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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/prioritizing-strategies
April 01, 2003 - Prioritizing strategies for preventing medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients … administration record system (e-MAR), medication-staff-patient bar-coding, automated bedside dispensing … Purpose of Study: To classify the major types of medication errors in pediatrics and to determine which … administration record system (e-MAR), medication-staff-patient bar-coding, automated bedside dispensing … and patient and staff bar-coding (4.2%), and an automated bedside medication dispensing device (5.8%
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_017029_kaushal_pdf_3.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Transmission of Discharge Medication Lists
1 | ElEctronic PrEscribing … and ElEctronic transmission of dischargE
mEdication lists
AmbulAtory SAfety And QuAlity ProgrAm: imProving … (Achieved)
• Evaluate the impact on medication discrepancies of electronic transmission of medication … of
medication lists at discharge. … Kaushal found that medication discrepancies were extremely common.
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/feldman-penny
January 01, 2023 - Outcomes of clinical decision support (CDS) and correlates of CDS use for home care patients with high medication … Principal Investigator
Feldman, Penny
Project Name
Improving Medication Management Practices … and Care Transitions through Technology
Improving Medication Management Practices … Improving Medication Management Practices and Care Transitions through Technology - Final Report. … Automating the medication regimen complexity index.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-and-improving-medication-use/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Health Information Technology and Improving Medication Use - 2010
Project Name
Health … Information Technology and Improving Medication Use
Principal Investigator
Bates, David … Project 4: Ambulatory Medication Reconciliation Following Hospital Discharge. … medication errors. … Project 5: Impact of Vendor Systems on Ambulatory Medication Safety.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs025005-snyder-final-report-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - medication therapy; effectiveness-related MTPs included 3) ineffective
medication/needs different medication … Medication Indication and Safety
Analysts’ assessments of heuristics for alerts targeting medication … therapy
Needs additional medication therapy
Needs different medication product
Dose … therapy
Needs additional medication therapy
Needs different medication product
Dose … therapy
Needs additional medication therapy
Needs different medication product
Dose
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/current-health-it-priorities/clinical-decision-support-cds/chapter-1-approaching-clinical-decision/section-8-peek-literature-medication-use-and-cds
January 01, 2006 - Medication errors, which indicate breakdown in the medication use cycle and may cause bad outcomes, are … Summary of the 2006 IOM Report on Medication Errors
In 2006, IOM released a landmark report on medication … safety entitled Preventing Medication Errors, as part of their Quality Chasm series … [42]
CDS-supported medication dosing produced a 21% increase in appropriate medication prescribing … [47]
A systematic review found that CPOE reduces medication errors and ADEs.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/lesson/10-0051-ef-medication-reconciliation.pdf
February 01, 2010 - Using Health Information Technology to Perform Medication Reconciliation
Using Health Information Technology … to
Perform Medication Reconciliation
Findings from the AHRQ Health IT Portfolio
Prepared for: … Using Health Information Technology to Perform Medication
Reconciliation: Findings from the AHRQ Health … ii
BA C K G R O U N D
Medication reconciliation is a formal process or … Medication reconciliation for reducing drug-discrepancy
adverse events.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/medication_safety_in_primary_care_practice_translating_2010_pdf__2.pdf
January 01, 2010 - Medication Safety in Primary Care Practice -- Translating Research into Practice
1 | Medication Safety … in PriMary care Practice—tranSlating
reSearch into Practice
2010 Grant Summary
Medication Safety … The Medication
Safety - Translating Research into Practice (MS-TRIP) study is a demonstration project … Practices refined their medication reconciliation processes with emphasis on “check-out”
procedures. … Thirty medication safety indicators were selected.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_017034_chrischilles_pdf_3.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Personal Health Records and Elder Medication Use Quality
1 | Personal HealtH records and elder Medication … QuAlity: enAbling PAtient-Centered CAre through
heAlth it (r18)
Personal Health Records and Elder Medication … Medication data
collected at baseline were cleaned and coded using an online interface developed to … , and the association of keeping a medication
list and patient-provider interaction. … system displayed at least one medication warning message for
nearly one-third of them.
