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August 01, 2024 - Intervention Leads to Increase in Lung Cancer Screenings
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924
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
August 6, 2024
AHRQ Stats Access more data on this topic in AHRQ's 2023 Chartbook on Patient Safety (PDF, 4 MB), plus additional AHRQ …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-post-hospital-medication-management-older-adults-health-information
January 01, 2023 - Improving Post-Hospital Medication Management of Older Adults with Health Information Technology
Project Final Report ( PDF , 130.44 KB) Disclaimer
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-213-section-5-table-4.pdf
January 01, 2012 - CHIPRA 213: Section 5, Table 4
Table 4: Evidence Supporting Hydroxyurea Treatment for Children with Sickle Cell Disease
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Randomized
controlled trial
The Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle
Cell Anemia (MSH), a ra…
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November 01, 2022 - An official website of the Department of Health & Human Services
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April 27, 2022 - Readmissions and Adverse Events After Discharge
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Readmissions and Adverse Events After Discharge. PSNet [internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services. 2019.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/unhealthy-alcohol-use-in-adolescents-and-adults-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions
November 13, 2018 - screening for and interventions to reduce the unhealthy use of other substances, including illicit drugs … screening for and interventions to reduce the unhealthy use of other substances, including illicit drugs … J Stud Alcohol Drugs Suppl . 2009;(16):12-20. 43.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/mental-health-substance-abuse/research
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/15_crosscutting_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - health care sector, horizon
scanning pertains to identification of new (and new uses of existing) pharmaceuticals … For purposes of horizon scanning, AHRQ’s interests are broad and encompass drugs,
devices, procedures … Information is compiled for expert comment on topics at a granular level (i.e., similar drugs
in the … ingestible event markers (IEMs), which
are tiny microchip sensors that are affixed to conventional pharmaceuticals … It differentiated 100% of
multiple drugs and doses taken simultaneously by type and by dose.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47262/psn-pdf
August 22, 2018 - The Case for Medication Safety Officers (MSO).
August 22, 2018
Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/case-medication-safety-officers-mso
Medication safety is a concern in various settings across an organization. This white paper discusses the
role of a medication …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/value-new-drug-labeling-knowledge-e-prescribing/citation/evaluation-vakp
January 01, 2023 - Evaluation of the VA/KP problem list subset of SNOMED as a clinical terminology for electronic prescription clinical decision support.
Citation
Mantena S, Schadow G. Evaluation of the VA/KP problem list subset of SNOMED as a clinical terminology for electronic prescription clinical decision support. A…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/value-new-drug-labeling-knowledge-e-prescribing/citation/enabling-joint
January 01, 2023 - Enabling joint commission medication reconciliation objectives with the HL7 / ASTM Continuity of Care Document standard.
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Dolin RH, Giannone G, Schadow G. Enabling joint commission medication reconciliation objectives with the HL7 / ASTM Continuity of Care Document standard. AMIA Annu Symp Pro…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42613/psn-pdf
September 25, 2013 - Approaches to decreasing medication and other care
errors in the ICU.
September 25, 2013
Valentin A. Approaches to decreasing medication and other care errors in the ICU. Curr Opin Crit Care.
2013;19(5):474-9. doi:10.1097/MCC.0b013e328364d4f9.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/approaches-decreasing-medication-and-other…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/840166/psn-pdf
November 16, 2022 - Polypharmacy.
November 16, 2022
Schneider E, Koretz BK, eds. Clin Geriatr Med. 2022;38(4):621-732.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/polypharmacy-0
Polypharmacy is a known contributor to medication complexity and error. This special issue examines the
impact unnecessary medications have in a variety of care environment…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41817/psn-pdf
November 07, 2012 - The economic burden of patient safety targets in acute
care: a systematic review.
November 7, 2012
Mittmann N, Matlow A. The economic burden of patient safety targets in acute care: a systematic review.
Drug Healthc Patient Saf. 2012. doi:10.2147/dhps.s33288.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/economic-burden-patient-sa…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41016/psn-pdf
December 21, 2011 - Health literacy and medication understanding among
hospitalized adults.
December 21, 2011
Marvanova M, Roumie CL, Eden SK, et al. Health literacy and medication understanding among
hospitalized adults. J Hosp Med. 2011;6(9):488-93. doi:10.1002/jhm.925.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-and-medication-un…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43564/psn-pdf
January 15, 2019 - Are hospitals in a med safety standard slump?
January 15, 2019
Wild D. Pharmacy Practice News. September 8, 2014.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-hospitals-med-safety-standard-slump
Highlighting how hospital compliance rates with Joint Commission medication–related standards have
remained mostly unchanged from 20…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39326/psn-pdf
July 31, 2012 - Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure
from Medical Imaging.
July 31, 2012
Center for Devices and Radiological Health; CDRH; US Food and Drug Administration; FDA.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/initiative-reduce-unnecessary-radiation-exposure-medical-imaging
This Web site provides information on an init…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/34069/psn-pdf
April 12, 2011 - Patient reports of preventable problems and harms in
primary health care.
April 12, 2011
Kuzel AJ, Woolf SH, Gilchrist VJ, et al. Patient reports of preventable problems and harms in primary
health care. Ann Fam Med. 2004;2(4):333-40.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-reports-preventable-problems-and-harms-prim…