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81. Canada Uses AHRQ Research to Prevent Medication Errors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Prior to implementation of this revised process for approving drug names, proposed product names were … Lambert described his research that showed how similarity increases the risk of drug confusion errors … The most notable of these include the prescribing frequency of a drug and the number of other drug names … That research demonstrated that drug names with a greater number of phonetic neighbors and with more … Food and Drug Administration.

82. Table A.4.1. Verisk condition classifications | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2017 - Disease Gallbladder Disorders Other Hepatitis and Liver Disease Substance Abuse Drug … Induced Hallucinations, Delusions, and Delirium Withdrawal and Other Specified Drug-Induced Mental … Disorders Drug Dependence Drug Abuse Without Dependence, Except Alcohol and Tobacco

83. Intravenous Infusion Safety Initiative: Collaboration, Evidence-Based Best Practices, and “Smart” Technology Help Avert High-Risk Adverse Drug Events and Improve Patient Outcomes (pdf file)
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    March 26, 2008 - • Standardization of decision-support drug libraries, including drug names, concentrations dosing … Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events: Implications for prevention. … Systems analysis of adverse drug events. JAMA 1995; 274: 35-43. 16. … Medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients. … The costs of adverse drug events in hospitalized patients.

84. Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/mhsa.html
    June 01, 2018 - Process: Treatment for illicit drug use or alcohol problem. … 73.6 Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey on Drug … An estimated 2.5 million people received treatment at a specialty facility (hospital [inpatient], drug … People Who Received Treatment for Illicit Drug Use or an Alcohol Problem People age 12 and over who … Adults Who Completed Treatment for Mental, Emotional, Alcohol, or Drug Problems Adults who visited

85. dfdfl;kdf (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-Removal-of-Synthetic-Drug-ID-January2024.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - January 2024 Synthetic Healthcare Data for Research (SyH-DR) Known Data Issue: Removal of Synthetic Drug … you downloaded the SyH-DR data files before January 2024, you will see a variable called Synthetic Drug … As of the SyH-DR data file update in January 2024, the Synthetic Drug ID (SYNTHETIC_DRUG_ID) variable … Synthetic Healthcare Data for Research (SyH-DR) Known Data Issue: Removal of Synthetic Drug ID

86. Final Progress Report: Pharmacist Technology for Nursing Home Resident Safety (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Prospective drug regimen review: Current regulations require that the drug regimen of every nursing … The prevention of adverse drug events. ECPN 2005;June:26-32. Feinberg JL. … Approaches for optimisation of drug prescribing in elderly people. … Drug utilization in the US: 1986. … Incidence and preventability of adverse drug events in nursing homes.

87. Final Progress Report: Clinical Decision Support Simulations for Medication Administration Safety (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/moss-berner-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - These CDSS can provide alerts related to medication orders (drug-drug, drug-allergy interactions) … Medication references could be accessed on each drug by clicking on the drug name in the medication … And up there, it was highlighted, and so it was: don’t use this drug with that drug. … scanning the drug. … Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events: implications for prevention.

88. Final progress Report: Improving Over-the-Counter Medication Safety for Older Adults (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/chui-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Misuse outcomes comprised Drug/Drug, Drug/Disease, Drug/Age, and Drug/Label, with five subtypes. … The Senior Section slightly reduced Drug/Drug misuse. … For Drug-Age, Drug-Disease, and Drug-Label misuse, the final determinations were based on evaluations … and Drug/Label misuse. … Drug/Disease misuse, Drug/Label misuse (Exceeds Daily-Dosage), and Drug/ Label misuse (Exceeds Timing

89. Resources for Financial Assistance for Medicines | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2024 - Medicare has a searchable list of drug company programs that help people who do not have insurance … or are enrolled in a Medicare Drug Plan (Part D) pay for prescriptions. … companies, lets you search for discount programs offered by drug companies. … NeedyMeds is a non-profit that provides information about drug assistance programs. … pharmacy that offers prescription medicines to people who are uninsured or have limited prescription drug

90. Kesselheim, Aaron | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Description: The proposed research has three aims: Develop a comprehensive typology of off-label drug … different ways prescription drugs are used beyond the specific indications approved by the Food and Drug … pairs and determine predictors of non-evidence-based off-label drug uses. … interviews with whistle-blowers in pharmaceutical fraud cases regarding illegal promotion of off-label drug … The first study under Aim #2 has been completed which looked at trends in off-label drug use related

