near miss classification form for an adverse drug
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/BarrierstoMeaningfulUseAppendixA.pdf
January 01, 2010 - medication list have at least one
medication ordered through computer provider
order entry
Implement drug-drug … and drug-allergy interaction
checks
Functionality is enabled for these checks for the
entire reporting … continued)
Barriers to Meaningful Use in Medicaid
A-2
Objective Measure
Menu Set
Implement drug … formulary checks Drug formulary check system is implemented and
has access to at least one internal … or external drug
formulary for the entire reporting period
Incorporate clinical laboratory test results
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/improving-delivery-health-services-health-systems-level
January 01, 2020 - Digital healthcare tools can reduce medication dosing errors and preventable adverse events such as drug-drug … and drug-allergy interaction rates by increasing documentation quality and transparency, enhancing accuracy … Although no adverse drug events occurred, the findings point to the need for multifaceted strategies … strides in addressing medication safety, patients taking prescription medication still experience adverse drug … streamline the medication cancellation process, improve medication safety, and reduce potential adverse drug
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digital.ahrq.gov/document-type/editorial
January 01, 2024 - Improve Patient Outcomes
Beyond mixed case lettering: Reducing the risk of wrong drug … Beyond mixed case lettering: Reducing the risk of wrong drug errors requires a multimodal response. … Principal Investigator
Lambert, Bruce
Project Name
Preventing Wrong-Drug and Wrong-Patient … Project Name
Preventing Perioperative Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events Through the Use of
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-laboratory-monitoring-community-practices-randomized-trial/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - February 2012
AHRQ Funding Amount
$990,640
Summary: Medication errors and preventable adverse drug … Laboratory monitoring to ensure the safety and effectiveness of drug therapy and the timely management … Preliminary data analysis showed that for intervention practices, appropriate monitoring of drug therapy
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-outpatient-medication-lists-using-temporal-reasoning-and-clinical/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - One challenge for medication reconciliation is that the drug names from various EHR applications and … This project: 1) designed and developed an NLP application that identifies medication names and drug … It extracts free-text medication information (e.g., drug name, dose, and frequency), encodes drug names … 2011 Annual Symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association, and in Mapping Partners Master Drug … NLP could be used to extract coded medications from these entries and allow duplication alerts or a drug
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/medication-reconciliation-improve-quality-transitional-care/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - Data analysis is looking at changes in the rates of adverse drug events, erroneous discrepancies, and … reviewed a list of more than 1,000 medications to create groupings of records that identify the same drug … This was to prevent duplicate listings when drug orders are automatically imported from the EHR into … The data management team continues to update the REDCap drug database to reflect the study’s needs and … new drug information.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/kuperman-gj-et-al-2003
January 01, 2003 - safe
use of medications include patient-specific dosing suggestions, reminders to monitor drug … levels, reminders to choose an appropriate drug, checking for drug-allergy and drug-drug interactions … CPOE application with an integrated antibiotic advisor has been shown to reduce the rates of excessive drug
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/cardio-hit-phase-ii/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - disease) or age, may not be candidates for a particular aspect of care because of a medical (allergy to drug … The “true exception” rate where an exception was reported and no drug was prescribed, across all sites … The practices reported data on 13,985 eligible HF patients for three HF drug therapy performance measures … The “true exception” rate where an exception was reported and no drug was prescribed, across all sites … did not receive the drug with no reason provided.
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digital.ahrq.gov/type-care/specialty-care
January 01, 2023 - Implementation of DDInteract: A Shared Decision Making Tool for Anticoagulant Drug-Drug … shared decision making clinical decision support tool that aims to reduce harm from oral anticoagulant drug-drug