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201. A National Web Conference on the Use of Clinical Decision Support to Improve Medication Management (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/cds-medication-management-slides-012814.pdf
     January 28, 2014 - Simon VA Boston Healthcare System Background • Medication monitoring ► Many medications require … prescribeda,b 3.4 (1.5) 3.2 (1.5) Number of medications prescribed on encounter date of interestb … and 79.4% of medications in intervention practices. … Key Findings Summary • During the intervention, complete monitoring occurred for 62.4% of medications … • For medications requiring three or more laboratory tests, at most 17.7% had evidence of complete

202. Using Health Information Technology to Improve Ambulatory Chronic Disease Care - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-ambulatory-chronic-disease-care/annual-summary/2010
     January 01, 2010 - Web-based, interactive software system that features secure messaging, in-home reconciliation of all medications … screens allow the clinician to view multiple elements of a patient record, such as laboratory values and medications … This message did not include an all-inclusive list of patient medications, only the changes patients … evaluated the information the patient sent, the nature of problems identified (e.g., incorrect listing of medications

203. HIT-Based Regional Medication Management Pharmacy System - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/hit-based-regional-medication-management-pharmacy-system/annual-summary/2009
     January 01, 2009 - in remote, sparsely populated areas can improve the effectiveness of caregivers and the safe use of medications … The codes were reviewed to determine when and why nursing staff were retrieving newly-ordered medications … It is difficult to predict how many of the ordered medications would have actually been administered … had the hub hospital pharmacist not intervened, or the number of resultant patient injuries had these medications

204. Electronic Prescribing and Decision Support to Improve Rural Primary Care Quality - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-prescribing-and-decision-support-improve-rural-primary-care-quality/annual-summary/2010
     January 01, 2010 - Hypertension, Rural Health * Summary: For many chronic conditions, poor patient compliance with prescribed medications … software (DrFirst Rcopia) that provides physicians the capability to track the fill status of prescribed medications … Specific Aims: Improve the rate of adherence to prescribed medications among patients with hypertension … in rural communities. ( Ongoing ) Improve adherence to prescribed medications among patients with

205. Rose AF et al. 2005 "Using qualitative studies to improve the usability of an EMR." | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/rose-af-et-al-2005
     January 01, 2005 - Users of this feature can quickly glance at a selected patient's problems, medications, visits, notes … quick to point out that its layout feels cluttered in the 800 · 600 display and the Notes, Visits, and Medications … "[M]ost of the task analysis participants said they would not need to invoke Popup to access the Medications … particular workflow required frequent access to other modules of the [EMR], most notably Patient Summary, Medications

206. Use of Patient Buddy Application to Disseminate Knowledge & Prevent Readmission - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024004-bajaj-final-report-2017.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - , missing or increasing dose New medications and supplements Enter new medicine and dose … Entry into the App: Patients and caregivers were able to monitor the adherence to all medications … , critical medications as well as daily weight (Figures 2 A-C). … Fig 2A: Adherence on all medications averaged over the study duration. … Each column represents the average adherence on all medications for one individual patient followed

207. Targeting Medication Nonadherence Using Mobile Phone-Based Tailored Messaging - FInal Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r36hs021976-gatwood-final-report-2014.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - While numerous treatment options exist to treat diabetes, adherence to these medications remains … At study endpoint, subjects were again asked to list their current medications and respond to the … The majority of subjects (70%) reported taking one or two medications each day at an average of four … A negative relationship between the number of medications and perceived barriers (r = -0.42, p=0.004 … At baseline, adherence to diabetes medications was relatively high in the active and control arms,

208. Surveillance for Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Pediatrics (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017010-bailey-final-report-2011.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - Many medications have not been evaluated for safety in pediatric use and are routinely prescribed off … However, greater knowledge and better medications to modify the side effects of antineoplastics have … Of these approximately 300 are receiving active treatment, and receive a wide variety of medications … An important element of their methodology was the establishment of associations between medications … They also recorded the responsible medications, and a narrative of the event.

209. Improving Laboratory Monitoring in Community Practices: A Randomized Trial - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs017201-simon-final-report-2012.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - Data on medications, laboratory tests, and patient portal use were collected through the EHR vendor … Many medications require laboratory measurement at initial prescription and during ongoing monitoring … Additionally, the moderator shared with FGD participants a list of proposed medications that generated … To design the alerts, we first derived a starter list of medications requiring laboratory testing at … In addition, this table presents the prioritization of the medications so as to prevent duplication

210. Improving Adherence and Outcomes by Artificial Intelligence-Adapted Text Messages - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs022336-farris-final-report-2017.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - Studies suggest that 33-50% of patients do not take medications properly, costing about $290 billion … The focus of this proposal is medication adherence because patients’ failure to take their medications … Studies suggest that 33-50% of patients do not take their medications properly, contributing to nearly … For example, in a one-year study of ~5,000 hypertensive patients, most patients took their medications … only intermittently with half of patients eventually discontinuing their medications against medical

