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141. Table 20. Number of prescribed medications and supplies by Veterans Administration Therapeutic Medication Class. All project sites. Fiscal year 2010 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Therapeutic nutrients/ minerals/ electrolytes 128,643 2.4% Vitamins 195,791 3.6% Other drug … classes a 575,199 10.5% No drug class assignment 517,926 9.5%       All … 100.0% a  10.4% of medications were accounted for by 19 Veteran's Administration Therapeutic drug

142. Recent Evidence Indicates a Flourishing Market for Biosimilar Drugs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/943.html
     January 01, 2025 - AHRQ-supported article in Health Affairs discusses the potential of biosimilar drugs to unlock lower drug … in the decade following the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, the biosimilar drug … adalimumab, the biosimilar alternative to Humira®, as a case study of the growing success of the biosimilar drug … and Evidence From AHRQ White Paper: Enhancing Systematic Review Methods by Incorporating Unpublished Drug

143. AHRQ Research Influences Colorado Tobacco Policy Decisions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Health Care (EHC) Program research report, "Developing Evidence-Based Research Priorities for Off-Label Drug … In July 2010, Colorado Medicaid also changed its tobacco cessation drug benefit policy from a once per … Zerzan notes that the information was useful in convincing policymakers that, even though this drug benefit … The EHC report, "Developing Evidence-Based Research Priorities for Off-Label Drug Use" was also influential … scientific resource [in AHRQ] that helped us justify our need to focus on anticonvulsant medications as a drug

144. AHRQ Grantee Profiles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2025 - More >>   Using Technology to Alert Clinicians to Potential Allergy, Drug Interactions Li Zhou, M.D., … More >>   Protecting Patients from Drug-Drug Medication Errors Daniel C. Malone, Ph.D. … College of Pharmacy University of Utah “With funding from AHRQ, I’ve helped ensure that warnings for drug-drug

145. Final Progress Report: Oral Chemotherapy Safety in Ambulatory Oncology: A Proactive Risk Assessment (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/weingart-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Key vulnerabilities include patient education about drug handling and adverse effects; safe prescription … Key Words: failure modes and effects analysis, oral medication, antineoplastic drug, medication error … searching summaries and analyses of sentinel events reported by organizations such as the Food and Drug … We planned to categorize reports by drug, disease, type and severity of injury, and error type. … The scope of each FMEA varied slightly due to the customary use of each drug in clinical practice.

146. Screening in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Reduced Staph Infection Rate by 43 Percent | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - Pharmacists Use Phone Surveys To Detect Adverse Drug Events . … Pharmacists Use Phone Surveys To Detect Adverse Drug Events Adverse drug events that patients otherwise … , AHRQ-supported researchers used automated phone calls to monitor 776 patients at risk for adverse drug … An automated telephone system called patients one month after they were given a new prescription drug … Drug Alcohol Depend 2017 May 1;174:201-8. Epub 2017 Mar 10. Access the abstract on PubMed®.

147. 003-Ss-Antimicrobial-Prophylaxis-Part-2-Fg (doc file)
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     April 01, 2025 - , and discussing drug allergies. … When taking an allergy history, first ask about the drug and the reactions. … How soon after drug exposure did the reaction occur? … the patient was exposed to a drug), mechanism, and clinical presentation. … Drug allergies can be simplified into “immediate” and “delayed.”

148. Preparing for Ambulatory Computerized Prescriber Order Entry by Evaluating Preimplementation Medication Errors (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2003 - or drug class Error characteristics—underlying cause of error Drug name confusion Lack of … standardization of prescription processing rules Lack of knowledge of drug or lack of drug information … The interpretation of clinical errors due to drug-disease interactions and drug-drug interactions was … In hindsight, creating a list of the 50 most clinically significant drug-drug interactions was certainly … The medication regimen of each patient was reviewed in a comprehensive fashion, evaluating drug-drug

149. Translating Patient Safety Research into Clinical Practice (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - Relationship between medication errors and adverse drug events. … Computer adverse drug event (ADE) detection and alerts. … Drug-related morbidity and mortality. A cost-of-illness model. … Top-priority actions for preventing adverse drug events in hospitals. … The clinical pharmacist’s role in preventing adverse drug events.

150. Final Progress Report: Show Your Work: Do Prescription Annotations Impact Near-miss Medication Errors? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/16261-Johnson-draft-1.pdf
     June 01, 2007 - generating correct doses of prescriptions and medications; improving physician recognition of potential drug-drug … , drug- allergy, drug-food, or drug-indication reactions or contraindications; and improving compliance … FDB supports drug-allergy, drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-indication warnings as well as guidelines … Error-related callbacks Patient Instructions Contrary to Rx 15 2.98% Directions 55 10.91% Dosing 14 2.77% Drug-Drug … National Association of Chain Drug Stores; 1999. 18.

