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281. Relationship Between Patient Harm and Reported Medical Errors in Primary Care: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-West_102.pdf
     March 31, 2008 - , dosage, or timing of the correct drug; and (3) not prescribing a drug or device that was needed. … Of those 165 events, in 99 (16.3 percent) the correct drug or device was prescribed, but there was an … Gandhi and colleagues’ survey and chart review of primary care patients identified 162 adverse drug … Adverse drug events in ambulatory care. N Engl J Med 2003; 348: 1556-1564. 7. … Suboptimal prescribing in elderly outpatients: Potentially harmful drug-drug and drug-disease combinations

282. Antibiotic-Patient-Safety-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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     June 01, 2021 - The second is colonization or infection with a drug-resistant bacteria. … nursing home residents, this means they may also become a reservoir for spreading C. difficile or a drug-resistant … Using antibiotics only when necessary is also key to reducing the prevalence of drug-resistant bacteria … An example from long-term care is automated checks for drug-drug interactions by the dispensing pharmacy … First, she acquired a drug-resistant organism that went on to cause a serious infection.

283. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome identified in the electronic health … Keywords: Medication, Medication: Safety, Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Adverse Events, Patient Safety, … Prevention, Women, Disparities Schiff GD , Klinger E , Salazar A Screening for adverse drug … symptoms, many of which were validated as probably or possibly related to the drug by the pharmacist … Keywords: Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Adverse Events, Medication, Medication: Safety, Health Information

284. Priority Areas Identified by the U.S.-Mexico Border Commission (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/hispanichealth/part4-comm3.html
     October 01, 2015 - disorders 1.08 0.87(b) 1.24(a) 1.00 Alcohol abuse 0.95 1.50(a) 0.83(b) 1.32(a) Drug … counties, those in border counties were: Less likely to have a code for liver disease, alcohol and drug … Among non-Hispanics, those in border counties were more likely to have a code for drug or alcohol abuse

285. Improving Patient Safety in Community Pharmacies: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2023 - of drug orders and other drug information • Drug labeling, packaging, and nomenclature • Drug standardization … Drug name confusion can easily lead to medication errors, and the ISMP has recommended interventions … /23 A growing evidence base supports specific strategies to prevent adverse drug events (ADEs). … ISMP’s List of Confused Drug Names 6. Leading a Culture of Safety: A Blueprint for Success 7. … Patient Safety Primer: Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events 9.

286. Connecticut Center for Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2012 - limitations and physical disabilities* Immunizations Obesity* Population health Prescription drug … usage Pulmonary disease/asthma* Substance abuse (alcohol and drug abuse)* Tobacco use and smoking

287. University of Utah Primary Care Research Network | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/university-utah-primary-care-research-network.html
     November 22, 2013 - * Obesity* Population health Pregnancy and childbirth including preterm birth* Prescription drug … usage Pulmonary disease/asthma* Substance abuse (alcohol and drug abuse)* Women's health issues

288. OCHIN Practice-Based Research Network (formerly SafetyNet West) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/communities/pbrn/registry/ochin-practice-based-research-network-formerly-safetynet-west.html
     January 01, 2012 - * Obesity* Population health Pregnancy and childbirth including preterm birth* Prescription drug … usage Pulmonary disease/asthma* Substance abuse (alcohol and drug abuse)* Tobacco use and smoking

289. Final progress Report: Anticholinergics and Cognitive Decline in the Elderly with Depression (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/aparasu-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - GRANT NUMBER: 1R01HS021264-01A1 ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Using the previously validated Anticholinergic Drug … Associations Between Drug Burden Index and Falls in Older People in Residential Aged Care. … Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Jul; 23(7):753-8. PMID: 24723335. 23. … Drug Intell Clin Pharm. 1983 Jun; 17(6):470-3. PMID: 6861639. 40. … The Anticholinergic Drug Scale as a measure of drug-related anticholinergic burden: associations with

290. Mixing Opioids and Psychotropic Drugs Increases Hospitalizations Among Older Dental Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2020 - AHRQ Grantee Profile Highlights Bruce Lambert, Ph.D., and His Work To Reduce Drug Name Confusion . … AHRQ Grantee Profile Highlights Bruce Lambert, Ph.D., and His Work To Reduce Drug Name Confusion AHRQ

291. A Model-based Approach to Prioritizing Medical Safety Practices (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Marken.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - allergies, similar sounding drug names, and even leaky pens. … The next largest cause of errors was incorrectly written drug names. … writing than are drug names that could be easily confused. … Systems analysis of adverse drug events. JAMA 1995 (274):35- 43. 37. Flynn EA, Barker KN. … Look-alike and sound-alike drug names: the problem and the solution.

292. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - AHRQ Author: Selden TM, Abdus S, Miller GE Decomposing changes in the growth of U.S. prescription drug … Decomposing changes in the growth of U.S. prescription drug use and expenditures, 1999-2016. … Greater symptoms of depression were associated with greater drug use, which was in turn associated with … For most drugs, little impact of shortages on either the fraction of patients receiving that drug or … Impact of oncology drug shortages on chemotherapy treatment.

293. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - last » Last » Xiao Y , Smith A , Abebe E Understanding hazards for adverse drug … Understanding hazards for adverse drug events among older adults after hospital discharge: insights from … The study included 73 unique drugs, the sum of which accounted for $110.4 billion in annual U.S. drug … spending, approximately one-fifth of total U.S. drug spending in 2020. … Applying VBPs at $100,000 per QALY and $150,000 per QALY reduced the median spending per drug by $373

294. Medication Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/medmanage-slides.html
     May 01, 2017 - Adverse drug events result in as many as 4.5 million ambulatory visits each year. 1 Medication reconciliation … improves patient safety and reduces adverse drug events: prescribing errors, medication contraindications … Therapeutic Drug Use. [updated 2016 July 6; cited 2016 Aug 1]. … Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/drug-use-therapeutic.htm Lainer M, Vogele A, Wensing … Adverse drug events in U.S. adult ambulatory medical care.

295. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 12. Infusion Pumps (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/infusion-pumps-1.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - Food & Drug Administration. … Food & Drug Administration. … them into the drug library or prompted them to use the drug library. … encourage/require nurses to enter into the drug library. … library enhanced patient safety, and they knew how to use the drug library.

296. Guidelines for Translating CAHPS® Surveys | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2016 - In the last 3 months, did you try to get information or help from your prescription drug plan’s customer … Since you joined your drug plan, how often did your drug plan’s customer service give you the information … Since you joined your drug plan, how often did your drug plan’s customer service treat you with courtesy … In the last 3 months, did you look for information from your drug plan about which prescription medicines

297. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=390
     January 01, 2024 - Hennessy S , Leonard CE , Gagne JJ Pharmacoepidemiologic methods for studying the health effects of drug-drug … A drug-drug interaction (DDI) occurs when one or more drugs affect the pharmacokinetics (the body's effect … on the drug) and/or pharmacodynamics (the drug's effect on the body) of one or more other drugs. … Pharmacoepidemiologic methods for studying the health effects of drug-drug interactions. … Keywords: Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Adverse Events, Cancer, Treatments, Elderly Russell D ,

298. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=459
     January 01, 2024 - The authors analyzed trends in specialty drug spending among Medicare beneficiaries ages sixty-five and … during the study period, but specialty drugs accounted for less than ten percent of total drug spending … Specialty drug spending trends among Medicare and Medicare Advantage enrollees, 2007-11. … Status, Pain, Social Determinants of Health, Women Blanco C , Okuda M , Wang S Testing the drug … Testing the drug substitution switching-addictions hypothesis.

299. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=379
     January 01, 2024 - Modeling the economic and epidemiologic impact of hookworm vaccine and mass drug administration (MDA) … Health Tilson H , Hines LE , McEvoy G AHRQ Author: Helwig AL Recommendations for selecting drug-drug … Recommendations for selecting drug-drug interactions for clinical decision support. … Keywords: Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Medication: Safety, Medication … They tracked rehospitalization within 30 days after discharge and adverse drug events within 45 days.

300. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - The authors found 130 "true" drug-drug interaction (DDI) pairs, representing 149,087 visits and 62 providers … Safety, Medication, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Adverse Drug … that institutions with CPOE consider using indication prompts to intercept drug name confusion errors … Indication alerts intercept drug name confusion errors during computerized entry of medication orders … Keywords: Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Adverse Drug Events (ADE), Adverse Events, Medical Errors