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61. Improving Care Transitions of Hospitalized Patients With the Pharmacy Integrated Transitions Program | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/improving-care-transitions-hospitalized-patients-pharmacy-integrated-transitions-program
    January 01, 2020 - transition by using a structured handoff between clinical teams along with a pharmacist to monitor patient medications … The program also requires an expanded role for hospital-based pharmacists to reconcile medications at … from different racial backgrounds, those who do not speak English, and people who are on high-risk medications

62. How Capable of Using Information Technology is the Average Patient? (pdf file)
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    June 16, 2021 - Death Rate All Dialysis 16.1/100 pt yrs Waitlist 6.3/100 pt yrs Transplant Recipients Take Many Medications … properly •Unlimited number of providers, pharmacies, payors and systems impact the patient’s medications … Transplant Recipients Take Many Medications (mean = 10 meds) Medication Errors Observed in Transplant … Patients Humans Make Errors Slide No. 11 (No title) Prescription Medications in the Inpatient Setting … Will He Take His Medications Properly?

63. Field, Terry | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - to Home Factors associated with ordering laboratory monitoring of high-risk medications … Factors associated with ordering laboratory monitoring of high-risk medications. … Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory setting … SNF) to Home Baseline and follow-up laboratory monitoring of cardiovascular medications … Baseline and follow-up laboratory monitoring of cardiovascular medications.

64. Medication Without Harm: How Digital Healthcare Tools Can Support Providers and Improve Patient Safety (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medication-without-harm-slides-07242024.pdf
    January 12, 2025 - • Identified medications in the EHR that were e-prescribed from a Johns Hopkins ambulatory practice … Medications Prescribed Outside of the Local EHR Medications prescribed outside of the local provider … Conclusions • Cancel Rx implementation was associated with reduced pharmacy dispensing of medications … Change in PIM proportion: » Total PIMs / All discharge medications prescribed to patients aged 65+ … Total Orders Cancelled Reordered Overall 21,401,986 385,965 112,144 Medications 5,462,029 259,171

65. Medication Reconciliation Technology to Improve Quality of Transitional Care - Final Report (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs018183-weiner-final-report-2013.pdf
    January 01, 2013 - of reconciled medications could be used directly to order inpatient medications. … • Reasons for not prescribing outpatient medications. … and the follow-up medications. … information systems in managing medications. … Over-the-counter medications need to be included.

66. Pediatric Medication Prescribing Made Simpler and Safer (pdf file)
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    June 16, 2021 - and 3) the ability of caregivers to measure and administer doses properly, particularly for liquid medications … for children and evaluating these medications for appropriate dosing. … The findings from PedSTEP informed the initial list of medications that were included in the development … with more than one active ingredient, and expand on the list of medications included in the dosing … “From a pediatrician’s perspective, STEPStools makes writing prescriptions for medications that

67. Using Information Technology for Patient-Centered Communication and Decisionmaking about Medications - Final Report (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017220-wolf-final-report-2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - Using Information Technology for Patient-Centered Communication and Decisionmaking about Medications … and discussing new medications. … List of the 305 Prescription Medications included in Study 2 (Med Sheets Developed). … Prevalence of Doctor Communication about Medications by Study Period and Study Arm. … Can electronic health records help improve patients' understanding of medications?

68. Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/pharmaceutical-safety-tracking-phast-managing-medications-patient-safety/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety - 2010 … Project Name Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety … Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST) is a health information system that assists clinicians’ management of medications … PhaST seeks to protect outpatients taking medications that have recognized side-effect risks even when … The target medications for this project are pediatric antidepressants.

69. Electronic Medication Management | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - Medication reconciliation employs a systematic approach to reviewing the medications a patient is taking … Before adoption, pre-admission and discharge medications were kept as free-form text in the patient's … After adoption, medications were documented using the Outpatient Medication Profile (OMP), a structured … Before the electronic medication reconciliation process was adopted, the average number of medications … Of 253 medications lists reviewed, 181 lists (72 percent) had a discrepancy including at least one medication

70. CancelRx: A Health IT Tool to Decrease Medication Discrepancies in the Outpatient Setting - Final Report (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs025793-chui-final-report-2020.pdf
    January 01, 2020 - Results: Pre-CancelRx, 34% of medications that were canceled at the clinic were also canceled at the … Medications which they stated warranted calls included medications for chronic conditions or with the … medications without refills (including acute therapies like antibiotics). … , and fewer high-risk medications). … Pharmacy dispensing of electronically discontinued medications.

