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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/safran-c-et-al-1998
January 01, 1998 - provide support to the health care professionals include decision support programs in areas such as...medications … HIV, computer-based alerts to changes in condition, and assistance with determination of discharge medications … It also facilitates the maintenance of an updated list of medications in the medical record." … Examples include ordering medications, which no longer requires a hand-written prescription, the readily … Reference, a well-known reference source for physicians' practice and the Formulary, a list of all medications
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/survey/baseline-clinician-interview-script.pdf
June 16, 2021 - experience, what are some reasons why so many hypertensive patients are not prescribed
antihypertensive medications … [have guideline summary document available]
Probe: agree with level ofbp to start medications? … How often do you look up information on medications during patient visits?
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/medication-reconciliation-improve-quality-transitional-care/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - Survey data is being collected on satisfaction with care, managing medications, and usefulness of local … information systems in managing medications. … the survey and discussion analysis has indicated that participants value automated tools for managing medications … Project staff reviewed a list of more than 1,000 medications to create groupings of records that identify
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-and-improving-medication-use
January 01, 2023 - from electronic health record (EHR) data if they are experiencing adverse effects related to specific medications … safety monitoring across settings; improved decision support; assessment of how patients are using medications … ) system to call patients and ask them about their medication use and any negative experiences with medications … that the use of IVR in pharmoco-vigilance can provide important information about adherence to use of medications … Distribution of problems, medications and lab results in electronic health records: the pareto principle
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/experience-research/steele-aw-et
January 01, 2023 - Despite the large volume of medications prescribed in the outpatient setting, few studies have assessed … As providers ordered medications on a computer, an alert was displayed if a relevant drug-laboratory … Focusing on 18 high-volume and high-risk medications revealed a significant increase in the percentage
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/improving-medication-safety-accurate-e-prescribing-tool
January 01, 2020 - Busy staff often overlook this notification step and, despite being removed from the EHR, medications … pressure pharmacists can feel as the “last line of defense” to detect and identify errors for patient medications
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluating-prediction-tool-and-decision-aid-patients-crohns-disease
January 01, 2023 - However, these medications are associated with life-threatening infections and lymphoma. … of treating Crohn’s disease is identifying those patients who will develop severe disease and need medications … with ulcerative colitis are more concerned about complications of their disease than side effects of medications … with ulcerative colitis are more concerned about complications of their disease than side effects of medications … Unfortunately, delaying treatment with these medications can result in irreversible bowel damage and
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs026565-bull-final-report-2021.pdf
January 01, 2021 - Polypharmacy and adverse effects of medications continue to be an issue for this seriously ill
population … prescribed; 38% with four medications to 82% with eight or more
concomitant drugs11. … Adverse drug effects are the fifth leading cause of death in the US and
the number of medications is … In the last
year of life, it has been shown that the number of medications increase by 50% and that … The pharmacist at DeltaCareRx reviewed the patient’s
medications and provided recommendations to the
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/friedman-r-et-al-1996
January 01, 1996 - effect of automated telephone patient monitoring and counseling on patient adherence to antihypertensive medications … effect of automated telephone patient monitoring and counseling on patient adherence to antihypertensive medications
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/patient-centered-care-slides-033011.pdf
March 30, 2011 - as
prescribed1
• 14-23% prescribed medications incorrectly2-4
• PHR use is on the rise nationally … • 2310 current medications
entered (among 325 users)
– Mean (SD) 7.1 (4.4)
– Mode 4.0
• 76.5% ( … n=1767) of current
medications entered
match reference list
Number of current
medications
Quantile … Skeletal muscle relaxants 5 1.1
Barbiturates 1 0.2
Ketorolac 1 0.2
Total warnings 457 100.0
Total medications … with at least one warning 448
Total medications entered 2310
=
19.4% of
entered meds
have >1
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015430-gurwitz-final-report-2008.pdf
January 01, 2008 - administered an average of 39.3
medications (SD = 15.9). … (physical support: 214.4
medications (SD = 15.4); behavioral care: 145.1 medications (SD = 16.5); dementia … care: 208.9
medications (SD = 21.4); continuing care: 60.2 medications (SD = 8.9)). … medications
(SD = 9.6); behavioral care: 32.0 medications (SD = 3.4); dementia care: 35.7 medications … (SD =
7.6); continuing care: 20.9 medications (SD = 5.5)).
