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181. 118. Treatment Recommendations: Medication | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide118.html
     October 01, 2014 - Treatment Recommendations: Medication Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update Text

182. Ambulatory Pediatric Patient Safety Learning Lab: Pursuing Safe Healthcare at Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2025 - Project Period: 09/30/18-09/29/23 Description: The overarching goal of this research was to reduce medication … gathered by the patient/family to prevent medication errors. … Create patient/family medication monitoring processes and communication with the clinic to prevent adverse … The team process mapped data collected from in-home medication review, medication administration observation … For example, more than half of the T1D patients involved in home visits had medication errors, at a rate

183. Standardizing Medication Error Event Reporting in the U.S. Department of Defense (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2004 - Standardizing Medication Error Event Reporting in the U.S. … The medication use process The medication use process is divided into five phases or nodes: prescribing … USP Medication Error Reporting (MER) program. … Institute for Safe Medication Practices. … Taxonomy of medication errors.

184. Safe Medication Administration: Oxytocin | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     July 01, 2023 - Safe Medication Administration: Oxytocin AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care … Create Independent Checks (CUSP Science of Safety) Assess appropriateness of medication use in … SAMPLE Safe Medication Administration for Labor Induction or Augmentation with Oxytocin Category … Contraindications include— Gestational age less than 39 completed weeks without medication indication … Communication Use briefings to verify medication bag, pump settings, and IV tubing are correct

185. 18. Pro-Active Quitlines (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Effectiveness of and estimated abstinence rates for quitline counseling and medication compared to medication … Medication alone 6 1.0 23.2 Medication and quitline counseling 6 1.3 (1.1, 1.6)

186. Table 6: Categories of Medication Error Classification | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2012 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation Table … 6: Categories of Medication Error Classification Previous Page   Table of Contents … Developing Change: Designing the Medication Reconciliation Process Chapter 4. … Developing and Pilot Testing Change: Implementing the Medication Reconciliation Process Chapter 5. … High-Risk Situations for Medication Reconciliation Conclusion References Appendix: The MATCH Work

187. Table 6: Categories of Medication Error Classification | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2012 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation Table … 6: Categories of Medication Error Classification Previous Page   Table of Contents … Developing Change: Designing the Medication Reconciliation Process Chapter 4. … Developing and Pilot Testing Change: Implementing the Medication Reconciliation Process Chapter 5. … High-Risk Situations for Medication Reconciliation Conclusion References Appendix: The MATCH Work

188. Six New Jersey Hospitals Reduce Adverse Events With AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Six New Jersey Hospitals Reduce Adverse Events With AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit Search … It also supports the further success of our medication reconciliation process." … , concise communication with a focus on safe medication outcomes, accurate handoffs, and the reduction … with obtaining an accurate medication list improved dramatically. … The AHRQ collaborative served as the catalyst for revitalizing our focus on medication reconciliation

189. The Association Between Pharmacist Support and Voluntary Reporting of Medication Errors: An Analysis of MEDMARX® Data (pdf file)
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     July 17, 2008 - Introduction The Risk from Medication Errors Medication errors are the most common source of risk … Medication error reporting is also likely to differ based on the structure and process of medication … medication error reporting. … The phase of the medication use process refers to the steps required to process a medication order. … Medication Error Severity The severity of medication errors varied by the availability of pharmacist

190. Final Progress Report: Leveraging a Social Network of Elders and Families To Improve Medication Safety at Transitions of Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Medication lists can be maintained by a Keystone or Proxy using our built-in medication manager. … Task Manager 3.7 Medication Manager The InfoSAGE medication manager allows users to add medication and … Medication Dashboard Figure 4. Entering the Reason for Taking a Medication Figure 5. … Medication management Accurate medication lists reduce medication errors and adverse drug events18 but … Technology Issues Integration Medication Management Accurate medication lists reduce medication

191. Four New York Providers Use AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit to Improve Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Four New York Providers Use AHRQ Medication Reconciliation Toolkit to Improve Care Search All Impact … Examples of medication discrepancies identified include: insulin excluded from the hospital discharge … medication reconciliation list, a patient discharged on Percocet with a known allergy for the drug, … These interventions resulted in the medication lists being complete and accurate 88.2 percent of the … These factors prevented the medication history from functioning as a "One Source of Truth."

