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261. 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 - Final Report (pdf file)
     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

262. Implementation Guide: Factors to Consider in Managing Chronic Pain: A Pain Management Summary (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2018 - Naloxone medications ordered or recorded for the patient (ever) e. … • Non-opioid Medications: Flag if NONE. • Non-phamiacologic Treatments: Flag if NONE. … Intervention “Non-opioid medications” Medications with analgesic effects which may provide therapeutic … Intervention “Benzodiazepine medications” Per CDC guideline information and U.S. … Intervention Naloxone medications” Medications used to reverse the toxic effects of opioid overdose

263. 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

264. No Slide Title (ppt file)
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     March 16, 2005 - protein NPULS Results: Nutritional Care Outcome: Develop Pressure Ulcer NPULS Psychiatric Medications … Long-Term Care Residents with Agitation in Dementia Recommended Practice Use fewest number of medications … only, antidepressant only, or antianxiety only SSRI + includes SSRI and antipsychotic or antianxiety medications … Order verification MedPass Eliminate time wasters: new medication look-up Bar code scanning of medications … MAR Transcription of initial medication order to MAR Monthly ‘change over’ process: transcribing medications

265. My MediHealth: A Paradigm for Children-Centered Medication Management | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - project were to: Develop an information and scheduling knowledge base for common pediatric asthma medications … (including allergy medications).  … Web site allowed users to create medication schedules and generate text message reminders about their medications

266. 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,

267. 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

268. Machine Learning Validation of Medication Regimen Complexity for Critical Care Pharmacist Resource Prediction | Digital Healthcare Research
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     March 31, 2025 - will experience a life-threatening adverse drug event (ADE), resulting from volume and complexity of medications … Patients in the ICU average more than 20 medications, heightening their risk of ADEs and poor outcomes … Technology: Machine Learning Cluster analysis driven by unsupervised latent feature learning of medications … Cluster analysis driven by unsupervised latent feature learning of medications to identify novel pharmacophenotypes

269. 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

270. 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

271. Meaningful Drug Interaction Alerts – Final Report (pdf file)
     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.

272. 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

273. Enabling Medication Management Through Utilization of Health Information Technology (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/2011_290071006015_mckibbon_pdf_3.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - Medication management involves many actors and interactions, beginning with the prescribing or ordering of medications … 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

274. Health Information Technology-Based Regional Medication Management Pharmacy System (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/hit_based_regional_medication_management_pharmacy_system_2009_update_2.pdf
     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 … the hub hospital pharmacist not intervened, or the number of resultant patient injuries had these medications

275. Electronic Prescribing and Decision Support to Improve Rural Primary Care Quality (pdf file)
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     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 … (Ongoing) •   Improve adherence to prescribed medications among patients with hypertension through use

276. 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.

277. Initial Results of a Website Intervention to Support Adherence in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/communication-focused-technologies-to-improve-adherence-in-adolescent-chronic-Illness.pdf
     July 02, 2015 - Engagement  Impact on adherence and blood glucose MyMediHealth: Medication Reminders Schedule Medications … network of support for goals SuperEgo Pilot Research MyMediHealth: Medication Reminders Schedule Medications

278. 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

279. 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

280. Enabling Medication Management Through Utilization of Health Information Technology (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/enabling_medication_management_through_utilization_of_health_information_technology_2010_pdf__2.pdf
     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