71. Lesselroth BJ, Felder RS, Adams SM, et al. "Design and implementation of a medication reconciliation kiosk: the Automated Patient History Intake Device (APHID)." | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - ambulatory check-in kiosks that allow patients to review the names, dosage, frequency, and pictures of their medications … Health IT Functions The APHID also runs a medication history module for patients to review their medications … However, many felt that the volume of medications to review and formatting of medication lists made it … Not all providers reviewed medications and only a few clinics used paper handouts or memory aids. … Overall, clinics lacked a clearly defined pathway to reconcile medications and most providers believed

72. Decision Support in the Emergency Department to Improve Medication Safety for Older Adults | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - Discharged from the Emergency Department significantly reduces the prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications … For older patients, new medications prescribed outside of the primary care setting increases the chance … Across all sites, prescriptions of potentially inappropriate medications reduced after EQUIPPED was implemented

73. Integration of an NLP-based Application to Support Medication Management - Final Report (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs021544-zhou-final-report-2014.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Medications, and Possible Discontinued Medications (Figure 4). … “Possible Missing Medications” list presents medications that the patient may be taking, but which are … “Possible Discontinued Medications” list presents medications documented in LMR, which the patient may … “Inactive Medications Found in Notes” list presents medications that are currently discontinued from … or add missing medications.

74. Appendix-E-Cdspain-Sample-Clinical-Practice-Guidelines (doc file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/appendix-e-cdspain-sample-clinical-practice-guidelines.docx
    October 16, 2020 - offered by opioid therapies and compare them against risks from use of opioid analgesics and taper opioid medications … Determine the order of tapering specific opioid medications if more than one is prescribed. 4. … recommended when:3,7 · Patient is on relatively higher doses of opioid. · Patient has been on opioid medications … Step 3 – Determine the Order of Tapering Specific Opioid Medications If More Than One Prescribed If patients … These medications are especially useful during faster tapers.7 Considerations with managing opioid withdrawal

75. Telehealth | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - tools to track medication adherence (or compliance with); defined as the extent to which patients take medications … Some projects are calculating adherence to medications by therapeutic class, which involves additional … analysis to group medications. … One project reported that integrating telehealth and EHR systems can help reconcile patient's medications … a patient is using at home, as well as visual confirmation of medications dispensed by a hospital after

76. Virtual Reality at the Point of Care to Increase Uptake of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in the Emergency Department | Digital Healthcare Research
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    September 30, 2023 - Virtual Reality at the Point of Care to Increase Uptake of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) … Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is an effective treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), with

77. R18Hs017203-Gurwitz-Final-Report-2011 (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - testing for these medications among a multispecialty group practice. … Results: Consensus on medications to include in the guidelines was achieved in 2 rounds. … of laboratory testing for these medications in a multispecialty group practice. … Results: Consensus on medications to include in the guidelines was achieved in two rounds. … Further, infrequently prescribed medications are at higher risk for poor monitoring.

78. Preventing Falls and Injury While in the Hospital (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/action-fall-prevention-ed-tool.pdf
    June 16, 2021 - with walking or moving R Problems with using the bathroom R Memory loss or confusion R Taking medications … fall-related injury: R Osteoporosis (brittle bones) R Metastatic bone disease (cancer) R Blood thinning medications … safe Here are some ways that you and your caregivers can keep you safe during your hospital stay: Medications … Some medications can make you feel weak or dizzy. … To prevent falls due to medications, your plan of care includes: R Avoid sleeping pills and medicines

79. Dissemination and Implementation of QT Risk Clinical Decision Support - Final Report (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs026662-malone-final-report-2022.pdf
    January 01, 2022 - Problem: Many patients receive medications with known risk of prolonged QTc and are therefore at risk … QTc-RS advisory clinical decision support alerted clinicians placing orders for medications with known … Incoming medications were those that evoked the TdP CDS and existing medications were those that the … and 592 of existing medications (1, 2 or 3 existing medications were cancelled 570, 17, and 5 times … able to distinguish medications that are not likely to affect the QTc interval (88%).

80. Using Health IT to Determine Medication Adherence (pdf file)
    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/lesson/10-0010-ef-medication-adherence.pdf
    November 01, 2009 - • Currently, all medications for controlled substances are either handwritten or faxed. … as well as calculate the days covered for the particular class of medications. … analysis to group medications. … same class of medication so the project is grouping medications by class. … discovered that some patients were intentionally skipping doses of their medications