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121. Electronic Medication Management (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_018250_vawdrey_pdf_3.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - Medication reconciliation employs a systematic approach to comprehensively review all of a patient’s medications … Before the adoption of this intervention, pre-admission medications and discharge medications were kept … After adoption, medications were documented using the Outpatient Medication Profile (OMP), a structured … two columns: 1) the list of the current inpatient medication orders; and 2) the list of outpatient medications … Of 253 medications lists reviewed, 181 lists (72 percent) had at least one medication missing a dose

122. The Discharge Assistant: Facilitating Information Transfer at Hospital Discharge (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/2006Nace_051811comp.pdf
     January 01, 2001 - experience adverse events within 4 weeks after acute care hospitalization Miscommunication about Medications … Integration of admission medications, in-hospital changes, and discharge medications on a single form … attendings  Median time per discharge = 36 minutes (9, 209) * Includes new rx’s, changes in existing medications … , medications from before admission which are to be continued without change, and discontinued medications … events are common when patients transition from hospital to outpatient care Miscommunication about Medications

123. R18Hs017216-Johnson-Final-Report-2011 (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017216-johnson-final-report-2011.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - of the most common outpatient pediatric medications in two academic medical centers. … Group consensus for all other medications was achieved after 4 rounds of discussion. … used neurologic medications. … found the added compounded medications in the list to be useful. … Automated Dose Rounding Recommendations for Pediatric Medications.

124. Electronic Medication Management - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-medication-management/annual-summary/2010
     January 01, 2010 - Reconciliation compares a patient’s new medication orders with all medications the patient is currently … Before the adoption of this intervention, pre-admission medications and discharge medications were kept … After adoption, medications were documented using a structured electronic medication list shared across … the medication reconciliation process affected the ways providers collect, document, and reconcile medications … Before the new process was adopted, the average number of medications contained in the OMP for a patient

125. Enhanced Medication Histories (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/enhancedmedhistories_102611comp.pdf
     October 01, 2011 - In order to prescribe medications in a wise manner, clinicians need to know the list of medications … Note: Analysis is limited to the 100 most frequent medications. 19 The number of medications … all patients take medications. … chart overlapped with the medications dispensed. … a useful complement to the Medications noted in the patient’s clinic chart (which list medications

126. Electronic prescribing: Lowering Patients’ Prescription Drug Costs (pdf file)
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     December 31, 2007 - formulary decision support can significantly increase the use of therapeutically equivalent lower cost medications … The names of medications with the lowest cost sharing appear in green, more expensive medications … still covered by the health plans appear in blue, and medications not covered appear in red. … , and the insurers targeted their recruitment efforts to physicians who prescribe a high volume of medications

127. A Prototype Computerized Provider Order Entry System Reduced Medication Errors | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-spotlights/prototype-computerized-provider-order-entry-system-reduced
     January 01, 2018 - Today, doctors help patients to make informed choices by explaining risk and benefits of medications … However, if the patient has several prescriptions, they may confuse their medications. … errors; however, the computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) systems used by providers to prescribe medications … indication could be printed on the label of the medication bottle to help patients understand their medications … counsel patients, ensure medication errors were not made, and increase patients’ understanding of their medications

128. Enabling Electronic Prescribing and Enhanced Management of Controlled Medications - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enabling-electronic-prescribing-and-enhanced-management-controlled-medication/annual-summary/2010
     January 01, 2010 - Enabling Electronic Prescribing and Enhanced Management of Controlled Medications - 2010 … Project Name Enabling Electronic Prescribing and Enhanced Management of Controlled Medications … federally-controlled substances (e.g., narcotics, stimulants, sedatives) is expected to increase access to needed medications … Prescription Monitoring Program (MA PMP) to monitor nonmedical use and abuse of federally-controlled medications … from the pharmacies, will allow the reconciliation of prescribed to dispensed federally controlled medications

129. Evaluation and Integration of an Automatic Fall Prediction System - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-and-integration-automatic-fall-prediction-system/annual-summary/2012
     January 01, 2012 - the new method will be a useful tool for relating changes in fall risk to alterations in health and medications … During the study, a complete evaluation of participant medications was conducted, with particular emphasis … on identifying and recording the number of psychoactive and non-psychoactive medications that each participant … Medications, ADLs, residents’ history of falls, and Fractal D were entered as predictors in a multinomial … The first-phase medication analysis to evaluate the impact of psychoactive medications on fall risk in

130. Preventing Falls and Injury While in the Hospital (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/action-fall-prevention-ed-tool.pdf
     July 11, 2012 - with walking or moving R Problems with using the bathroom R Memory loss or confusion R Taking medications … fall-related injury: R Osteoporosis (brittle bones) R Metastatic bone disease (cancer) R Blood thinning medications … safe Here are some ways that you and your caregivers can keep you safe during your hospital stay: Medications … Some medications can make you feel weak or dizzy. … To prevent falls due to medications, your plan of care includes: R Avoid sleeping pills and medicines

131. Use of Mobile Technology to Improve Acute Care Utilization in Sickle Cell Disease - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs023989-shah-final-report-2019.pdf
     January 01, 2019 - The control group were given standard of care, including a printed plan for medications to be taken, … These included SCD-related medications, including HU, folic acid, non-narcotic and narcotic pain medications … take their medications based on their advised schedule. … Compliance was confirmed by pill count of all medications at the 30-day visit. … Patients also were asked to bring all of their medications to their 30-day visit.

