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41. Final Progress Report: TOP-MEDS CERT: Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lambert-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Drug name confusion causes patients to receive the wrong drugs. … This book is in nontechnical language and is important because the safety of pharmaceutical products … Analysis of suicide attempts and self-harm for 949 drugs revealed nine drugs associated with increased … risk and 28 drugs associated with decreased risk. … (referred to as control drugs) available in the market.

42. Tool 3I: Medication Fall Risk Score and Evaluation Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/fall-prevention/toolkit/medication-risk-score.html
    January 01, 2013 - Consult the hospital pharmacy and therapeutics committee or pharmacy department for formulary drugs within … The hospital can decide how to specify the drugs that fall within these risk classes. … disturbances, altered gait and balance, impaired cognition 2 (Medium) Antihypertensives, cardiac drugs … scoring system, the falls toolkit team recommends that you include non-benzodiazepine sedative-hypnotic drugs

43. Effectiveness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis To Prevent HIV Infection: Findings of a Systematic Review | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/data/visualizations/hiv-prep.html
    October 01, 2023 - The data are organized by the following study drugs and comparisons: oral PrEP (tenofovir disoproxil … Meta-analysis was not conducted for all drugs, comparisons, and outcomes; therefore only individual study

44. Risk of Concurrent Use of Prescription Drugs with Herbal and Dietary Supplements in Ambulatory Care (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Graham_77.pdf
    March 05, 2008 - Risk of Concurrent Use of Prescription Drugs with Herbal and Dietary Supplements in Ambulatory Care … Interactions between herbal medicines and prescribed drugs: A systematic review. … Drugs 2001; 61: 2163-2175. 12. Fugh-Berman A, Ernst E. … Drugs Aging 2002; 19: 879-886. 23. Bates DW, Yu DT. … Drugs Today (Barc) 2003; 39: 801-813. 24. Peterson JF, Bates DW.

45. 2012 Updated Recommendations for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/chain/practice-tools/practice-guidelines/2012-updated-recommendations-for-treating-rheumatoid-arthritis.html
    March 01, 2017 - Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis 2012 Recommendations for the Use of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs … The most aggressive treatments for RA, namely disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and biologic … agents and the emergence of research evidence regarding the pharmacological safety and efficacy of these drugs … since some patients had failed older biologics, the ACR wanted to address the issue of switching from drugs … mission of each CERT is to conduct research and provide education that will advance the optimal use of drugs

46. Final Progress Report: Improving Quality in Medication Management in Schools (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/grahamlear-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Key words: medications at school, child drug safety, psychotropic drugs, schools and medications 2 … medication administration duties have increased dramatically, in part because of the increased role of pharmaceuticals … pre-conference issue brief, the conference itself, a post- conference report, and the Psychotropic Drugs … With more children receiving increasingly powerful drugs during the school day, the school system's … Medication Management in Schools: Psychotropic Drugs and Children: Use Trends, and Implications for

47. 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 - Level 0 contains drugs with no known anticholinergic activity; level 1 includes drugs with potential … Anticholinergic side-effects of drugs in elderly people. … Drugs Aging. 2011 Feb 1;28(2):131-8. PMID: 21275438. 32. … Drugs Aging. 2017 Sep; 34(9):691- 700. PMID: 28656508. … Drugs Aging. 2017 Sep;34(9):691-700. PMID: 28656508. 2.

48. Appendix M. Master Risk Factor List with Final Bolded | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiapm.html
    April 01, 2018 - Immunosuppressive Drugs Pre-Op   Y Y     1 Need med list chart review M Manual …     Implant   Y   Y   1   Y D Electronic 1     Anesthetic Drugs … intra-op drugs on paper anesthesia record D Manual 0     Outpatient Surgery   Y … LL Manual 1     Peri-Op Insulin Administration   Y   Y     1 intra-op drugs … Anticoagulation Medication   Y   Y   1   intra-op drugs on paper anesthesia record

49. Data Visualizations | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/data/data-visualization/index.html?page=2
    September 01, 2023 - Hospitalizations Influenza Injuries Mental Disorders Mental Health Nursing Homes Opioids Poverty Prescription Drugs … Operating Room Procedures During Inpatient Stays, 2018 Retail and Mail Order Drugs