91. Brigham and Women’s Hospital CERT: Solving the Problem of Alert Fatigue To Minimize Medication Errors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/chain/research-tools/featured-certs/problem-of-alert-fatigue.html
    March 01, 2017 - Identifying the Most Severe Drug-Drug Interactions Intent on creating a scaled-down list of the most … critical drug-drug interactions (DDIs) that trigger medication alerts, the team convened a panel of … The result was a list of 15 highly clinically significant drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions that … High-priority drug-drug interactions for use in electronic health records. … Criteria for assessing high-priority drug-drug interactions for clinical decision support in electronic

92. Staying Active and Healthy with Blood Thinners - Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2015 - Report: Blood Thinner Medications Narrator: Recently, your doctor has prescribed a blood-thinning drug … So if you use this drug, it is important that you also be careful in your daily activities. … We hope this video helped shed some light on what a blood-thinning drug is, what it does, and how it

93. Anemia Increasing in Hemodialysis Patients, Especially for Blacks (pdf file)
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    December 02, 2019 - used to treat anemia in patients with CKD, including those receiving dialysis.3 In 2011, the Food and Drug … Food and Drug Administration. … Agents (ESAs) in Chronic Kidney Disease. https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-drug-safety … Association between changes in CMS reimbursement policy and drug labels for erythrocyte- stimulating … //www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-drug-safety-communication-modified-dosing-recommendations-improve-safe-use-erythropoiesis

94. AHRQ Awards $45 Million in Grants To Expand Access to Care for People With Long COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2023 - AHRQ Grantee Protects Patients From Drug-Drug Medication Errors . … AHRQ Grantee Protects Patients From Drug-Drug Medication Errors AHRQ grantee Daniel C. … Malone, Ph.D., is helping to make care safer by increasing understanding of drug-drug interactions and … Malone established a framework for collecting and disseminating information on drug-drug interactions … He also worked to optimize digital tools, such as drug-drug interaction alerts and shared decision-making

95. Surge in Drug Shortages Occurred in Wake of Pandemic, Study Finds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - Surge in Drug Shortages Occurred in Wake of Pandemic, Study Finds Issue Number 908 AHRQ News … Today's Headlines: Surge in Drug Shortages Occurred in Wake of Pandemic, Study Finds April 23 Webinar … Surge in Drug Shortages Occurred in Wake of Pandemic, Study Finds A recent AHRQ-funded study on pharmaceutical … supply chains revealed a significant spike in drug shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. … Nearly 29 million adults had alcohol use disorder in 2022, according to the National Survey on Drug Use

96. Making Healthcare Safer III | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2024 - Harms such as adverse drug events, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), falls, and obstetric adverse … Harms Due to Anticoagulants (PDF, 2 MB) Harms Due to Diabetic Agents (PDF, 1.6 MB) Reducing Adverse Drug

97. Post-fielding Surveillance of a Guideline-based Decision Support System (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Chan.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - Such technologies include automated order entry systems, drug-drug interaction software, and decision … • Potential interaction of the recommended drug with another drug prescribed for the patient. … incorrectly labelled to a drug. … Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; 1999. … Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Reporting. MEDWatch Program.

98. Final Progress Report: Demonstration of Quality Improvement of Medication Therapy Management Services (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/doucette-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - To evaluate the effects of the changes, a set of medication use variables was calculated from drug … Among the 37 million Medicare Part D beneficiaries, there are prevalent adverse drug events (ADEs), … CareFirst is a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) located in Medicare Region 5 in Maryland. … The TIP algorithms can address drug safety, cost issues, and nonadherence. … For example, we used drug claims data in 6-month periods to measure medication use.

99. Final Progress Report: Improving Medication Safety Across Clinical Settings (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/bates-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Forty (70%) of the preventable ADEs were related to parent drug administration. … Keynote speaker, AMIA 2002 Spring Congress “A Drug by any Other Name: The Role of Informatics from Drug … Bates DW, Cullen D, Laird N, et al: Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events … Adverse drug events in ambulatory care. … Bates DW, Cullen D, Laird N, et al: Incidence of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug

100. Blacks Experiencing Fast-Rising Rates of Overdose Deaths Involving Synthetic Opioids Other Than Methadone (pdf file)
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     February 20, 2020 - The measure of drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone describes individuals … Whites and rates vary by gender within racial groups, Blacks are experiencing fast-rising rates of drug … Outcome: Drug overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone per 100,000 population … ◆ Since 2013, a sharp increase in drug overdose deaths involving synthetics other than methadone … Drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl, 2011-2016. Natl Vital Stat Rep 2019;68(3).