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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/09-0031-EF_cpoe.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Process-related medication errors and adverse drug events (ADEs) are still too
common, often preventable … Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series. New York: Institute
of Medicine. 2007.
2. … Preventing medication errors. … Committee on
Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors, Institute of Medicine. … The impact of computerized
physician order entry on medication error prevention.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/personal-health-records-and-elder-medication-use-quality/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Medicare
Summary: Use of medications by older adults living in the community is far from optimal as medication … errors including overuse, underuse, and misuse, are common.
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digital.ahrq.gov/organization/columbia-university-health-sciences
January 01, 2023 - Columbia University Health Sciences
A Roadmap for Research: The International Summit on Innovation and Technology in Care of Older People (IS-ITCOP)
Description
This conference convenes interdisciplinary experts from the United States and abroad to define priorities and goals …
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-lab-follow-delivering-enhanced-medication-list-outpatient-physician/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - 2010, Completion of Contract
Target Population: General
Summary: Medication … errors and adverse drug events (ADEs) are a major problem across the United States and have serious
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/lesselroth-bj-felder-rs
January 01, 2023 - Lesselroth BJ, Felder RS, Adams SM, et al. "Design and implementation of a medication reconciliation kiosk: the Automated Patient History Intake Device (APHID)."
Reference
Lesselroth BJ, Felder RS, Adams SM, et al. Design and implementation of a medication reconciliation kiosk: the Automated Patient H…
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-patient-safety-and-clinician-cognitive-support-through-emar-redesign/citation/text
January 01, 2023 - A text mining approach to categorize patient safety event reports by medication error type. … A text mining approach to categorize patient safety event reports by medication error type.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/assessment-pediatric-look-alike-sound-alike-lasa-substitution-errors/citation
January 01, 2023 - Using pharmacy data to screen for look-alike, sound-alike substitution errors in pediatric prescriptions
Citation
Basco WT Jr, Ebeling M, Hulsey TC, et al. Using pharmacy data to screen for look-alike, sound-alike substitution errors in pediatric prescriptions. Acad Pediatr 2010 Jul-Aug;10(4):233-7.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017010-bailey-final-report-2011.pdf
January 01, 2011 - Adverse drug events and medication errors:
detection and classification methods. … Variables associated with medication
errors in pediatric emergency medicine. … Profiles in patient safety:
medication errors in the emergency department. … Medication errors and
adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients. … Medication errors and
adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/nlp-improve-accuracy-and-quality-dictated-medical-documents
January 01, 2023 - NLP to Improve Accuracy and Quality of Dictated Medical Documents
Project Final Report ( PDF , 389.03 KB) Disclaimer
Disclaimer
The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the author(s), who are responsible for its content, and do not necessarily represent the vi…
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-spotlights/improving-ehr-design-increases-patient-safety-especially-children
January 01, 2018 - Improving EHR Design Increases Patient Safety—Especially for Children
Poor EHR design can harm patients.
Dr. Raj Ratwani and his research team identified pervasive problems with EHR systems that regularly lead to patient safety errors and other issues, regardless of vendor. “If we don’t focus on EHR technolog…
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/improving-delivery-health-services-health-systems-level
January 01, 2020 - Improving the Delivery of Health Services at the Health Systems Level
AHRQ-funded research aims to improve the delivery of health services at the health systems or organizational level; this investment was $41.8 million over the duration of projects that were ongoing in 2020. The use…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/THQITvalue020612.pdf
June 01, 2010 - errors. … Medication/E-Prescribing Issues
E-prescribing has been offered as one means to reduce medication errors … Measurement Factors
Three articles address a classification of medication errors, a quantification … Impact
of a patient-centered technology on medication
errors during pediatric emergency care. … Medication errors in the outpatient setting;
Classification and root cause analysis.
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/improving-medication-safety-accurate-e-prescribing-tool
January 01, 2020 - Improving Medication Safety with Accurate e-Prescribing Tool
Successful implementation of CancelRx, an e-prescribing functionality to electronically communicate medication discontinuation orders between electronic health records and pharmacies, can improve medication safety and reduce adverse drug events.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/kuperman-gj-et-al-2007
January 01, 2007 - medications can improve patients' health, the process of prescribing them is complex and error prone, and medication … errors cause many preventable injuries.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/enhancedmedhistories_102611comp.pdf
October 01, 2011 - Problem Statement
Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) are a major problem across the … quality.5 A computerized medication list can be
compared against a problem list and detect potential medication … error.6 Researchers studying
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medication discrepancies concluded that better methods of ensuring … Preventing medication errors.
Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2006.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs025374-weiner-final-report-2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - Indication-based prescribing prevents
wrong-patient medication errors in computerized provider order
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/scaling-equipped-clinical-decision-support
January 01, 2024 - Medication Without Harm - How Digital Healthcare Tools Can Support Providers and Improve Patient Safety Medication … errors are a leading cause of injury and avoidable harm in healthcare, with an estimated 1.3 million … Preventable medication errors cost the nation more than $21 billion annually across all care settings
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-information-technology-provide-measurement-based-care-chronic-illness/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - IT system also provided decision support during each medication treatment phase and helped prevent medication … errors.
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digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/schiff-gordon-david
January 01, 2023 - Schiff, Gordon David
How often do prescribers include indications in drug orders? Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions.
Citation
Salazar A, Karmiy SJ, Forsythe KJ, Amato MG, Wright A, Lai KH, Lambert BL, Liebovitz DM, Eguale T, Volk LA, Schiff GD. How often do prescr…
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/tool-3-1-goals-worksheet-poster.pptx
June 16, 2021 - Slide 1
INSTRUCTION: Review what goals can be achieved with e-prescribing, Here are examples:
Reduce medication … errors.