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1. Alternative medications for medications in the Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly and Potentially Harmful Drug–Disease Interactions in the Elderly quality measures. | PSNet
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   April 27, 2011 - Review Alternative medications for medications in the Use of High-Risk Medications … Alternative Medications for Medications in the Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly and Potentially … This review describes alternatives to medications listed in the Beers criteria , which are known to … Alternative Medications for Medications in the Use of High-Risk Medications in the Elderly and Potentially … in multimorbid US older adults using multiple medications.

2. Patient harm from cardiovascular medications. | PSNet
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   June 22, 2022 - Review Patient harm from cardiovascular medications. … Patient harm from cardiovascular medications. … This narrative review of 75 studies concluded that cardiovascular medications are a leading cause of … Medications to treat high blood pressure and arrhythmias were the most common cause of medication harm … Patient harm from cardiovascular medications.

3. Patient Safety and Opioid Medications | PSNet
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   January 01, 2015 - Annual Perspective Patient Safety and Opioid Medications Urmimala Sarkar, MD, and Kaveh Shojania … Beginning in the 1990s, the use of opioid medications began to rise, for a number of reasons. … Advertising campaigns for a growing array of opioid medications (often marketed with attributes such … Because most opioids misused by patients originate from prescription medications, it is important, at … Clearly, systematic efforts are needed to prescribe safer, nonopioid pain medications across multiple

4. Preventing harm from high-alert medications. | PSNet
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   January 06, 2010 - Commentary Preventing harm from high-alert medications. … Preventing harm from high-alert medications. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(9):537-42. … Preventing harm from high-alert medications. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(9):537-42. … October 29, 2008 Reconciling medications at admission: safe practice recommendations … March 13, 2024 ISMP's List of High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings.

5. Get the Medications Right Institute. | PSNet
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   May 29, 2013 - Multi-use Website Get the Medications Right Institute. … November 12, 2014 Unexpected Death of a Patient During Treatment With Multiple Medications … June 16, 2010 Assessment of DoD Wounded Warrior Matters: Managing Risks of Multiple Medications

6. Pharmacy dispensing of electronically discontinued medications. | PSNet
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   October 03, 2012 - Study Pharmacy dispensing of electronically discontinued medications. … Pharmacy dispensing of electronically discontinued medications. … Since these medications included high-risk therapies  such as antidiabetic and antiplatelet agents, … Pharmacy dispensing of electronically discontinued medications. … November 1, 2017 Discontinuation of outpatient medications: implications for electronic

7. Preventing errors with high-risk medications. | PSNet
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   August 15, 2007 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Preventing errors with high-risk medications. … High-alert medications have the potential to cause serious patient harm if not administered correctly … March 25, 2015 High-alert medications: the safeguards that you should put in place to

8. Preparing challenging medications for barcode scanning. | PSNet
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   November 16, 2022 - Commentary Preparing challenging medications for barcode scanning. … Preparing challenging medications for barcode scanning. … Preparing challenging medications for barcode scanning. … October 26, 2022 Handling injectable medications in anaesthesia: Guidelines from the … April 13, 2016 Do not let "Depo-" medications be a depot for mistakes.

9. Factors influencing providers' willingness to deprescribe medications. | PSNet
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   August 17, 2022 - Study Factors influencing providers' willingness to deprescribe medications. … Factors influencing providers' willingness to deprescribe medications. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. … While most providers reported having patients taking potentially inappropriate or unnecessary medications … Factors influencing providers' willingness to deprescribe medications. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. … July 21, 2021 Patient errors in use of injectable antidiabetic medications: a need for

10. Keeping track of aging patients’ medications. | PSNet
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    December 23, 2020 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Keeping track of aging patients’ medications. … October 20, 2010 Lack of patient knowledge regarding hospital medications. … Sepsis May 31, 2023 Impact of medication reviews on potentially inappropriate medications … February 12, 2020 Potentially inappropriate medications according to STOPP-J criteria … March 27, 2019 Prospective daily review of discharge medications by pharmacists: effects

