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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/ahrq-in-2018.html
January 01, 2019 - Let’s continue to support Secretary Azar’s focus on ending the opioids epidemic, lowering drugs prices
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/777.html
August 01, 2021 - Payment incentives and the use of higher-cost drugs: a retrospective cohort analysis of intravenous iron
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www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/about/agency-specific-quality-strategic-plans/nqs4.html
November 01, 2016 - created to better manage specific preventable drug risks and reduce preventable harm from FDA-regulated drugs
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cfact0705.html
October 01, 2014 - MedPAC Uses AHRQ Data to Help Inform Prescription Drug Coverage
Search All Impact Case Studies
September 2007
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) used Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data as one of several data sources in a report titled, "Report to the Congress: Issues in a Modernized…
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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 - An analogous challenge is faced with the approval of prescription drugs for
the general public.
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=246
January 01, 2024 - Technology (HIT), Shared Decision Making
Yeung K , Basu A , Hansen RN Price elasticities of pharmaceuticals … This study examined price elasticities of demand (PED) for pharmaceuticals. … Normally pharmaceuticals are relatively price inelastic. … Price elasticities of pharmaceuticals in a value based-formulary setting.
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www.ahrq.gov/nursing-home/resources/nhsn-lab-id-event.html
April 01, 2022 - National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Laboratory-Identified Event (LabID Event): Surveillance for C. difficile Infection (CDI) and Drug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs)
Resource: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Laboratory-identified Event (LabID Event): Surveillance for C. difficile infection (CDI) an…
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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/county-level-hospital-opioids.html
March 01, 2018 - provides substance use-related hospitalization rates in 2014 for opioids, alcohol, stimulants, and other drugs
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www.ahrq.gov/workingforquality/reports/priorities-in-focus/priorities-in-focus-effectivetreatment.html
November 01, 2016 - mortality from AMI is steadily decreasing, owing to new technologies, revascularization, more effective drugs
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/workingforquality/2016_ahrq-agencyspecificplan.pdf
January 01, 2016 - improvements as well:
• AHRQ’s Comparative Effectiveness Portfolio has provided essential comparisons of
drugs
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/teamstepps/longtermcare/module5/ts2-0ltc_module5_slides_sitmon.pptx
February 03, 2006 - ‹#›
Situation Monitoring
I’M SAFE Checklist
I = Illness
M = Medication
S = Stress
A = Alcohol and Drugs
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/ktcquips39.html
October 01, 2014 - Clinical Reviewer, Catskill switched from a points-based to a risk-category protocol and now recommends drugs
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Devine.pdf
July 01, 2003 - The background tables included those that linked drugs to dosage
forms and doses, provided directions … Further,
the background tables that linked drugs to dosage forms and doses were too
restrictive. … The programmer also unlinked drugs from
dosage forms and doses, allowing the research associates to
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=334
January 01, 2024 - compared to placebo or an active comparator (MTX/other traditional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs … K , Liu C , Li D A comparison of safety and efficacy of cytotoxic versus molecularly targeted drugs … A comparison of safety and efficacy of cytotoxic versus molecularly targeted drugs in pediatric phase
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www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=196
January 01, 2024 - The purpose of this study was to test rapid approaches that use Drugs@FDA (a public database of approved … drugs) and ClinicalTrials.gov to identify trials and to compare these two sources with bibliographic … The investigators concluded that a rapid NMA approach using data from Drugs@FDA was feasible but had
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/johnson-baughman-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - wrong route, wrong frequency, errors related to interactions between a particular drug and
alternative drugs … Increased prescribing of Valium, Librium, and other drugs: an example of the
influence of economic and
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www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/mcc/gagne-grant.html
September 01, 2015 - Optimizing Treatment Combinations in Individuals with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Principal Investigator: Gagne, Joshua J. Institution/Partners: Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Project Period: 06/01/14-11/30/15 Grant Number : R01 HS023122-01
Description
The clinical consequences of mo…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/ornstein-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Medication Safety in Primary Care Practice Translating Research Into Practice (MS-TRIP)
Grant Final Report
Grant ID: 5R18HS017037
Medication Safety in Primary Care Practice
Translating Research into Practice (MS-TRIP)
Inclusive Dates: 09/30/07 – 09/29/10
Principal Investigator:
Steven Ornst…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Galt.pdf
January 01, 2005 - and applications selected for this study were the Sony Clie’
PEG-SJ30™ (Sony Corporation), and Lexi-Drugs … Employing information technology (IT) strategies and systems to prescribe
drugs holds substantial additional
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-lit-review.html
January 01, 2017 - medical patients requiring mechanical ventilation who were receiving continuous infusion of sedative drugs … An evidence-based strategy for administering these drugs can lead to improvements in short- and long-term … on 128 adult patients who were receiving mechanical ventilation and continuous infusions of sedative drugs … An evidence-based strategy for administering these drugs can lead to improvements in short-and long-term