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261. Indiana Hospital Improves Medication Reconciliation for Diabetes Patients With AHRQ Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - Indiana Hospital Improves Medication Reconciliation for Diabetes Patients With AHRQ Toolkit Search … , Health Care Excel, the QIO for Indiana, worked with one hospital in the State to develop a single medication … toward improved patient safety, and assisting in the design and implementation of a single, shared medication … HealthSouth Deaconess Rehabilitation Hospital in Evanston, Indiana, focused its medication reconciliation … A 10 percent discrepancy was identified with the "reconciled" medication lists received from the acute

262. Adaptation, Education and Motivation: Improving Evidence-Based Medication Adherence Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/mayberry.pdf
     December 19, 2014 - Adaptation, Education and Motivation: Improving Evidence-Based Medication Adherence Among Adults With … Effectiveness Research Products Adaptation, Education and Motivation: Improving Evidence-Based Medication … Description The effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs) in diabetes care, and its role in medication … The project proposed to determine if there is a difference in taking medication as prescribed between … self-management (including diabetes self- management classes); and doctor-patient communication on medication

263. Brigham and Women’s Hospital CERT: Solving the Problem of Alert Fatigue To Minimize Medication Errors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital CERT: Solving the Problem of Alert Fatigue To Minimize Medication Errors … Their most recent research has focused on the automatic alerts that warn physicians if a medication they … The aim of these alerts is to decrease medication errors, prevent adverse drug events, and ultimately … found only limited published literature on medication-related decision support and how providers respond … "The problem with medication alerts is that they’re inundating physicians with too much information,"

264. Final Progress Report: Medication Error Reduction, Technologies and Human Factors (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/14253-Carayon-draft-1.pdf
     December 01, 2006 - Final Progress Report: Medication Error Reduction, Technologies and Human Factors Medication Error … effects on medication safety. … Key words: Smart IV pump, barcode medication administration technology, medication errors, prospective … Background Medication errors are common, occurring in nearly 20% of inpatient medication doses (Barker … of medication errors that provides a standardized language and structure for medication error-related

265. Table of Contents: Volume 4. Technology and Medication Safety (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - Technology and Medication Safety Contents Volume 4. … Technology and Medication Safety Prologue: Technology and Medication Safety Mary L. … viii Using Home Visits to Understand Medication Errors in Children Kathleen E. … Developing a Community-Wide Electronic Shared Medication List Ron Stock, Eldon R. … The PeaceHealth Ambulatory Medication Safety Culture Survey Ronald Stock, Eldon R.

266. Final Progress Report: Enhanced Patient Safety Intervention to Optimize Medical (EPITOME) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/sirio-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - impact on patient medication adherence and patient satisfaction with medication use. … Hypothesis 1D: Patients who participate in the medication education program will have improved medication … The combination of medication information with pharmaceutical counseling and medication reminder cards … verbal and written medication education by nursing throughout the hospital stay improved medication … Initial medication education (i.e., distribution of medication information leaflet; review of drug,

267. 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

268. Final Progress Report: EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/mccarthy-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use … Title Page EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use Principal … as assessed from medication diaries. … Less than half (39.8%, n=260) of patients returned medication diaries. … The most frequently used class of sedating medication was benzodiazepine (13.1%).

269. 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.

270. Final Progress Report: Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/noskin-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Key Words: medication reconciliation, medication errors, adverse drug events, health literacy, medication … The research pharmacist's medication history was compared with the physician's medication history and … orders and medication history. … The presence of a medication list may help prevent discrepancies in patients’ medication histories. … Medication reconciliation: a practical tool to reduce the risk of medication errors.

271. 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?

272. Medication Reconciliation in Pediatric Mental Health Care Settings: Detailed Measure Specifications (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/medication-reconciliation/chipra-0179-technicalspecs.pdf
     January 21, 2020 - at each change of medication. … history, the sharing of information, such as with medication list. … The measure includes assessment of when medication histories are taken and when medication lists are … Accuracy of the medication list is a fundamental element of med rec. … Technology Infrastructure and Medication Reconciliation Policy

273. 2024 Network of Patient Safety Databases Chartbook (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-medication-chartbook-2024.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - MEDICATION OR OTHER SUBSTANCE EVENTS OVERVIEW A Medication or Other Substance event is defined as an … Description of Medication or Other Substance Events The following figure displays reports of Medication … Type of Medication or Other Substance Involved The following figure displays the type of medication … or substance involved in Medication or Other Substance events. … The least commonly reported Incorrect action for Medication or Other Substance Incidents was Medication

274. 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

275. Final Progress Report: EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/23459-McCarthy-draft-1.pdf
     July 01, 2019 - Final Progress Report: EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use … Title Page EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use Principal … as assessed from medication diaries. … Less than half (39.8%, n=260) of patients returned medication diaries. … The most frequently used class of sedating medication was benzodiazepine (13.1%).

276. AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Research on Reducing Medication, Diagnostic Errors | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     November 01, 2018 - AHRQ-Funded Patient Safety Research on Reducing Medication, Diagnostic Errors Press Release Date … a broad range of safety initiatives, including the use of health information technologies to reduce medication … Articles explore such topics as: Medication errors among children caused by electronic health record … Policy initiatives aimed at reducing pressure sores, falls, infections and medication errors in nursing … Potential changes in electronic prescribing systems to improve medication order safety.

277. A Patient-Centered Perspective on Medication Use: Self-Management Versus Adherence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - A Patient-Centered Perspective on Medication Use: Self-Management Versus Adherence Bruce Lambert, … an academic social scientist who has extensive experience in health communication, patient safety, medication … A Patient-Centered Perspective on Medication Use: Self-Management Versus Adherence, Part 1 Part 1 … A Patient-Centered Perspective on Medication Use: Self-Management Versus Adherence, Part 2 Part 2 … A Patient-Centered Perspective on Medication Use: Self-Management Versus Adherence, Part 3 Part 3

278. 50. 10 Key Guideline Recommendations (Numbers 7 and 8) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-overview/slide50.html
     October 01, 2014 - Counseling and medication are effective when used by themselves for treating tobacco dependence. … However, the combination of counseling and medication is more effective than either alone. … Thus, clinicians should encourage all individuals making a quit attempt to use both counseling and medication

279. Evaluation of a Medication Therapy Management Program in Medicare Beneficiaries at High Risk of Adverse Drug Events: Study Methods (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2010 - Medication History” (BPMH) constructed from the patient’s self-reported medication list obtained at … Components of medication therapy management (MTM) visits with study pharmacist Medication therapy … management activitya Tool(s) Medication reconciliation Patient interview script; medication record … Sound medication therapy management programs - 2006 Consensus document. … Assessing the accuracy of computerized medication histories.

280. The Rutgers CERT Helps Establish Updated Parameters for Psychotropic Medication Use in Texas Foster Children | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2017 - The Rutgers CERT Helps Establish Updated Parameters for Psychotropic Medication Use in Texas Foster Children … Participation in the Psychotropic Medication Round Table 4 convened by the Children’s Commission of … When medication is prescribed, define target symptoms and treatment goals to measure at followup visits … Psychotropic Medication Utilization Parameters for Children and Youth in Foster Care. … Antipsychotic medication use in Medicaid children and adolescents: report and resource guide from a 16