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61. AHRQ’s National Advisory Council Identifies Priority Areas for Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Can Reduce Costs . … Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Can Reduce Costs The use of medication as part … at a safety-net institution in Denver and found that patients with opioid use disorder who initiated medication … They include the Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook , a guide for implementing … medication-assisted treatment in primary care and other ambulatory care settings.

62. Managing Interruptions to Improve Diagnostic Decision-Making: Strategies and Recommended Research Agenda (pdf file)
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    December 29, 2022 - For instance, in high-risk environments (e.g., medication administration), it may be safest to implement … Medication administration is a task with a specific beginning and an end and is usually done by one … While these strategies may be good solutions for individual nurses on medication rounds, it may not … Association of interruptions with an increased risk and severity of medication admin- istration errors … Are interventions to reduce interruptions and errors during medication administration effective?

63. Create a Safe Medicine List Together (pdf file)
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    April 10, 2018 - In the primary care setting, medication safety issues include prescribing errors, contraindications, … One clinician observed, “It closes the gaps, reduces medication errors, offers the opportunity to reduce … It wasn’t the same medication or a similar dose. … I only learned about it because he brought in the medication.” … He was taking double the dose of the same medication.” When should I use it?

64. Health Care Facility Design Safety Risk Assessment Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2020 - care facilities can minimize such safety problems as health care-associated infections, patient falls, medication … The toolkit: Targets six areas of safety—infections, falls, medication errors, security, injuries of … staff workflow, patient treatment protocols, and room locations to decide where to place isolation and medication … materials to reduce infection risk, how to address noise and light problems that may distract from correct medication

65. AHRQ Grantee Profiles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - More >> Protecting Patients from Drug-Drug Medication Errors Daniel C. Malone, Ph.D. … More >> Preventing Medication Errors Among Children With Chronic Conditions in Outpatient and Home … More >> Identifying Strategies to Improve Medication Safety at Home Yan Xiao, Ph.D. … More >> Improving Medication Safety for Older Adults Michelle Chui, Pharm.D., Ph.D. … Professor, and Director of Sonderegger Research Center for Improved Medication Use University of Wisconsin

66. Human Factors in Surgery: Shifting the Paradigm on Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Catchpole study strategies to improve anesthesia medication delivery, robotic surgery integration, and … The project, Identifying and Reducing Errors in Perioperative Anesthesia Medication Delivery  , focuses … on reducing the 200,000 to 20 million anesthesia-related medication injuries that occur annually in … techniques, approaches, and perspectives across simulated and real environments to address these types of medication … information at a glance; [it’s] a small intervention that may have a significant impact on reducing medication

67. Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - Highlighted Resources Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Playbook: Practical guide … for implementing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in primary care and other ambulatory care settings … change package supports efforts by primary care practices and healthcare systems to improve opioid medication

68. Public Health Department Collaborates With Health System To Improve Mortality Surveillance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - AHRQ Initiative Enables Rural Primary Care Providers in New Mexico To Treat Opioid Use Disorders With Medication … AHRQ Initiative Enables Rural Primary Care Providers in New Mexico To Treat Opioid Use Disorders With Medication … in New Mexico have expanded on AHRQ’s Project ECHO model to train clinicians in the use of proven medication-assisted … the program works to ensure primary care staff all over the state are trained and supported to use medication … (At left, Chris Alliman, M.D., talks with a patient in Albuquerque about medication for opioid use disorder

69. Ohio Veterans’ Facility Relied on AHRQ Resource to Develop Diabetes Initiative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - healthcare providers, particularly clinical pharmacy specialists, to discuss reducing or changing their medication … But it really is the patient’s choice whether to reduce their medication. … Clinician-Patient Communication, Diabetes, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Elderly, Medication … , Medication: Safety, Outcomes, Patient Safety, Patient Experience, Patient and Family

70. AHRQ Research Helps Pharmacists in Mentoring Program to Reduce Drug Errors in Emergency Departments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Case Studies June 2008 AHRQ-sponsored research on how clinical pharmacy services can reduce medication-related … is to encourage the creation of permanent programs featuring clinical pharmacists' involvement with medication … departments, where patients present with such complex medical challenges, rarely benefited from the medication … For example, they can develop quality measures for medication use or help staff understand and use computerized … ASHP aims to prevent medication errors, help people make the best use of medicines, and assist pharmacists

71. TeamSTEPPS Video Debrief Guide: CUS and Teach-Back on Inpatient Medical Unit (pdf file)
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    August 31, 2023 - A concern is raised regarding the patient’s level of alertness due to medication. … The physician had the patient repeat back, in her own words, her medication changes.

72. Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - It also introduces BEST, an easy way to remember how to fit blood thinner medication into daily life. … Many medication errors are found by patients. … Talk to your doctor about every medication and over-the-counter product that you take. … Tell all your doctors about every medication and over-the-counter product that you take. … A personal, medication wallet card can help you keep track of this list.

73. St. Joseph’s Hospital Improves Patient Safety Using AHRQ Tools | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2015 - "Using the RED toolkit, we walked through each step of the process, including medication reconciliation … In addition to those improvements, the hospital has used AHRQ's MATCH toolkit to improve medication reconciliation … "Although the overall process for medication reconciliation was very good, we frequently worked with … incorrect information from the home medication list, and these errors would flow downstream," said Joel

74. Perinatal Safety Strategies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - 705.5 KB; Text Version ) Tool: Rapid Response Systems ( Word , 626.5 KB; Text Version ) Safe Medication … Administration Safe Medication Administration: Slide Presentation ( PowerPoint , 1.27 MB; Text Version … ) Safe Medication Administration: Facilitator Guide ( Word , 1.65 MB; PDF , 1.13 MB; Text Version

75. New Toolkit Can Improve Post-Surgery Complications and Enhance Patient Recovery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile on Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc., Highlights Work To Prevent Pediatric Medication Errors … Grantee Profile on Kathleen Walsh, M.D., M.Sc., Highlights Work To Prevent Pediatric Medication Errors … Walsh is working to prevent medication errors and adverse drug events among children, particularly those … Medication errors that occur outside the hospital can be lethal for children with chronic conditions, … Walsh has identified factors that contribute to medication errors and injuries in children with chronic

76. Comparison Tables for Making Healthcare Safer Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - Table of Contents Adverse Drug Events (ADEs): General Medication Topics ADEs: Harms Due to Anticoagulants … , and Perioperative Medicine Venous Thromboembolism Adverse Drug Events (ADEs): General Medication … Unit-Dose Drug Distribution Systems Summary of Evidence (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) Automated Medication … The Joint Commission’s “Do Not Use” List (Not reviewed) Summary of Evidence (Not reviewed) Medication … Treatment (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) Summary of Evidence ADEs: Infusion Pumps/Medication

77. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2012 - Date Published: August 2014 Setting of Care: Hospital Improving Medication … toolkit provides clinicians and researchers instruments, forms and tools for the ambulatory-based medication … therapy management model, which focuses on medication reconciliation and assessment and resolution of … Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit The MATCH toolkit features a step-by-step guide for hospitals to improve medication

78. AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Setting the Target for Improving Heart Health in America (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2017 - Cholesterol Management 57 % For people at high risk of heart disease, 57% are prescribed a statin medication … 70% GOAL 70% GOAL 70% For people who smoke or use tobacco, 63% are provided counseling and medication … 90 100% % O F PR AC TI CE S 20 15 10 5 0 % OF PATIENTS PRESCRIBED A STATIN MEDICATION

79. AHRQ’s EvidenceNOW: Setting the Target for Improving Heart Health in America (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2017 - Cholesterol Management 57 % For people at high risk of heart disease, 57% are prescribed a statin medication … 70% GOAL 70% GOAL 70% For people who smoke or use tobacco, 63% are provided counseling and medication … 90 100% % O F PR AC TI CE S 20 15 10 5 0 % OF PATIENTS PRESCRIBED A STATIN MEDICATION

80. 6 Tk1 T5-Suspect A Urinary Tract Infection Brochure Ma Coalition Final (pdf file)
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    June 18, 2015 - not correct. »poor sleep »constipation »dehydration »depression » inadequate nutrition »medication … »How should I take the medication? (for example, with or without food?) … »When should I stop the medication?