50. Weighted Summary Statistics: PUF Medicaid Outpatient File (Version 2) (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/SyH-DR-PUF-Summary-Statistics-Medicaid-Outpatient-Weighted.pdf
    September 26, 2023 - 150,385,574 97.86 H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services 92,461 0.06 150,478,034 97.92 J0120-J9999: Drugs … 152,391,829 99.17 H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services 9,261 0.01 152,401,091 99.17 J0120-J9999: Drugs … 152,535,319 99.26 H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services 8,322 0.01 152,543,641 99.26 J0120-J9999: Drugs … 153,641,490 99.98 H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services 854 0.00 153,642,344 99.98 J0120-J9999: Drugs … 153,651,801 99.99 H0001-H2037: Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services 587 0.00 153,652,388 99.99 J0120-J9999: Drugs

51. Final Progress Report: Gastrointestinal Safety of Antithrombotic Drug Regimens (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/abraham-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - hamid.jalal@ahrq.hhs.gov Phone: (301) 427-1033 2 ABSTRACT Background & Methods: Antithrombotic drugs … used in combination, and the availability of new drugs with higher GIB risk than their predecessors … These are likely underestimates of the magnitude of risk, as antithrombotic drugs are increasingly … anticoagulant drug in dual and triple combinations by first identifying patients with overlapping drugs … What is already known about this subject: Antithrombotic drugs (antiplatelets and anticoagulants) are

52. Meeting Minutes, November 2018 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2018-11-nac/nacmtg1118-minutes.html
    April 01, 2019 - and for generic drugs that have little or no competition. … MEPS does not report on drugs administered in hospitals. Dr. … Can they estimate the appropriateness of prescribed drugs—for example, expensive cancer-therapy drugs … as well as new drugs for chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes). … new anti-inflammatory drugs.

53. Final Progress Report: Risk-Informed Intervention to Improve Ambulatory Drug Monitoring and Safety (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/17906-Field-draft-1.pdf
    October 01, 2012 - drugs that required only annual monitoring. … More than 275 providers prescribed the study drugs during the project. … This intervention was the most direct alternative, and it included all the study drugs. … Final guidelines included 35 drugs or drug classes and 61 laboratory tests. … ordered than for drugs without BBWs (86.4% vs 78.0%, P<0.001).

54. Final Progress Report: TOP-MEDS CERT: Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/21093-Lambert-draft-1.pdf
    November 20, 2017 - Drug name confusion causes patients to receive the wrong drugs. … This book is in nontechnical language and is important because the safety of pharmaceutical products … Analysis of suicide attempts and self-harm for 949 drugs revealed nine drugs associated with increased … risk and 28 drugs associated with decreased risk. … (referred to as control drugs) available in the market.

55. Connecticut Uses AHRQ Research to Make Medicaid Policy Decisions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcoe43.html
    October 01, 2014 - That legislation adds behavioral health medications, such as atypical antipsychotic drugs, to Medicaid's … preferred drug list and also provides for the monitoring of the drugs' use, particularly in children … Atypical antipsychotic medications are second-generation drugs designed to cause fewer neurological complications

56. Average Annual Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids in the U.S. Adult Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/meps-statistical-brief.html
    March 01, 2025 - 2022, the share of spending financed by private insurance / TRICARE was larger for all prescription drugs … 40.1 percent) than for opioids (27.4 percent) while the Medicare share of spending was similar for all drugs

57. Report Updates Evidence on Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/alcohol-use-disorders-report.html
    November 01, 2023 - decisions about medication-assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), including the use of drugs

58. AHRQ's Effective Health Care Guides Used in Omnicare's Pharmacies and Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/coe0807.html
    October 01, 2014 - However, he says, the most valuable has been Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs . … "It helps keep people focused on the appropriate use of drugs." … For many residents with behavioral disturbances associated with dementia, the use of antipsychotic drugs

59. Appendix B18: Handout for Inservice #2, How to Reduce Falls in Nursing Facilities | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/manapb18.html
    December 01, 2017 - Psychotropic Drugs Know which residents take a benzodiazepine or an antipsychotic. … Watch residents who are on these drugs for side effects such as confusion, drowsiness, dizziness, changes … Use behavior management skills to lessen the need for these drugs.

60. Adolescents who present to the ED with psychotic symptoms should receive the laboratory tests | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/pqmp/measures/adolescents-psychotic-symptoms.html
    August 01, 2021 - Psychosis PQMP COE:  COE4CCN Associated NQF # and Name:  2806, Adolescent Psychosis: Screening for Drugs