132. A Demonstration Project: Assessing the Significance and Impact of Utilizing a Novel Telemedicine Application in the Delivery of Community-Based Palliative Care in a Rural Seriously Ill Population | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - While this care does not focus on treatment, palliative care patients are often on many medications. … example, sleep may improve after a person moves from an inpatient facility to his or her home, yet medications … Some of our patients are on 20 different medications.” … you help me understand the best way to treat pain in this patient who’s already on these different medications … and pain medications?’

133. Personal Health Records and Elder Medication Use Quality (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017034-chrischilles-final-report-2011.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - When more than 10 medications were being taken, only name and strength were queried for medications … 11 through a maximum of 20 prescription medications. … To determine rates of potentially inappropriate medications, we compared baseline and followup medications … Keeping track of medications. … User interface to enter medications 2. Warnings.

134. Electronic Prescribing and Decision Support to Improve Rural Primary Care Quality | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-prescribing-and-decision-support-improve-rural-primary-care-quality
     January 01, 2023 - The aims of the study were to: Improve the rate of adherence to prescribed medications among patients … Improve adherence to prescribed medications among patients with hypertension through use of e-prescribing … an increase in patient adherence and an upward trend in the prescribing of generic anti-hypertensive medications … Letter to patient informing them of the ePrescribing service and reminding them to take their medications

135. Evaluation and Integration of an Automatic Fall Prediction System (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_018205_kearns_pdf_3.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - the new method will be a useful tool for relating changes in fall risk to alterations in health and medications … During the study, a complete evaluation of participant medications was conducted, with particular emphasis … on identifying and recording the number of psychoactive and non-psychoactive medications that each … Medications, ADLs, and residents’ history of falls and Fractal D were entered as predictors in a multinomial … The number of psychoactive medications approached but did not reach significance as a contributor to

136. Telehealth Education for Asthma Connecting Hospital and Home (TEACHH) - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r03hs028033-frey-final-report-2024.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - .29,33,34 The lack of standardized physical appearances across classes of asthma medications creates … further potential for confusion: rescue and controller medications often share the same color, and … (green stars) from rescue medications (yellow and red circles). … We provided additional labels for families to apply at home to medications that were not available at … Burden of changes in pill appearance for patients receiving generic cardiovascular medications after

137. Optimizing Medication History Value in Clinical Encounters with Elderly Patients | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/optimizing-medication-history-value-clinical-encounters-elderly-patients
     January 01, 2023 - This may allow for the engagement of patients in making decisions about their medications, particularly … It was found that alternatives to potentially inappropriate medications should be provided to clinicians … The project team noted a need to suppress alerts when medications were renewed for a patient currently … System , Electronic Prescribing Population: Elderly Alternatives to potentially inappropriate medications … Alternatives to potentially inappropriate medications for use in e-prescribing software: triggers and

138. A National Conference on the Role of Health IT to Improve Medication Management - Q&A (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/improve-medication-management-qa-091318.pdf
     September 13, 2018 - as well at over- the-counter medications. … Also, there is significant interest in 3D printing of medications/combinations of medications, but … to another one of his/her medications. … ANSWER: In this study, we recruited individuals who had access to medications. … I know there can be medications that are not reconciled.

139. Electronic Medication Management (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/electronic_medication_management_2010_pdf__2.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - Reconciliation compares a patient’s new medication orders with all medications the patient is currently … Before the adoption of this intervention, pre- admission medications and discharge medications were kept … After adoption, medications were documented using a structured electronic medication list shared across … the medication reconciliation process affected the ways providers collect, document, and reconcile medications … Before the new process was adopted, the average number of medications contained in the OMP for a patient

140. NLP to identify and rank clinically relevant information from EHRs in the Emergency Department - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024541-goss-final-report-2018.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - signature for medications, side for procedures and diagnoses, etc. … "Medication/diabetes medications/oral hypoglycemics/metformin". … Pointwise-mutual information Medications: To better detect appearances of medications with the chief … While the active medications list may differ in item distribution, the challenge of ranking medications … Table 5: Mean Average Precision of the ranking methods for medications.