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141. Organizing Quality Measures by Disease or Condition | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/translate/organize/disease.html
     May 01, 2019 - diabetes care, heart disease care, low back pain care, using antibiotics, asthma care and using generic drugs

142. Final Progress Report: Transitional Care Medication Safety and Reducing Medical Liability: Closing the Chasm (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/corbett-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Fatal medication errors in the home, not involving alcohol or street drugs, increased 564% during the … National health spending in 2006: A year of change for prescription drugs. … A steep increase in domestic fatal medication errors with use of alcohol and/or street drugs.

143. Supplemental Measures of Care Affordability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/careaffordability/measures4.html
     June 01, 2018 - Expenditures on hospitals and physicians rose an average of 2% per year while expenditures on prescription drugs

144. Introduction to Synthetic Healthcare Database for Research (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-Introduction-2023Dec.pdf
     December 01, 2023 - • Synthetic diagnoses, procedures, and drugs were generated so that univariate distributions of these … in the synthetic data generation process, the frequencies of synthetic diagnoses, procedures, and drugs … While these differences are usually small, they may be pronounced for rare diseases, procedures, or drugs … characters), rare procedures beyond the Clinical Classifications Software category level, and rare drugs

145. Library of PCOR Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/pcor/library-of-resources/index.html
     April 01, 2021 - Other records describe observational studies and programs providing access to investigational drugs … Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) (Canada) Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

146. Analysis of Patient Safety: Converting Complex Pediatric Chemotherapy Ordering Processes from Paper to Electronic Systems (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-Baker_107.pdf
     March 30, 2008 - Drugs received from the pharmacy are compared against the orders and electronic medication administration … These intermittent orders (IV fluids, multiple IV drugs admixed in the same admixture bag, or single … IV drugs) include an infusion rate, an amount of time over which to infuse each dose, and the frequency … Elimination of the use of acronyms, brand names, or abbreviations of chemotherapy drugs. 5. … Distinct labeling and packaging of chemotherapy drugs. 9.

147. Final Progress Report: Risk Analysis of Pediatric Chemotherapy Processes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/shenep-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - keyed by our Protocol Office staff based on signed consents, before certain order sets or research drugs … distinguish between look-alike or (Only applicable routes sound-alike of administration specific drugs … Review the road map and/or protocol for the correct week and drugs. 2. Recalculate the dosage. … Reconstitute the appropriate amount of commonly used drugs. 2. … Sequence: 7 Calculate Dosage(s) Accomplished by: Pharmacist Story: Dosages are calculated on drugs

148. Final Progress Report: Pharmacist Technology for Nursing Home Resident Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lapane-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - , that these reports be “acted on,” and that each resident’s drug regimen be “free of unnecessary drugs … However, the most common precipitating factors are drugs (especially psychoactive drugs) and iatrogenic … Drugs Aging 2005;22(7):559-69. Hughes CM, Lapane KL. … Drugs Aging 2005;22(4):339-51. Hanlon JT, Scmader KE, Hughes C, Lapane KL, Swine C, Spinewine A. … Drugs Aging 1991; 5: 385-404. Lapane KL, Cameron K, Feinberg J.

149. Antibiotic-Use-Commitment-Poster (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/antibiotic-use-commitment-poster.docx
     November 01, 2019 - Antibiotics are lifesaving drugs but can have harmful side effects.

150. Safe Medication Administration: Facilitator Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/safe-medication-fac-guide.html
     July 01, 2023 - each unit to consider as it establishes processes for ensuring safe medication administration of these drugs … Medications Say: High-alert medications are defined by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices as "drugs … Although mistakes are not necessarily more common with these drugs, the consequences of errors are more … medications require special safeguards such as the following: Improving access to information about these drugs

151. Safemed Facguide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/safemed_facguide.docx
     May 01, 2017 - each unit to consider as it establishes processes for ensuring safe medication administration of these drugs … Slide 3 SAY: High-alert medications are defined by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices as “drugs … Although mistakes are not necessarily more common with these drugs, the consequences of errors are more … medications require special safeguards such as the following: Improving access to information about these drugs

152. Antibiotic Stewardship | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mrsa-prevention/toolkit/antibiotic-stewardship.html
     October 01, 2024 - Implementation of MRSA Prevention Fundamental Best Practices Antibiotics are life-saving drugs

153. Table 5. Evidence Supporting Emergency Department Pain Assessment for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0217-section-5-table-5.pdf
     April 01, 2014 - Pharmacological pain management consists of the use of nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs … Pediatr Drugs 2003; 5(4):229‐241.

154. Assessing the Availability of the Preconception Component of High-Risk Obstetrical Services by Estimating the Use of Teratogenic Medications Before and During Pregnancy (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/availability/chipra-233-fullreport.pdf
     August 07, 2018 - Assuring that women on high-risk drugs are off of those drugs before they get pregnant is a critical … The scope of actions includes the field of medicinal drugs and specifically outlines goals of: • … Thus, this measure strives to decrease the number of pregnancies exposed to teratogenic drugs. … Pregnancy and lactation labeling (Drugs) final rule. December 2014. … Medication use during pregnancy, with particular focus on prescription drugs: 1976-2008.

155. Figure 2: Framework for Stroke Rehabilitation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/vision/visfig2.html
     October 01, 2002 - Continuing with the example of stroke, anticoagulant drugs may be administered to break up blood clots

156. Final Progress Report: Clinical importance of the drug interaction between statins and CYP3A inhibitors (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/strom-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - exposure.8, 15, 20 17, 21, 22-25 Of particular importance is the drug interaction between statins and drugs … CYP3A4 inhibitors prevent CYP3A4 isoenzymes from metabolizing other drugs (e.g., statin 3A4 substrates … , thyroid drugs, number of office visits, sCr measurements, ALT/AST measurements during the baseline … Incidence of hospitalized rhabdomyolysis in patients treated with lipid-lowering drugs. JAMA. … Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. Dec 2005;19(6):403-414. 20. Holtzman CW, Wiggins BS, Spinler SA.

157. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members Final (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_Final.docx
     October 01, 2016 - If your family member takes other medications, sometimes the antibiotic might interact with certain drugs … previous antibiotics (and which ones if possible) · Previous antibiotic-resistant infections · Other drugs … Food and Drug Administration at http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/ Consumers/BuyingUsingMedicineSafely

158. Event Investigation and Analysis Guide: Appendix A | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/candor/modules/guide4/apa.html
     August 01, 2022 - "garbage in, garbage out." 5th Why : Why do you think the pharmacists or technicians who put the drugs

159. Decision Support System Design and Implementation for Outpatient Prescribing: The Safety in Prescribing Study (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Feldstein.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - ordered), another had an improvement in five prescribing behaviors (i.e., selection of recommended drugs … We assembled pharmacist and physician teams in the three target areas to choose specific drugs or drug … For 29 percent (31 of 108) of the critical drug interaction alerts, one of the two interacting drugs … These alerts were also triggered when a patient’s record was opened, if two interacting drugs were on … Effects of “group detailing” on the prescribing of lipid-lowering drugs: a randomized controlled trial

160. Analysis of Requirements for Coverage With Evidence Development (CED) - Topic Refinement (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/ta/topicrefinement/ced-topic-refinement.pdf
     November 01, 2022 - Medicare beneficiaries.1 Thus, CMS makes decisions about providing insurance coverage for use of these drugs … For studies that involve researching the safety and effectiveness of new drugs and biological products … For studies that involve researching the safety and effectiveness of new drugs and biological products … there may not be the extensive clinical trial record that is generated during regulatory approval of pharmaceuticals … Specification for Cancer Drugs Fund data collection arrangements.