192. Final Progress Report: TOP-MEDS CERT: Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - The algorithm flags possible medication errors if three conditions occur: (1) a medication (Drug A) … In five of the 16 orders (31%), no medication error occurred. … Cycloserine was the intended medication. … Automated detection of look-alike/sound-alike medication errors. … regimen; 2) have fewer discrepancies in their medication lists; 3) take their medication regimen more

193. Final Progress Report: Improving Medication Safety in Nursing Home Dementia Care (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Improving Medication Safety in Nursing Home Dementia Care Title of Project: … Improving Medication Safety in Nursing Home Dementia Care Principal Investigator: Stephen Crystal, … Key Words: long-term care, nursing homes, dementia, antipsychotic medication, policies, elderly ‐2‐ … Antipsychotic medication use in nursing homes: a proposed measure of quality. … Impact of national campaign to reduce antipsychotic medication use in nursing homes.

194. Best Practices in Medication Safety: Areas for Improvement in the Primary Care Physician’s Office (pdf file)
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     April 23, 2004 - office-based medication safety. … Medication use process in office-based practice The medication use process in the primary care office-based … Medication use process Findings about medication safety and the medication use process are organized … Sample medication Almost all of the offices reported documenting the issuance of medication samples … with office-use medication.

195. Language, Literacy, and Communication Regarding Medication in an Anticoagulation Clinic: Are Pictures Better Than Words? (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - Language, Literacy, and Communication Regarding Medication in an Anticoagulation Clinic: Are Pictures … 199 Language, Literacy, and Communication Regarding Medication in an Anticoagulation Clinic: Are … management, little is known about rates and predictors of medication miscommunication. … Language, Literacy, and Medication Compliance 207 Figure 4. … Measuring medication: do interviews agree with medical record and pharmacy data?

196. Proactive Postmarketing Surveillance: Overview and Lessons Learned from Medication Safety Research in the Veterans Health Administration (pdf file)
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     April 14, 2008 - risk assessment of drugs, medication reconciliation, and safer outpatient medication usage. … Proactive medication safety studies that incorporate medication and comorbidity profiles, a common occurrence … Pharmacopeia (USP) and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) USP-ISMP Medication Errors … Preventing medication errors: Quality chasm series. … Medication error reporting systems. In: Medication errors. 2nd ed.

197. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2022 - This strategy helps to improve documentation because we can see the medications and decrease medication … In the primary care setting, medication safety issues include prescribing errors, contraindications, … Studies show that 5 to 7 percent of prescriptions result in a medication error. … That’s at least 160 million medication errors annually . … Medication safety in primary care requires a team approach, engaging the patient and his or her family

198. Preventing Medication Errors Among Children With Chronic Conditions in Outpatient and Home Settings | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2023 - Grantee Profile Preventing Medication Errors Among Children With Chronic Conditions in Outpatient … 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, … One in four children has a chronic condition and one in five takes a daily medication. … With a continued focus on reducing medication errors in children with chronic conditions, Dr.

199. Preparing for Ambulatory Computerized Prescriber Order Entry by Evaluating Preimplementation Medication Errors (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2003 - Preparing for Ambulatory Computerized Prescriber Order Entry by Evaluating Preimplementation Medication … medication use or patient harm while the medication is in the control of the health care professional … Definitions of medication errors differ, depending on one’s perspective. … Even using IT to evaluate medication errors requires careful planning. … Relationship between medication errors and adverse drug events.

200. Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2004 - Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance … 199 Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen … Reducing medication-related communication errors will likely involve rigorous reviews of medication … Factors related to errors in medication prescribing. JAMA 1997 277(4):312–7. 9. … Measuring medication: do interviews agree with medical record and pharmacy data?