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121. Appendix E | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/environmental-scan-programs/envscan-program-ape.html
     April 01, 2018 - 5 415  -- Side Effects/Adverse Drug Reactions 17 421  -- Specific to High-Risk Drugs … Chemotherapeutic Agents 0 423  ---- Insulin 0 425  ---- Look-Alike, Sound-Alike Drugs

122. Appendix B22: Suggestions for Further Assessment and/or Interventions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb22.html
     December 01, 2017 - Neuropsychiatric Stroke and TIAs Parkinson's disease Dementias and delirium Dizziness Depression Drugs

123. Talking With Residents and Family Members About Antibiotics (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/family-antibiotics.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - Interactions with other medications Some antibiotics interact with certain drugs.

124. Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/index.html
     April 01, 2025 - About This Project Antibiotics are life-saving drugs when used appropriately.

125. 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 - Medical injuries were classified into four broad categories: (1) drugs; (2) procedures; (3) devices, … E-codes identified 98.5 percent of the medical injuries due to drugs and 78.9 percent of those due … Conversely, N-codes identified only 22.1 percent of medical injuries due to drugs and 53.9 percent of … 538 1.0 N/A† Specific reaction to unknown drug 1,316 2.4 1.43*** Misc. comp due to unspecified drugs … Our screening criteria identified a higher proportion of patient safety problems due to drugs than in

126. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 9. Reducing Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2020 - There was also a larger reduction in the number of drugs prescribed in the intervention group (p<0.046 … When two STOPP criteria, the prescription of benzodiazepines or of neuroleptic drugs to patients who … According to the STOPP criteria, 70 drugs were inappropriately prescribed before the intervention, and … 20 drugs after 6 months. … The median number of inappropriately prescribed drugs according to the STOPP criteria before education

127. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Safe Medication Administration
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     May 01, 2017 - unit to consider as it establishes its processes for ensuring safe medication administration of these drugs … Admin. 3 High-Alert Medications1 High-alert medications are “drugs that bear a heightened risk of … Although mistakes are not necessarily more common with these drugs, the consequences of errors are more … safeguards to reduce the risk of errors, such as the following: Improving access to information about these drugs

128. Meeting Minutes, March 2018 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - new summary data tables, which address the areas of health insurance, medical conditions, prescribed drugs … allows for county-level comparisons of hospitalization rates for opioids, alcohol, stimulants, and other drugs … particular, he presented graphic pages that show rates of hospital stays relating to alcohol and other drugs … We need to address the issue of the high costs of drugs. Dr.

129. Comparative Reports on Health Plans | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2022 - benefits and services, a directory of providers working within the medical plan, a formulary list of drugs … Additional topics are included in the rating for plans that cover prescription drugs.

130. Table 3a. Examples of Evaluation Measures for Self-management Support Programs for Common Chronic Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2018 - refills (e.g., beta agonists, inhaled corticosteroids, leukotrine modifiers, oral steroids, other asthma drugs

131. Adverse Drug Events (ADE) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/topics/adverse-drug-events-ade.html
     Topic: Adverse Drug Events (ADE) AHRQ offers research and resources for healthcare professionals to better understand and reduce risks related to adverse drug events. AHRQ Research Inspires Efforts at Banner Desert To Reduce Drug Errors in E.D. Patients

132. A Patient Safety Program & Research Evaluation of U.S. Navy Pharmacy Refill Clinics (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - Early in his recovery, when the patient asked for his prescriptions to be renewed, all drugs that were … Pharmacists are more familiar than physicians with the concentrations of various drugs. … The cardiovascular drugs were refilled most often (21 percent), at a rate well above the second category … Percent of drug categories for Keflavik Pharmacy Refill Clinic Cardiovascular drugs include angiotensin … clinical pharmacist is empowered in this revised practice model to facilitate the work they know best—drugs

133. The Effective Health Care Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2024 - The Centers for Education & Research Therapeutics (CERTs) conduct research and education about drugs

134. Surge in Drug Shortages Occurred in Wake of Pandemic, Study Finds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - in JAMA Network Open , researchers analyzed data from 2017 to 2021 and found that 13.7 percent of drugs … Researchers said that injectable drugs, generics and essential World Health Organization medicines had

135. Strategies for Improving Patient Experience with Ambulatory Care: Price Transparency (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/quality-improvement/improvement-guide/6-strategies-for-improving/access/cahps-strategy-6n.pdf
     October 01, 2017 - have the time to explore alternatives (e.g., maternity care, elective surgeries); and prescription drugs … Payment data, which summarizes utilization and payments for procedures, services, and prescription drugs … costs for the procedure, where total cost includes physician services, facility fees, anesthesia, drugs

136. Appendix B17: Handout for Inservice #1, Why Falls Happen in Nursing Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb17.html
     December 01, 2017 - wheelchair seating problems Improper wheelchair fit, sharing wheelchairs among residents Psychotropic Drugs

137. The “Never Antibiotic” Diagnoses: Acute Bronchitis – Slides
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     September 01, 2022 - Drugs for cough. Med Lett Drugs Ther. 2018 Dec 17;60(1562):206-8.

138. Comparative Health System Performance Initiative: National Bureau of Economic Research Center of Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2019 - Pricing Program on hospital–physician consolidation and on the outpatient administration of parenteral drugs … by hospital-owned facilities in three specialties in which parenteral drugs are frequently used .

139. Impact of Medicaid Policy on Cardiovascular Drug Use and Clinical Outcomes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/abstract-fischer.html
     December 01, 2017 - prescriptions covered and variations in required copayments, which generally cut across clinical classes of drugs

140. Timely Antiobiotics for Children With Severe Sepesis or Septic Shock Technical Specifications (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-0230-sepsis-antibiotics-technical-specs.pdf
     August 01, 2014 - defined as a mean heart rate > 2 SD above normal for age in the absence of external stimulus, chronic drugs … as a mean heart rate <10th percentile for age in the absence of external vagal stimulus, β-blocker drugs