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digital.ahrq.gov/time-and-motion-studies-database
January 01, 2023 - PhD, RPh
This grant is examining the impact of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) on medication errors … an ambulatory computerized provider order entry (ACPOE) system, reduces the incidence of medication errors
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-emr-based-real-time-sepsis-alert-system-performance-through-machine
January 01, 2023 - First, they lack mechanisms to learn from past errors and, therefore, make the same mistakes on new patients … To determine thematic root causes of errors in SA, the study reviewed nearly 2,000 cases where an alert
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/tulare-district-hospital-rural-health-electronic-medical-record-consortium
January 01, 2023 - The long-term outcome goal of this implementation project is to reduce medical errors and improve overall … patient safety by decreasing the actual number medication errors, and by implementing electronic access
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/e_prescribing_impact_2009_update_2.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Business Goal: Synthesis and Dissemination
Summary: Medication errors can occur at every step in the … Medication errors that occur in the earlier stages of the process are more likely than others to be … A systems-focused, multidisciplinary approach has been useful for
preventing serious errors.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/community-shared-clinical-abstract-improve-care
January 01, 2023 - information gaps, communication breakdowns, and lack of coordination that can lead to inefficiency, errors … Information Exchange Population: Patient
Creating a large database test bed with typographical errors … Creating a large database test bed with typographical errors for record linkage evaluation.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/AreYouReadyforEHRsPresentation.pdf
November 15, 2005 - Clinic EHR Project - Object Health 5
Bush praised computerized records as
a way to avoid medication errors … Community Clinic EHR Project - Object Health 6
Health Care Delivery Landscape
Patient safety &
Medical errors … Patient data unavailable in 81% of cases; average
of 4 missing items per case
18% of medical errors … recommended care
44,000 – 98,000 annual inpatient deaths due to a
preventable medical error
Medication errors … mail)
Decrease unnecessary
utilization of ancillary tests
Decision Support
Decreased medical errors
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/current-health-it-priorities/clinical-decision-support-cds/chapter-1-approaching-clinical-decision/section-3-applying-cds-medication-management
Check for proper concentration and volume to minimize pump programming errors, incompatibilities, and … key tasks in silos; this approach plagues the traditional medication management process and supports errors
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/tools-optimizing-medication-safety-top-meds/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - prescribing and dosing for acute pain; 3) methods for preventing and detecting drug name confusion errors … screening of drug names, and develop and test methods for preventing and detecting drug name confusion errors
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/TEP%208-13-08%20Slides%20CDSC.pdf
August 29, 2010 - Dissemination
Workflow Diagram
Input Format
KM Lifecycle
Assessment
Execution
Services
Models 2
Errors … Survey Creation
Lessons for Survey
Creation
Lessons 3
Suggestions for
Survey Creation
Lessons 1
Errors
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/improving_management_of_test_results_that_return_after_hospital_discharge_2010_pdf__2.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Summary: Nearly half of the hospital patients discharged with pending test results experience medical
errors … These errors largely arise from poor methods of managing
test results and poor communication with the
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015164-koss-final-report-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - causes, contributing factors and the effects of adverse events in order to learn from both medical
errors … Reducing the frequency of errors in
medicine using information technology. … Using information technology to reduce
rates of medication errors in hospitals. … Incident reports—correcting processes and
reducing errors. … Voluntary electronic reporting of
medical errors and adverse events.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/biblio/09_0083_EF.pdf
June 01, 2009 - Chart reviews do not capture
all errors (especially
dispensing and administration
errors). … (especially
dispensing and administration
errors). … Dispensing errors will
decrease, since these
errors will be caught
during the dispensing
process. … Medication
administration
errors will
decrease. … Since
the number of observed events (prescription errors) is so small, the errors may have shown up
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/health-information-technology-evaluation-toolkit-2009-update.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Chart reviews do not capture
all errors (especially
dispensing and administration
errors). … (especially
dispensing and administration
errors). … Dispensing errors will
decrease, since these
errors will be caught
during the dispensing
process. … Medication
administration
errors will
decrease. … Since
the number of observed events (prescription errors) is so small, the errors may have shown up
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/implementation/Bellamy.ppt
April 01, 2005 - To Err is Human, focused attention on patient safety and medical errors
However, rural West Virginia … Our procedures and systems are good at
preventing errors from happening. (A18)
R3. … We are informed about errors that happen
in this unit. (C3)
3. … In this unit, we discuss ways to prevent
errors from happening again.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/phased-trial-proven-algorithm
January 01, 1982 - useful component of training physicians to adhere to the algorithms of care, which resulted in less errors
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medication-management-elderly-transcript-081811.pdf
May 25, 2016 - The high INR, the very high
INR, was due to multiple errors. … And there were many dispensing errors that occurred, there were many
administration errors that occurred … We were looking at errors. In the first study we were
looking at adverse drug events. … So once again, we looked at the stages in which the errors
occurred. … monitoring or prescribing errors.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/the_role_of_master_patient_index__mpi__and_record_locator_services__rls__on_the_implementation_of_hies_for_medicaid_schip_5.pdf
December 17, 2008 - report
reductions in health care costs
• 52% report positive impacts such as:
nDecrease in prescribing errors … M = Mickey Mouse, 11/18/28, M
Probabilistic: improves match by anticipating data entry errors … Probabilistic
n Electronic Linking Cause:
Errors in Linking
Mickey Mouse
DOB: 11/18/28
Mickey Mouse … determine the
probability of MPI duplicate or overlap
Same institution Different institutions
Errors … work duplicate lists,
conduct some manual evaluation
ß Reductions in duplicate tests, medication errors
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/value-technology-transfer-discharge-information/annual-summary/2009
January 01, 2009 - Business Goal: Implementation and Use
Summary: Errors in discharge communication between inpatient … The research intervention did not show further reduction in medication errors and adverse drug events
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/AHRQ_Evaluation_Webinar_May08.pdf
May 15, 2008 - HIT Outcome Metrics
• Medical Errors
• Patient Care
• Population Health
•
Medical Errors
• CPOE … and Medication Errors
• Medication Reconciliation
• Handoffs
• Discharge Summaries
• and …
Discharge … payers and other third parties
• Medication tracking and electronic ordering to address medication errors … and attendant adverse drug reactions/errors
(ADE)
• Reduce information-related errors in treatment
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/QA_06232009.pdf
June 23, 2009 - using EHR and primary pharmacists to work with ER and hospital
staff doctors to avoid prescription errors … Pharmacy E-Prescribing Experience
Reporting Portal}, for example) our understanding of the causes of errors … patient visit and pertinent labs would contribute
greatly to patient safety and decrease medication errors … Simenson): Legibility is being eliminated as a safety concern but new areas of errors are occurring … Also errors in SIG (signature) codes still occur.