211. Using Social Knowledge Networking (SKN) Technology To Enable Meaningful Use of EHR Technology - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024335-rangachari-final-report-2018.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - The process of MedRec comprises several key steps: (1) develop a list of the patient’s current medications … ; (2) develop a list of the medications to be prescribed; (3) compare the medications on the two lists … This challenge in turn, was ascribed to the general reluctance of physicians to discontinue medications … In other words, doing something to reconcile medications (using External Rx Import), is better than … in each quarter; and all patients with reported active medications (Group 4) in each quarter, over

212. Health Information Technology and Improving Medication Use - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/u18hs016970-bates-final-report-2012.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - are affecting them and what medications they are actually taking. … If a patient was prescribed more than one of the target medications during a visit, one medication was … We performed an analysis of symptoms reported by patients taking one of these medications compared to … Any discrepancies in dosage, frequency, missing medications, or additional medications were noted and … The most common inaccuracy was documentation of medications the patient was no longer prescribed.

213. VisualDecisionLinc: Real-Time Decision Support for Behavioral Health - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/visualdecisionlinc-real-time-decision-support-behavioral-health/annual-summary/2011
     January 01, 2011 - The SSAs include demographics such as race, gender, and age; comorbid conditions; and prescribed medications … At the UI level, the prescribed medications were organized by medication class to facilitate the understanding … conditions for the comparative population as well as an overview of the patient's medical profile, including medications

214. Using Health Information Technology to Improve Transitions of Complex Elderly Patients from Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) to Home - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-transitions-complex-elderly/annual-summary/2011
     January 01, 2011 - transitions, including the rate of followup office visits, the rate of appropriate monitoring for high-risk medications … impact of automated monitoring alerts on the rate of appropriate monitoring for selected high-risk medications … baseline results, including a manuscript, Baseline and follow-up laboratory monitoring of cardiovascular medications

215. Health Information Technology Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (HIT-CERT) - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/u19hs021094-bates-final-report-2017.pdf
     January 01, 2017 - We also measured total #’s and percentage of medications stopped for adverse effects vs. controls for … We identified 11,128 patients newly started on the target medications whom we cluster randomized into … Three quarters of clinician notes refer to one or more medications, with 34% of these being a new or … Given the large numbers of medications initiated, manual monitoring efforts such as patient outreach … An additional study outcome metric is total target medications for discontinuation with reason being

216. The Medication Metronome Project - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs018648-atlas-final-report-2014.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - The analytic cohort of patients consisted of those individuals who were prescribed medications used … When one of these study medications was prescribed, the intervention physician had the opportunity … Prescribed study medications by participating PCPs were obtained from the EHR. … Over the 12-­‐month study period, 3022 eligible study medications were prescribed for 2049 patients … However, similar results were not seen for HbA1c control among oral medications used to manage type

217. Assessment of Pediatric Look-Alike, Sound-Alike (LASA) Substitution Errors - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/assessment-pediatric-look-alike-sound-alike-lasa-substitution-errors/annual-summary/2010
     January 01, 2010 - This study will identify pediatric medications that are at highest risk of causing child harm through … screening alerts. ( Ongoing ) 2010 Activities: The project began by identifying the LASA list of medications … Beginning with 17,000 medications, the team eliminated LASA pairs where one of the drugs in the pair

218. VisualDecisionLinc: Real-Time Decision Support for Behavioral Health - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs019023-mane-final-report-2014.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - to MDD like – mood disorder, anxiety disorder, substance use disorder, and others); and prescribed medications … Thirteen distinct medication classes were identified, and all individual medications were classified … predictive data attributes included demographic information, comorbidities, past medical history, medications … ; medications prescribed to a similar (or comparative) patient population; and predicted outcome … Modifications were made to tightly integrate medications with the timeline view.

219. The Long Term Effectiveness of Telephone Intervention Problem Solving (TIPS) - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs022166-beebe-final-report-2016.pdf
     January 01, 2016 - For purposes of this project and based upon the medications most commonly prescribed to participants … all sure = 1; somewhat sure = 2; or very sure = 3) that they will be able to adhere to prescribed medications … was collected at baseline and data on living arrangements and prescribed medications was updated … Pill counts scores for psychiatric medications for experimental participants averaged 67.4% (SD27.1 … Further, some psychiatric medications (e.g.

220. Enhancing Medication CPOE Quality & Safety by Indications Based Prescribing - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs023694-schiff-final-report-2018.pdf
     January 01, 2018 - Usability Metrics/Analysis We recorded the medications ordered with each task and calculated an error … (itching) to represent three distinct types of medications: daily medications (gout), sensitive issues … Figure 2: Indications prototype screenshot of recommended medications based on indication of migraine … medications or situations where the diagnosis is uncertain. … Development and evaluation of an ensemble resource linking medications to their indications.