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481. The Challenge and Potential for Assuring Quality Health Care for the 21st Century | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/quality-measures/21st-century/index.html
     June 01, 2018 - A Michigan hospital has reduced complications due to drug reactions in their cardiac care unit by 80 … At the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, a quality improvement program decreased adverse drug reactions … The use of NIH guidelines has led to a 100-percent increase in the use of a drug to prevent death among … Overuse of antibiotics imposes unnecessary health care costs, places patients at risk for adverse drug … acute care hospitals, these investigators estimated that the hospital costs of preventable adverse drug

482. Final Progress Report: Do Safety Warnings Change Prescribing Among the US Dialysis Population? (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/20572-Thamer-draft-1.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - COMPONENTS Structured Abstract Purpose: In March 2007, a Black Box warning was issued by the Food and Drug … Purpose On March 9, 2007, a public health advisory and Black Box warning was issued by the Food and Drug … in excess of $20 billion through 2008.6 Spending for ESA therapy is now the single largest Medicare drug … been an important source of profit, particularly for large dialysis chains that are able to buy the drug … Goozner M: The making and selling of a star drug. Chicago Tribune; May 24, 1999. 36.

483. The Association Between Pharmacist Support and Voluntary Reporting of Medication Errors: An Analysis of MEDMARX® Data (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Jones_91.pdf
     July 17, 2008 - Specifically, standards of nursing practice require a nurse to verify that the correct drug, quantity … Identifying adverse drug events: Development of a computer- based monitor and comparison with chart … Relationship between medication errors and adverse drug events. … Computerized surveillance of adverse drug events in hospital patients. … Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events. Implications for prevention.

484. Data Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 25, 2021 - Topics include infections (CDI and MRSA), adverse drug events (ADEs), and potentially avoidable injuries … Topics include depression, drug abuse, and eating disorders.

485. Aspirin Use Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/projects/heart-health/evidence/aspirin.html
     March 01, 2021 - with a history of a heart attack, and patients with a history of a stroke who use aspirin or a similar drug … have at least 70 percent of patients for whom aspirin use is recommended be taking it or a similar drug

486. Final Progress Report: Using Barcode Technology to Improve Medication Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/14053-Gandhi-draft-1.pdf
     April 16, 2007 - of barcode technology on pharmacy medication dispensing errors and their potential to cause adverse drug … Discussion: Given the volume of medications dispensed, even a low rate of drug distribution process … These activities included obtaining and verifying the medication (7.44%), administering the drug (6.7% … In addition, the amount of time nurses spent looking up drug information remained relatively stable … Medication dispensing errors and potential adverse drug events before and after implementing barcode

487. Weighted Summary Statistics: PUF Medicare Inpatient File (Version 2) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-PUF-Summary-Statistics-Medicare-Inpatient-Weighted.pdf
     September 26, 2023 - G0008-G9987: Procedures/Professional Services 1,493 0.01 14,767,885 99.62 H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug … G0008-G9987: Procedures/Professional Services 1,051 0.01 14,780,212 99.70 H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug … G0008-G9987: Procedures/Professional Services 935 0.01 14,787,644 99.75 H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug … G0008-G9987: Procedures/Professional Services 534 0.00 14,794,103 99.80 H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug … G0008-G9987: Procedures/Professional Services 557 0.00 14,799,256 99.83 H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug

488. Ø 2G RESOURCE: A Review of Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions With Suggested Process/Monitoring, Antibiotic Use, and Additional Measures of Impact | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/patient-safety-resources/cdiff-toolkit/cdiffl2tools2g.html
     September 01, 2012 - Formulary changes, restrictions, and preauthorization Number of calls/requests for restricted drug … number of courses or patients on restricted antibiotics, alternative antibiotics to the restricted drug

489. Tool 10: Discharge Process Checklist (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/medicaidreadmitguide/mcaidread_tool10_dc_checklist.docx
     November 01, 2015 - .* Drug allergies and drug intolerances.* 8.

