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201. Prescribing Patterns of Cost-Effective Drugs (pdf file)
     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

202. Nemeth LS et al. 2007 "Strategies to accelerate translation of research into primary care within practices using electronic medical records." | Digital Healthcare Research
     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

203. The Excellence Report: Quality Measures for Colonoscopy (pdf file)
     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

204. Enabling Medication Management through Utilization of Health Information Technology - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
     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

205. Enhancing Medication CPOE Safety and Quality by Indications-Based Prescribing | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-medication-cpoe-safety-and-quality-indications-based-prescribing
     January 01, 2023 - 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

206. 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

207. 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

208. 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

209. 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

210. 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

211. 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,

212. 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

213. 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.

214. 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

215. 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

216. 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

217. 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.

218. 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

219. 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

220. 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