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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/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/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/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/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/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
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/guided-medication-dosing
December 12, 2001 - existing Brigham Integrated Computing System, and which detected the presence of renal insufficiency when medications … were ordered, and made suggestions regarding medications, dose amount, and frequency of administration
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/treatment-chronic-heart-failure
January 01, 1990 - Evaluation Method: Measures of systems suggestions administered and prescribed medications. … In 5 cases the concordance was on at least two thirds of the prescribed medications, in 5 between one
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/using-electronic-medical-record
March 01, 2002 - the 175 patients seen at the clinic during the 6 months of the study were switched from individual medications … Changes in healthcare costs: Annual savings per patient for the 3 combination medications range from
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/personal-health-records-and-elder-medication-use-quality/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - optimize therapeutic outcomes among high-risk patients with multiple chronic conditions taking multiple medications … maintained PHR reinforces self-efficacy for MTM; 2) an up-to-date PHR increases patient knowledge about medications … Upon adjusting for pre-existing differences in the medical problems and number of medications, there
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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/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/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/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/principal-investigator/johnson-kevin-b
January 01, 2023 - Safe Pediatric Dosing
Automated dose-rounding recommendations for pediatric medications … Automated dose-rounding recommendations for pediatric medications.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/ahrq-funded-project-resources-archives/medication-reconciliation-form
January 01, 2023 - Source
Using Information Technology for Patient-Centered Communication and Decisionmaking about Medications