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digital.ahrq.gov/funding-mechanism/centers-education-and-research-therapeutics-certs-program-u18
January 01, 2023 - The effects of electronic prescribing by community-based providers on ambulatory medication … The effects of electronic prescribing by community-based providers on ambulatory medication safety. … Use
Evaluation of medication alerts in electronic health records for compliance … Use
Evaluation of an inpatient computerized medication reconciliation system … Evaluation of an inpatient computerized medication reconciliation system.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/assessment-pediatric-look-alike-sound-alike-lasa-substitution-errors/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - errors occur when a patient receives an incorrect medication because its name is spelled or sounds like … another medication. … While medication errors have been studied in the pediatric population, the frequency of LASA-specific … The error rates of these 200 medication pairs will then be estimated by reviewing patient medication … medication histories and diagnostic data.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/Medication%20Reconciliation%20Summary%20Final.pdf
February 01, 2010 - Using Health Information Technology to Perform Medication Reconciliation - Findings from the AHRQ Health … IT Portfolio
Using Health Information Technology to
Perform Medication Reconciliation
Findings … Using Health Information Technology to Perform Medication
Reconciliation: Findings from the AHRQ Health … ii
BA C K G R O U N D
Medication reconciliation is a formal process or technique used by health … Medication reconciliation for reducing drug-discrepancy
adverse events.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017037-ornstein-final-report-2010.pdf
January 01, 2010 - patient medication lists, greater use
of EHR decision support, adopting medication refill protocols … Develop a set of medication safety measures relevant for primary care.
2. … Results
Medication safety measure development
The medication safety measure set resulting from the … • Distribute printed medication list at the end of each visit. … • Apply medication monitoring protocols.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/reduce-medication-errors-qas-082614.pdf
August 26, 2014 - A National Web Conference on the Use of Health IT To Reduce Medication Errors and Improve Patient Safety … Q&A Follow-Up for A National Web Conference on the Use of Health IT to Reduce Medication
Errors and … compliant with proper medication dosing? … Answer: Our study only addressed medication orders and linking them to future lab tests. … Our
study did not specifically focus on medication compliance per se.
2.
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digital.ahrq.gov/technology/electronic-prescribing
January 01, 2023 - discontinuation (CancelRx) on medication safety: A pilot study. … The impact of electronic communication of medication discontinuation (CancelRx) on medication safety: … Understanding CancelRX: Impact on Clinical Workflows, Medication Safety Risks, and Patient Outcomes - … CancelRx implementation: Observed changes to medication discontinuation workflows over time. … CancelRx: a health IT tool to reduce medication discrepancies in the outpatient setting.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r03hs018288-zhou-final-report-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Key Words: natural language processing; terminology; medication systems; medication
reconciliation … contain this medication. … medication records. … contain this medication. … medication records.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enabling-medication-management-through-utilization-health-information/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Enabling Medication Management through Utilization of Health Information Technology - 2010 … Project Name
Enabling Medication Management through Utilization of Health Information Technology … The report focuses on improving medication management through health IT applications. … and other IT-based medication management tools. … Settings for the Phases of Medication Management and Reconciliation and Education .
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/r18hs018168-johnson-annual-summary-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - MyMediHealth: A Paradigm for Children-Centered Medication Management
UTILIZING HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY … A team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee
is addressing medication management in the … The application provides medication information
and reminders to children by cell phone. … Patients are able to create medication schedules, schedule alerts
to mobile devices, and examine medication … (Achieved)
• Evaluate the impact of MyMediHealth on medication adherence.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_018168_johnson_pdf_3.pdf
January 01, 2011 - MyMediHealth: A Paradigm for Children-Centered Medication Management
1 | MyMediHealtH: a ParadigM for … CHildren-Centered MediCation ManageMent
Utilizing HealtH information tecHnology (it) to improve HealtH … The application provides medication
information and reminders to children by cell phone. … Patients are able to create medication schedules,
schedule alerts to mobile devices, and examine medication … and the
creation of medication reminders.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/my_medihealth__a_paradigm_for_children_centered_medication_management_2010_pdf__2.pdf
January 01, 2010 - My MediHealth: A Paradigm for Children-Centered Medication Management
1 | My MediHealtH: a ParadigM … Medication Management
Principal Investigator: Johnson, Kevin B., M.D., M.S. … medication administration information. … and the
creation of medication reminders. … (Unlikely to achieve)
• Evaluate the impact of MyMediHealth on medication adherence.