151. Medication Management (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medmanagement_webinar_slides.pdf
     January 01, 2015 - Therapeutic Drug Use. [updated 2016 July 6; cited 2016 Aug 1]. … Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/drug-use-therapeutic.htm 2. … Adverse drug events in U.S. adult ambulatory medical care. … http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/drug-use-therapeutic.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/drug-use-therapeutic.htm … http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/drug-use-therapeutic.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/drug-use-therapeutic.htm

152. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
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     May 01, 2014 - * Quality Improvement for Antibiotic Prescribing Problems with taking antibiotics Drug resistance … vomiting, diarrhea Secondary infections: C difficile, yeast Allergic reactions: rash, anaphylaxis Drug … In developing countries, multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in an ever-increasing challenge. … The price of innovation: new estimates of drug development costs.  … Yet if antibiotic resistance does develop, it will limit the effective lifespan of the drug.

153. EvidenceNow: ABCS Fact Sheets (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/heart-health/abcs-charts.pdf
     December 16, 2015 - (Level of Evidence: A) • For patients receiving a bare-metal stent or drug-eluting stent during PCI … Therapy No antihypertensive drug indicated. … Drug(s) for compelling indications‡ Drug(s) for compelling indications‡. … Drug(s) for compelling indications‡. … Potential for adverse effects and drug-drug interactions 3. Heart-healthy lifestyle 4.

154. Final Progress Report: Dissemination of the PPRNet Model for Improving Medication Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/wessell-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - practice performance in five categories of MS: avoiding potentially inappropriate therapy, dosages, drug-drug … interactions, drug-disease interactions, and monitoring of potential adverse events. … Two drug-drug interaction indicators (ACE inhibitors or ARBs with potassium-sparing diuretics in elderly … elderly • Digoxin in the elderly with CHF • H2 blockers based on renal function Avoiding Potential Drug-Drug … and monitoring of potential adverse drug events.

155. Analysis Concludes Medicare Drug Plans Should Eliminate Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     February 01, 2019 - Analysis Concludes Medicare Drug Plans Should Eliminate Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment … Day All-Cause Hospital Readmissions, 2010-2016. ) Today's Headlines: Analysis Concludes Medicare Drug … Analysis Concludes Medicare Drug Plans Should Eliminate Barriers to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Eliminating … AHRQ-funded researchers who analyzed drug formularies found that Part D coverage for buprenorphine was

156. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2014 - Patient Safety Result in 1.3 Million Fewer Patient Harms Appendix References Adverse Drug … Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events. Implications for prevention. … Adverse drug events in hospitalized patients. … Medication safety program reduces adverse drug events in a community hospital. … Adverse drug events in U.S. hospitals, 2004. HCUP Statistical Brief #29.

157. References | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/pfp/hacrate2013-refs.html
     October 01, 2015 - 2013 Appendix References (organized by type of HAC or topic addressed) Adverse Drug … Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events. Implications for prevention. … Medication safety program reduces adverse drug events in a community hospital. … Adverse drug events in hospitalized patients. … Adverse drug events in U.S. hospitals, 2004. HCUP Statistical Brief #29.

158. Final Progress Report: Improving Transplant Med Safety through a Pharmacist-Led, mHealth-Based Program (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/taber-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Purpose Primary Aim • Determine the incidence, severity, and etiologies of med errors and adverse drug … Although contemporary immunosuppression is extremely effective at preventing rejection, adverse drug … Therefore, early recognition of adverse drug events in kidney transplant recipients will likely help … prescribed drug that the participant was not taking. … Ther Drug Monit. 2021 Jun 1;43(3):401-407. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0000000000000863.

159. AHRQ's Effective Health Care Guides Used in Omnicare's Pharmacies and Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - antipsychotic drugs is always "a balancing act," Erwin notes, "to use the lowest dose possible, if a drug … In addition to the antipsychotic drug guide, Omnicare also uses the EHC guides on Medications for Adults … Evaluate and document the potential contribution of drug therapy to unanticipated changes in the resident's

160. Final Progress Report: Oral Chemotherapy Safety in Ambulatory Oncology: A Proactive Risk Assessment (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/17123-Weingart-draft-1.pdf
     January 01, 2022 - Key vulnerabilities include patient education about drug handling and adverse effects; safe prescription … Key Words: failure modes and effects analysis, oral medication, antineoplastic drug, medication error … searching summaries and analyses of sentinel events reported by organizations such as the Food and Drug … We planned to categorize reports by drug, disease, type and severity of injury, and error type. … The scope of each FMEA varied slightly due to the customary use of each drug in clinical practice.