490. Statins and ACE Inhibitors in Adults with Diabetes and Comorbid Conditions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/mcc/grembowski_r21grant.pdf
     September 01, 2013 - Statins and ACE Inhibitors in Adults with Diabetes and Comorbid Conditions Comparative Effectiveness Research to Optimize Prevention and Healthcare Management for the Complex Patient – R21 Grants Statins and ACE Inhibitors in Adults with Diabetes and Comorbid Conditions Principal Investigator: David E. Grem…

491. Structured Communication about Warfarin and Patient Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/chain/practice-tools/warfarin-1-slides.pdf
     March 19, 2017 - Coumadin) • Very commonly used drug in nursing homes residents • Goal of warfarin therapy: thin … blood so it will not clot Warfarin, also known as Coumadin®, is a commonly used drug in older … Slide 4 Warfarin, also known as Coumadin®, is a commonly used drug in older patients, especially … survival reassured the medical community about the safety of warfarin, and physicians began to use this drug … Later that day, the nurse received a callback from a covering physician who prescribed Bactrim, a drug

492. Medical Injury Identification Using Hospital Discharge Data (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Layde.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - systems are voluntary and most focus on relatively few types of reportable events, such as adverse drug … discharges Mean excess LOS (days)* Percent increased LOS* Cumulative excess LOS** Drug … complications 538 1.0 N/A† Specific reaction to unknown drug 1,316 2.4 1.43*** Misc. comp due to … unspecified drugs 2,923 5.2 0.02** All drug-related injuries 31,382 56.2 0.47** DEVICE, IMPLANT, … In addition, it can be used to target certain patient safety problems such as drug reactions and device

493. National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-177-section-2-technical-specs.pdf
     May 23, 2014 - Note: For medications in Table XXX-A, identify different drugs using the Drug ID field located in the

494. Upper Respiratory Tract Infection: The Common Cold (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/respiratory-one-pager.pdf
     September 01, 2022 - Food & Drug Administration. February 2018.

495. Mental Health Alliance's Policy on Access to Medications Informed by AHRQ Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp30501.html
     October 01, 2014 - Specifically, the research illustrated that when drug coverage caps were in effect for adult schizophrenic

496. Michigan State Uses Task Force Recommendations in Health Promotion Program for University Employees | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cp30609.html
     October 01, 2014 - Michigan State Uses Task Force Recommendations in Health Promotion Program for University Employees Search All Impact Case Studies June 2006 Michigan State University (MSU) utilizes the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations in two ways in its campus health promotion program a…

497. New Guidelines for Treating Maladaptive Aggression in Youth | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/chain/practice-tools/practice-guidelines/new-guidelines-for-treating-maladaptive-aggression-in-youth.html
     March 01, 2017 - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for prescribing antipsychotic medications since there are limited

498. New Guidelines for Treating Maladaptive Aggression in Youth | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/chain/practice-tools/behavioral-mental-health/new-guidelines-for-treating-maladaptive-aggression-in-youth.html
     March 01, 2017 - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for prescribing antipsychotic medications since there are limited

499. Making Information Technology a Team Player in Safety: The Case of Infusion Devices (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Nemeth.pdf
     January 01, 2002 - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) incident reports and field studies. … mode at the left side of the interface allows direct entry of information, such as fluid volume and drug … Unlike dopamine, nesiritide and its stock, concentrations are not in the pump drug library. … e) Change the same pump to deliver a premix of the drug nesiritide at a rate of 1 mcg/kg/min (a higher … Cook, et al.8 and Cook and Woods9 provide examples of adverse drug infusion incidents involving these

500. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members Final (doc file)
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     October 01, 2016 - · Is this drug likely to cause any side effects? … · Does this drug interfere with the effectiveness of other medications? … Food and Drug Administration at http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/ Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely