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  1. pcmh.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-walsh.html
    October 01, 2023 - 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 received a 3-year AHRQ grant in 2015 to identify the factors that contribute to medication errorerrors.  … With a continued focus on reducing medication errors in children with chronic conditions, Dr.
  2. pcmh.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/advances/vol1/Schillinger.pdf
    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
  3. pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/medlist.html
    October 01, 2022 - This strategy helps to improve documentation because we can see the medications and decrease medicationerrors. … Studies show that 5 to 7 percent of prescriptions result in a medication error. … That’s at least 160 million medication errors annually .
  4. pcmh.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-xiao.html
    November 01, 2022 - Medication errors that occur at home, especially during transitions of care such as patient discharge … The preventable harms for these medication errors include adverse drug events (ADEs), unscheduled hospital … There is an increased potential for medication errors as more responsibilities of medication management
  5. pcmh.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/201509.html
    January 01, 2018 - The Institute of Medicine has identified medication errors as the most common type of error in health
  6. pcmh.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/pharmacy/index.html
    January 01, 2024 - Medication errors are likely higher with patients with limited health literacy, as they are more likely … Medication errors are likely higher with patients with limited health literacy.
  7. pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/national-academy-medicine.html
    February 01, 2018 - Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series  Released: July 20, 2006 According to one estimate … Preventing Medication Errors puts forward a national agenda for reducing medication errors based on estimates
  8. pcmh.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/870.html
    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
  9. pcmh.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/case-studies/cquips0802.html
    October 01, 2014 - ASHP aims to prevent medication errors, help people make the best use of medicines, and assist pharmacists
  10. pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/quintana-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Medication management Accurate medication lists reduce medication errors and adverse drug events18 but … Reconcilable differences: correcting medication errors at hospital admission and discharge. … Adverse drug events and medication errors in Australia. … Medication errors in elderly people: contributing factors and future perspectives. … Effect of a pharmacist intervention on clinically important medication errors after hospital discharge
  11. pcmh.ahrq.gov/teamstepps-program/resources/additional/check-back-team.html
    July 01, 2023 - medication instructions are described—and heard—correctly is an important safeguard against potential medicationerrors.
  12. pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/advances-new-directions/index.html
    July 01, 2022 - The Association Between Pharmacist Support and Voluntary Reporting of Medication Errors: An Analysis … Using Home Visits to Understand Medication Errors in Children (   PDF , 622 KB ) Kathleen E.
  13. pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/resource/safety-assess.html
    October 01, 2020 - care facilities can minimize such safety problems as health care-associated infections, patient falls, medicationerrors, and security risks. … The toolkit: Targets six areas of safety—infections, falls, medication errors, security, injuries of
  14. pcmh.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/community-pharmacy/pharmacy-resources.pdf
    May 01, 2023 - Errors Reporting Program, this web page provides a comprehensive list of commonly confused medication … Drug name confusion can easily lead to medication errors, and the ISMP has recommended interventions … Patient Safety Primer: Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primers/primer … Errors and Adverse Drug Events Patient Safety Primer: Teamwork Training Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Steps … Patient Safety Primer: Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events 9.
  15. pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/modules/strategies/medication/safe-medication-slides.html
    July 01, 2023 - SHARE: More topics in this section Patient Safety Patient Safety Research Summaries Patient Safety Resources by Setting Hospital Hospital Labor and Delivery Units Perinatal Safety Toolkit About the Toolkit How To Use the Too…
  16. pcmh.ahrq.gov/topics/hospital-discharge.html
    Recent Research Studies Health literacy-informed communication to reduce discharge medicationerrors in hospitalized children: a randomized clinical trial.
  17. pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/healthaffairs.html
    March 01, 2019 - its commitment to lead patient-safety efforts nationwide, AHRQ has funded studies that aim to reduce medicationerrors and adverse events, improve communication strategies that support better care coordination, and
  18. pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/improve-discharge/index.html
    July 01, 2022 - Primer: Improving Patient Safety and Team Communication Through Daily Huddles AHRQ PSNet Primer: MedicationErrors and Adverse Drug Events AHRQ PSNet Primer: Medication Reconciliation AHRQ PSNet Perspective
  19. pcmh.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-catchpole.html
    December 01, 2022 - SHARE: More topics in this section Funding & Grants Notice of Funding Opportunities Research Policies Funding Priorities Training & Education Funding Grant Application, Review & Award Process Post Award Grants Management AHR…
  20. pcmh.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/labor-delivery/perinatal-care/about.html
    July 01, 2023 - In addition to communication failures, patients on labor and delivery (L&D) units are at risk of medicationerrors due to the frequent use of high-alert medications.

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