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1. Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance (pdf file)
   www.qualitymeasures.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

2. Outpatient Medication Errors Prevalent Among Pediatric Leukemia, Lymphoma Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2023 - Errors Prevalent Among Pediatric Leukemia, Lymphoma Patients Issue Number 848 AHRQ News … Today's Headlines: Outpatient Medication Errors Prevalent Among Pediatric Leukemia, Lymphoma Patients … Outpatient Medication Errors Prevalent Among Pediatric Leukemia, Lymphoma Patients An AHRQ-supported … errors. … Errors Prevalent Among Pediatric Leukemia, Lymphoma Patients.

3. Transitional Care Medication Safety: Stakeholders' Perspectives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   August 01, 2017 - Full disclosure when harm occurs from a medication error is a best practice. … Introduction Health systems expend considerable resources to reduce medication errors in hospital settings … error, there are generally multiple layers of responsibility. … When harm resulted from a medication error, the second sub-theme of full disclosure emerged. 27,28 There … Stakeholders in our focus groups recognized that medication errors resulting in harm are generally multi-focal

4. Chapter 6. Assessment and Process Evaluation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2022 - Special Considerations: The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention … (NCC MERP)   NCC MERP developed categories for classifying medication errors. … Table 6 explains the different categories of medication error classification. … Different categories of medication error classification were adapted into the table below. … For more information about the classification of medication errors visit http://www.nccmerp.org .

5. 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 … errors. … Studies show that 5 to 7 percent of prescriptions result in a medication error. … That’s at least 160 million medication errors annually .

6. Identifying Strategies to Improve Medication Safety at Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   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

7. Appendix, MATCH Resources for Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2022 - Medication errors are the most common health care errors. … for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is the Nation's only nonprofit organization devoted entirely to medication … error prevention and safe medication use.

8. Appendix, Sample Letter to Discipline-Specific Leaders on Meeting Regarding Training and Implementation Strategy for Medication Reconciliation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2022 - Plan [Insert Organization Logo Here] [Insert date] To [Insert Stakeholder] , Medication … errors are one of the highest single-volume sources of medical errors. … Unfortunately, many of these medication errors are associated with direct harm to patients.

9. AHRQ Research Inspires Efforts at Banner Desert To Reduce Drug Errors in E.D. Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2018 - The Institute of Medicine has identified medication errors as the most common type of error in health

10. Adverse Drug Events (ADE) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Multicomponent pharmacist intervention did not reduce clinically important medication errors for ambulatory … A text mining approach to categorize patient safety event reports by medication error type.

11. PS Grantee Report | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2007 - 5 6 7 8 9 next › ›› last » Last » Medication … Error Reporting Systems: Challenges, Lessons, Future Direction ( application/pdf 396811 ) Principal … Errors ( application/pdf 343376 ) Principal Investigators: Strom, et al. … Errors? … Error Reduction, Technologies, and Human Factors Final Report ( application/pdf 399514 ) Principal

12. Guide for Developing a Community-Based Patient Safety Advisory Council | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2018 - Institute of Medicine, Preventing Medication Errors , Quality Chasm Series. … Medication Errors . 2nd edition. Washington, DC: American Pharmacists Association; 2007.

13. Improving Patient Safety in Community Pharmacies: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
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    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.

14. 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

15. Appendix II: Relevant ACPE Standards | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Medication Safety Causes of medication errors/systems approaches. … Identifying and reporting medication errors and adverse reactions.

16. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.qualitymeasures.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

17. AHRQ Pharmacy Health Literacy Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    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.

18. Final Progress Report: Advancing Patient Safety Innovation in Rheumatology (ASPIRE) (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Among adverse events, medication errors are of particular concern because they are common, costly, and

19. AHRQ Research Helps Pharmacists in Mentoring Program to Reduce Drug Errors in Emergency Departments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - ASHP aims to prevent medication errors, help people make the best use of medicines, and assist pharmacists

20. Medication Discrepancies and Potential Adverse Drug Events During Transfer of Care from Hospital to Home | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2017 - To reduce safety risks to patients, health systems expend considerable resources to prevent medication … errors in the hospital setting. 1-3 Increasingly, inpatient medication risk management efforts focus … of the medication errors being rated as minor, significant, and serious, respectively. 34 261 In … Institute of Medicine, Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors, Aspden P, Wolcott J … Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series (pp. 1-25), Washington DC: National Academies Press; 2007.