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301. Prevention is Key to a Healthy America (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/research-centers/RCInfographic.pdf
     September 01, 2010 - Preventive medications. Counseling for healthy behavior.

302. Opioids AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/topics/impact-opioid-final.pdf
     November 01, 2018 - The misuse of opioids, such as prescription pain medications and heroin, has become widespread across … MAT, which uses FDA-approved medications combined with psychosocial treatments, is an effective way … 1993–2012,” published in August 2014, found that the rate of hospitalizations for overuse of pain medications

303. 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 … asked to bring in all the medicines they take, both prescribed and over the counter, including non-oral medications

304. Selected Best Practices and Suggestions for Improvement (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/qitoolkit/combined/d4t_combo_pdi08-postophemorrhage-bestpractices.pdf
     May 16, 2016 - of antiplatelet/anticoagulant medication prior to the procedure or surgery is appropriate.5 Avoid medications … • Develop a process and protocol for determining if discontinuation of antiplatelet/anticoagulant medications … The history must specifically address the use of over-the-counter and prescribed medications.

305. AHRQ's 35th Anniversary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     April 01, 2024 - The EPCs produce evidence reports on medications, devices, and other health care services to help consumers … hospital managers, patients, and others reduce medical errors, range from checklists that help reconcile medications … enhance effective communication among caregivers and patients to toolkits that help patients taking medications … instructions for nurses to help patients understand after-hospital care instructions, including how to take medications … medicine record form that can be personalized, and outlines steps to help patients safely use their medications

306. AHRQ Safety Program for Perinatal Care: Shadowing Another Professional Tool (doc file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/perinatal-care/modules/teamwork/supporting/professional-tool.docx
     May 01, 2017 - Were patient medications available to the nurse when they were due? … If the medications were delayed, could this affect the patient’s outcome (e.g., delay in discharge to

307. Appendix C9: Fall Interventions Monitor Sample | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     December 01, 2017 - Date: 4/19/04   Date: 4/19/04 Medications Are interventions effective: _X_ Yes ___ No Changes … Agitation decreased Medications Are interventions effective: ___ Yes _X_ No Changes: Comments

308. Final Progress Report: Reduction of Nephrotoxic Medication-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Children (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/goldstein-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Acute Kidney Injury Network definition,20 or dosing tools to improve compliance with renal-dosing of medications … This list was expanded to 45 and then again to 61 medications based on the work of the collaborative … chosen over nephrotoxic medications were less efficacious, although this phenomenon was not observed … Given the ubiquitous administration of nephrotoxic medications to hospitalized individuals, we speculate … Development of Medications to Target for a Nephrotoxic Medication Associated Acute Kidney Injury Reduction

309. Imbedding Research in Practice to Improve Medication Safety (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Raebel_53.pdf
     May 07, 2008 - Physicians and pharmacists collaborated to determine study medications, develop intervention guidelines … to the drug-drug interactions deemed most clinically significant in a manner that prevented these medications … The KPCO Program implemented an intervention designed to directly affect dispensing of several medications … pharmacists about potential drug-drug interactions, the need for laboratory monitoring with selected medications … Patient safety improves with laboratory monitoring of potentially toxic medications.

310. Opioid Prescribing by Oral Surgeons Decreased From 2016 to 2019, but More Intervention Is Needed | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2022 - “My Medicines List” Available in English and Spanish To Help Patients Keep Track of Medications . … “My Medicines List” Available in English and Spanish To Help Patients Keep Track of Medications This … in both English and Spanish , the “My Medicines List” can printed by patients and kept alongside medications

311. Final Progress Report: Improving Patient Safety by Reducing Medication Errors (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/strom2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Warfarin, digoxin, and phenytoin are among the most common medications leading to serious, avoidable … A substantial proportion of older adults on high-risk medications do not recall receiving instructions … Diagnostic E-codes for commonly-used, narrow therapeutic index medications poorly predict adverse … Rates of serious adverse events in older adults on high-risk medications. … The project also examined the use of technology in ordering medications (e.g., CPOE and DSS), as these

312. Best Practices in Medication Safety: Areas for Improvement in the Primary Care Physician’s Office (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Galt.pdf
     April 23, 2004 - Although the quantity of sample medications distributed each year is not widely known, two examples … Counseling practices related to devices were less prevalent than practices related to medications. … However, safe storage of refrigerated medications and keeping medications under lock and key was not … Some offices had inadequate space to store the large volume of sample medications. … .23 Lack of screening for contraindications and precautions to medications is a major safety gap

313. CHIPRA 212 Table 4 (pdf file)
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     May 24, 2016 - occurrence of a severe exacerbation is a risk factor for future exacerbation and ICS- containing medications

314. Final Progress Report: The ED Pharmacist as a Safety Measure in Emergency Medicine (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/fairbanks-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Instead, a focus on higher-risk medications was desired. … – drugs administered en route by EMS, ED-ordered drugs, discharge medications, and patient-identified … medications taken at home. … The 10 most commonly administered medications were morphine (11.2%), albuterol (7.3%), ibuprofen (6.8% … 64 (85%; 75-92%) 29 (88%; 72-97%) 35 (83%; 69-93%) Rarely used medications 56 (75%; 63-84%) 25 (76%;

315. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     conditions H-HL1 Staff asked patient to describe how patient would take medications … H-HL2 Staff told patient who to call if patient had questions about medications

316. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     services H-HL1 Staff asked patient to describe how patient would take medications … H-HL2 Staff told patient who to call if patient had questions about medications

317. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     H-HL2 Staff told patient who to call if patient had questions about medications … literacy H-HL1 Staff asked patient to describe how patient would take medications

318. Final Progress Report: TOP-MEDS CERT: Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lambert-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - The effect of many medications on suicide risk is intensely debated. … For each trial, we collected medications, doses, routes and times of administration, pain scores, and … We selected a subset of those medications, focusing primarily on those that were on the inpatient formulary … The algorithm only looked at medications that were ordered only once, based on the assumption that these … Despite frequent use, many adults struggle to take medications, with estimates indicating that only

319. Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety (doc file)
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     June 09, 2016 - We encourage patients to talk to pharmacists about their medications FORMCHECKBOX 1 FORMCHECKBOX … Our pharmacists spend enough time talking to patients about how to use their medications FORMCHECKBOX … patient safety—dispensing the right medication accurately and making sure patients understand their medications

320. Strategy 3: Bedside Shift Report (Tool 2) (pdf file)
     ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy3/Strat3_Tool_2_Nurse_Chklst_508.pdf
     June 04, 2013 -  Review tasks that need to be done, such as: • Labs or tests needed • Medications administered