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/coordination-patients-complex-needs-slides-022014.pdf
February 20, 2014 - SD Mean SD p-value**
Age 66.5 11 67.2 11 0.36
#Chronic
Conditions
4.0 1.85 4.01 1.47 0.93
#Medications … .
92.8% 89.9% 88.2% 96.1% +
I clearly understood how to take each of my medications,
including how … February 20, 2014
28
Background
• Managing medications during the transition to home
health … • Patients have:
► Multiple comorbid conditions
► High number of medications, prescribed by multiple … In addition to many medications, complexity may come from:
► High number of doses per day
► High number
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/Q&A_Final.pdf
August 27, 2009 - Q: Are you aware of any research regarding the use of e-prescribing for an inpatient's discharge
medications … A: Some hospital order entry systems do allow for the e-prescribing of discharge medications. … However, for the systems to be usable for prescribers they need to address all medications,
not just … Q: How do you see patient data-entry of meds (over the counter medications, herbals, from other
prescribers … : Hospitalists are more likely to use hospital-based computerized order entry systems to choose
medications
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enabling-medication-management-through-utilization-health-information/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - Medication management involves many actors and interactions, starting with the prescribing or ordering of medications … clinicians, interactions between clinicians and pharmacists to perfect the pharmacists’ dispensing of medications … , administering of the medications, and the clinical monitoring of the effects of the medications. … prescribing of medication in response to a specific patient, 2) correct first-fill and refill dispensing of medications
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs025984-malone-final-report-2023.pdf
January 01, 2023 - alone, and control medications. … Concept sets for unique
medications and classes of medications using RxNorm were created. … − To investigate the relationship of exposure to QTc prolonging medications we examined a
cohort … The unique medications per subclasses was 23 (median = 13). … Compared to
timing, dose of the medications was less consistent across the references.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs018236-ziemer-final-report-2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Fear of hypoglycemia is the major barrier to increasing diabetes
medications. … At the end of the visit, the study pharmacist used
CAMPII to update current medications and generate … The preliminary analysis is limited to
“CORE” clinic priority medications for diabetes, hypertension … The chart was correct for 84% of
CORE medications. … Perceived Knowledge of Medications Survey (custom survey) 2010.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/prescribing-patterns-of-cost-effective-drugs-quick-reference-guide.pdf
April 01, 2009 - computerized provider order entry
(CPOE) with clinical decision support, impact the
use of costeffective medications … total of $202 billion in
medication expenditures.1 As prescription drug
costs continue to increase,2 medications … Although brand
medications are commonly prescribed, published
evidencebased guidelines often support … support systems (CDSS) that provide
evidencebased information about the efficacy, safety,
and cost of medications
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/nemeth-ls-et-al-2007
January 01, 2007 - They entered medications into the EMR that patients were prescribed by outside specialists or over-the-counter … medications, such as aspirin, to increase the accuracy of the patients' medication lists." … recording of the [project] quality indicators within the EMR system, including updating problem lists or medications
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/Logan_ExcellenceReportExample.pdf
March 15, 2009 - anticoagulant use
Procedures with documentation of sedation medications … * 162 (100%) 84.59 %
Number of medications documented 476
Of all medications documented, number with … medication documentation errors 1 (0.62 %) 0.04 %
*Includes procedures with documentation that no medications … management plan is documented for patients on oral
anticoagulants Details
Quality Measure 3 - Sedation medications … - A management plan is documented for patients on oralanticoagulants
Quality Measure 3 - Sedation medications
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enabling-medication-management-through-utilization-health-information/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - Medication management involves many actors and interactions, beginning with the prescribing or ordering of medications … between clinicians and pharmacists to perfect the pharmacists' medication dispensing and administering of medications … , and clinical monitoring of the effects of the medications. … prescribing of medication in response to a specific patient; 2) correct first-fill and refill dispensing of medications