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61. 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

62. 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

63. 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.

64. 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

65. Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - steps Aurora Health Care took to create a community-based patient safety council focused on improving medication … As they struggled with an initiative to improve medication safety in the outpatient setting, they realized … health care providers could openly discuss the barriers to and opportunities for a safe, effective medication … patient-centered care leads to better self-management of chronic conditions and improved adherence to medication … Institute of Medicine, Preventing Medication Errors, Quality Chasm Series .

66. 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

67. Overview of Patient Safety Learning Laboratory (PSLL) Projects | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - On followup, 82 percent reported having spoken to their physician about their anticholinergic medication … Medication transitions: vulnerable periods of change in need of human factors and ergonomics . … Usability and feasibility of consumer-facing technology to reduce unsafe medication use by older adults … The specific aims were to: Redesign processes for adjustment of medication dosing based on clinical … information gathered by the patient/family to prevent medication errors.

68. 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 … and Perioperative Medicine Venous Thromboembolism Adverse Drug Events (ADEs): General Medication … Joint Commission’s “Do Not Use” List (Not reviewed) Summary of Evidence (Not reviewed) Medication … Summary of Evidence   Nomograms (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) Summary of Evidence   Medication … Treatment (Not reviewed) (Not reviewed) Summary of Evidence ADEs: Infusion Pumps/Medication

69. Network of Patient Safety Databases Falls Chartbook, 2023 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2023 - Use of Medication that Increases Risk of Falls by Patient Age This figure presents the distribution … of falls where the patient was ON MEDICATION KNOWN TO INCREASE FALL RISK at the time of the fall by … Across all age groups, it was Unknown whether the patient was on medication known to increase fall … • Whether the patient was ON MEDICATION KNOWN TO INCREASE RISK OF FALLS in the Fall module is DE219 … were consistently higher among patients who were on medication at the time of the fall.

70. 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

71. Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - implement a community partnership model for the purpose of developing innovative methods to improve medication … Develop a medication tracking tool. Create a consent form identifying partners. … Identify barriers, for both consumers and providers, to the safe use of medication.

72. Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Safety and Midwest Airlines, implemented a patient partnership model as an intervention to improve medication … County, Wisconsin, Patient Safety Council invested in developing and implementing tools to improve medication … recognized locally by the Walworth County Board of Supervisors and nationally by the Institute for Safe Medication

73. Warm Handoff (pdf file)
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    May 25, 2017 - Threats & Promising Interventions Threats to Patient Safety • Breakdowns in communication • Medication … Interventions • Shared Decisionmaking • Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFAC) • Team-based Care • Medication … Engagement in Primary Care Four Interventions • Teach-Back • Be Prepared to be Engaged • Medication

74. Teach-back (pdf file)
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    November 08, 2016 - Threats & Promising Interventions Threats to Patient Safety • Breakdowns in communication • Medication … Interventions • Shared Decisionmaking • Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFAC) • Team-based Care • Medication … Engagement in Primary Care Four Interventions • Teach-Back • Be Prepared to be Engaged • Medication … Teach-back can be used when you explain: 11 • A new diagnosis • Medication need and proper use

75. Staying Active and Healthy with Blood Thinners - Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2015 - We'll also introduce you to a strategy for incorporating your blood thinner medication into your daily … You may have a busy life, but that shouldn't stop you from following a regular schedule to take your medication … Either way, it is important to remember to take your medication exactly as your doctor prescribed. … alert bracelet or carrying a wallet card as a way to let others know that you are on blood thinner medication … you talk to your clinician about your intake of alcoholic beverages, as they may interfere with your medication

76. Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2008 - Institute of Medicine, Preventing Medication Errors, Quality Chasm Series. … Institute of Medicine, Preventing Medication Errors, Quality Chasm Series. … • Measure medication list accuracy in outpatient medical records in the clinics. … I feel my participation on the council will improve my own safe medication management or the safe medication … Institute of Medicine, Preventing Medication Errors, Quality Chasm Series.

77. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 1) (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - Use a reconciled medication list to discuss the purpose of each medicine, how much to take, how to …  Review a reconciled medication list with the patient and family. … Make sure that patients have an easy-to-read, printed medication list to take home. … Who: Hospital to identify staff person to review the medication list with patient and family. … Preferred dates / times for: PCP: Other: Medication Reconciled medication list Reviewed

78. Dashboard Information | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2019 - Surgical Supply, Including Health Information Technology (HIT); Fall; Healthcare-Associated Infection; Medication … For example, if a nurse gives a patient an incorrect medication to take and the patient recognizes it … For example: discovery of a dispensing error by a nurse as part of the process of administering the medication

79. Be Prepared to Be Engaged (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2015 - Threats & Promising Interventions Threats to Patient Safety • Breakdowns in communication • Medication … • Shared Decisionmaking • Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFAC) • Team-based Care • Medication … Engagement in Primary Care Four Interventions • Teach-Back • Be Prepared to be Engaged • Medication

80. Fall Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
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    January 01, 2012 - Tool 3G: Stratify Fall Scale Tool 3H: Morse Fall Scale to use for the Case Study activity Tool 3I: Medication … can be used to identify medication-related risk factors for falls in hospitalized patients. … Add up the point value (risk level) for every medication the patient is taking. … medication-related risk for falls. … Medication.