11. A Lot of Pain (Medications) | PSNet
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    April 27, 2016 - SPOTLIGHT CASE A Lot of Pain (Medications) PPT Save Save to your library … more than 100 mg oral morphine equivalents per day ( 16,17 ) and co-prescription of other sedating medications … of multiple opioid drugs with likely incomplete cross-tolerance, co-prescription of other sedating medications … Avoid co-prescription of other medications with sedating properties—particularly benzodiazepines. … Co-morbidity and utilization of medical services by pain patients receiving opioid medications: data

12. Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary. | PSNet
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    May 18, 2022 - Study Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary. … Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary. … This study discovered that drug omissions and unjustified medications listed in discharge summaries … Omitted and unjustified medications in the discharge summary.

13. Patient safety and medications in the home. | PSNet
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    September 16, 2020 - Commentary Patient safety and medications in the home. … Patient safety and medications in the home. … Patient safety and medications in the home. … December 8, 2021 Factors influencing providers' willingness to deprescribe medications … August 31, 2022 The source of purchased medications and its impact on medication mistakes

14. Crushing or splitting medications: unrecognized hazards. | PSNet
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    October 11, 2006 - Commentary Crushing or splitting medications: unrecognized hazards. … Crushing or Splitting Medications: Unrecognized Hazards. … This commentary discusses problems associated with crushing or splitting medications and recommends … Crushing or Splitting Medications: Unrecognized Hazards. … September 26, 2012 Laboratory safety monitoring of chronic medications in ambulatory

15. Physician communication when prescribing new medications. | PSNet
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    December 16, 2009 - Study Physician communication when prescribing new medications. … Physician communication when prescribing new medications. … The investigators analyzed the quality of physician communication with patients when prescribing new medications … Physician communication when prescribing new medications. … August 18, 2021 Patient harm from cardiovascular medications.

16. Near Miss with Bedside Medications | PSNet
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    February 01, 2006 - SPOTLIGHT CASE Near Miss with Bedside Medications PPT Save Save to your … The patient seemed to have some difficulty in understanding the medications, but the pharmacist felt … ED might have asked the patient to show her/him the contents of the brown paper bag containing his medications … Second, the director of ED nursing was asked to modify standard procedure so that at discharge, all medications … Finally, the pharmacy was tasked with adding a warning label to injectable cardioactive medications.

17. Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications. | PSNet
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    April 01, 2015 - Book/Report Guidelines for Adult IV Push Medications. … July 24, 2013 ISMP List of High-Alert Medications in Community/Ambulatory Healthcare. … October 25, 2017 ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for High-Alert Medications. … January 28, 2009 ISMP's List of High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings. … August 24, 2022 ISMP Survey on High-Alert Medications in Acute Care Settings.

18. Teaching students to administer medications safely. | PSNet
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    January 22, 2014 - Commentary Teaching students to administer medications safely. … Teaching Students to Administer Medications Safely. … Teaching Students to Administer Medications Safely. … February 17, 2021 Wrong administration route of medications in the domestic setting: … December 13, 2017 Administering and monitoring high-alert medications in acute care.

19. Discontinued Medications: Are They Really Discontinued? | PSNet
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    February 27, 2019 - Discontinued Medications: Are They Really Discontinued? … Unfortunately, there is no similar process to notify pharmacies when medications have been discontinued … Consequently, automatic refills of discontinued medications may still occur. … As is the case with newly prescribed medications, discontinuation of a medication should result in the … Pharmacy dispensing of electronically discontinued medications. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157:700-705.

20. Gaps in ambulatory patient safety for immunosuppressive specialty medications. | PSNet
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    August 29, 2018 - Study Gaps in ambulatory patient safety for immunosuppressive specialty medications … Gaps in Ambulatory Patient Safety for Immunosuppressive Specialty Medications. … tuberculosis and hepatitis B and C was consistently performed prior to initiating immunosuppressive medications … quarter of patients were appropriately screened for all three infections before starting these high-risk medications … Gaps in Ambulatory Patient Safety for Immunosuppressive Specialty Medications.