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81. 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.

82. Using Information Technology for Patient-Centered Communication and Decisionmaking about Medications - Final Report (pdf file)
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    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?

83. Using Health IT to Determine Medication Adherence: Findings from the AHRQ Health IT Portfolio (pdf file)
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    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

84. Using Health IT to Determine Medication Adherence (pdf file)
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    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

85. CancelRx: A Health IT Tool to Decrease Medication Discrepancies in the Outpatient Setting - Final Report (pdf file)
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    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.

86. Evaluation of laboratory monitoring alerts within a computerized physician order entry system for medication orders | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
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    July 01, 2006 - Purpose of Study:  evaluate whether reminders during CPOE for medications would increase compliance with … group-model managed care organization Intervention:  Control group physicians received the standard list of medications … information field of the order entry screen that described recommended lab monitoring for selected medications … Evaluation Method:  query of laboratory database for patients prescribed medications with lab monitoring … less intrusive to workflow and that provided specific recommendations for lab monitoring for specific medications

87. E-Prescribing Impact on Patient Safety, Use, and Cost - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2009 - , transcribing the orders, preparing the medications, or administering the medications to patients. … E-prescribing with formulary decision support (FDS) led to the use of lower-priced medications. … In addition, some medications, such as controlled substances, require a hard copy with actual prescriber … The proportion of drugs in Tier 2 and Tier 3 (brand-name medications) decreased correspondingly. … Impact of electronic prescribing on use of generic and preferred medications.

88. Harnessing HIT to Prevent Medication-Induced Birth Defects - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2010 - It is estimated that each year, 12 million women in the United States use medications that might increase … However, studies show that the concurrent use of contraception with such medications can prevent associated … Unfortunately, when prescribing potentially teratogenic medications, medications that may disturb the … help doctors counsel women about preventing birth defects that could be caused by the use of certain medications … ; 2) phone interviews conducted with women prescribed medications by study clinicians; and 3) participating

89. Electronic Medication Management (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2011 - Clinical documents frequently contain a list of a patient’s medications. … were listed, or the absence of home medications was documented). … What types of medications were added? … One year later, the average number had increased to 4.7 medications. … The most common medications added to the list were central nervous system agents (including pain medications

90. Appendix-E-Cdspain-Sample-Clinical-Practice-Guidelines (doc file)
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    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

91. Enhancing Fulfillment Data in Community Practices for Clinical Care and Research - Final Report (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - short, with most medications filled within 0-7 days. … and HMG co-A reductase inhibitors in addition to anti-depression medications. … Diagonals (in gray) represent patients and medications from the same disease cohort/class. … Diagonals (in gray) represent patients and medications from the same disease cohort/class. … Diagonals (in gray) represent patients and medications from the same disease cohort/class.

92. Implementation of an electronic system for medication reconciliation | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
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    February 15, 2007 - System generates four reports, two on pre-admission home medications and two on discharge medications … Quality of Care and Patient Safety Outcome:  Patients who had medications electronically reconciled reported … a greater understanding of the medications, including how to take them and potential adverse events. … Changes in efficiency and productivity:  Number of incomplete medications discovered and allergies identified

93. 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

94. Dissemination and Implementation of QT Risk Clinical Decision Support - Final Report (pdf file)
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    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%).

95. Grant Final Report: Virtual Continuity and its Impact on Complex Hospitalized Patients' Care - Final Report (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2013 - 4.9 4.7 – 5.1 Receive comparison of discharge medications with admission medications (i.e. medication … 4.9 4.7 – 5.1 Receive comparison of discharge medications with admission medications 4.6 4.3 – 4.9 … , which included a list of the participant’s preadmission medications, medications prior to discharge … , and discharge medications. … Preadmission medications were obtained by examining the EMR data on a patient’s current medications

96. ParentLink: Better and Safer Emergency Care for Children (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2007 - , and allergies to medications. … A notation of “no medications” was considered to represent a negative history for current medications … estimate of current medications. … medications for seizure, medications for asthma. … , and, 3) current medications.

97. E-Prescribing Impact on Patient Safety, Use, and Cost (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2009 - , transcribing the orders, preparing the medications, or administering the medications to patients. … E-prescribing with formulary decision support (FDS) led to the use of lower-priced medications. … In addition, some medications, such as controlled substances, require a hard copy with actual prescriber … The proportion of drugs in Tier 2 and Tier 3 (brand-name medications) decreased correspondingly. … Impact of electronic prescribing on use of generic and preferred medications.

98. Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/pharmaceutical-safety-tracking-phast-managing-medications-patient-safety/annual-summary/2011
    January 01, 2011 - Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety - 2011 … 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

99. Effectiveness of a computer-supported refill reminder system | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
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    November 01, 1984 - Evaluation Method:  Measures of patient compliance with refills for all medications or cardiovascular … medications only, and costs of the reminder system. … Quality of Care and Patient Safety Outcome:  In the reminder group 19.6% complied with all medications … In the reminder group 39% complied with cardiovascular medications refills compared to 14% in the control

100. Electronic Medication Management - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2011 - Medication reconciliation employs a systematic approach to comprehensively review all of a patient's medications … Before the adoption of this intervention, pre-admission medications and discharge medications were kept … After adoption, medications were documented using the Outpatient Medication Profile (OMP), a structured … two columns: 1) the list of the current inpatient medication orders; and 2) the list of outpatient medications … Of 253 medications lists reviewed, 181 lists (72 percent) had at least one medication missing a dose,