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61. Impact of medication reviews on potentially inappropriate medications and associated costs among older women in aged care. | PSNet
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    April 07, 2021 - Study Impact of medication reviews on potentially inappropriate medications and associated … Impact of medication reviews on potentially inappropriate medications and associated costs among older … Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are common among older adults living in residential care … Impact of medication reviews on potentially inappropriate medications and associated costs among older … June 29, 2022 The source of purchased medications and its impact on medication mistakes

62. Cardiac Arrest in a Woman with UTI: A Case of QT Prolongation | PSNet
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    March 27, 2024 - She was severely volume depleted and received intravenous hydration, including her home medications, … A quick chart review revealed that the patient was receiving her multiple antipsychotic medications, … Ebong, MBBS, MS This case highlights how commonly prescribed medications can lead to serious adverse … interactions between the various medications that the patient was receiving.  … For high-risk QT prolonging medications (e.g.

63. Functional decline associated with polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. | PSNet
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    June 13, 2018 - Study Functional decline associated with polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications … Functional decline associated with polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medications in community-dwelling … Elderly patients with dementia who were prescribed more than five medications were at greater risk of … However, prescribing potentially inappropriate medications (as determined by the Beers criteria ) was … in multimorbid US older adults using multiple medications.

64. Less is more: a project to reduce the number of PIMs (potentially inappropriate medications) on an elderly care ward. | PSNet
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    September 27, 2017 - Less is more: a project to reduce the number of PIMs (potentially inappropriate medications … Less is more: a project to reduce the number of PIMs (potentially inappropriate medications) on an elderly … prescribed in a unit, educate and raise awareness about the medications among health care workers, and … remove the medications from the ward. … August 15, 2013 Potentially inappropriate medications in a large cohort of patients in

65. Understanding principles of high reliability organizations through the eyes of VIONE: a clinical program to improve patient safety by deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications and reducing polypharmacy. | PSNet
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    November 15, 2023 - eyes of VIONE: a clinical program to improve patient safety by deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications … eyes of VIONE: a clinical program to improve patient safety by deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications … After three-years of implementation, an average of 2.15 medications were deprescribed per patient, … with the most common being antihypertensives, over-the-counter medicines and antidiabetic medications … eyes of VIONE: a clinical program to improve patient safety by deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications

66. Misreading injectable medications—causes and solutions: an integrative literature review. | PSNet
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    May 04, 2010 - Review Misreading injectable medications—causes and solutions: an integrative literature … Misreading injectable medications—causes and solutions: an integrative literature review. … this integrative literature review, the authors discuss the evidence on how misreading injectable medications … can contribute to medication errors and whether interventions to increase the readability of these medications … Misreading injectable medications—causes and solutions: an integrative literature review.

67. Harm prevalence due to medication errors involving high-alert medications: a systematic review | PSNet
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    June 19, 2024 - Study Harm prevalence due to medication errors involving high-alert medications: … Harm prevalence due to medication errors involving high-alert medications: a systematic review. … review analyzed five studies discussing adverse events due to medical errors involving high-alert medications … Harm prevalence due to medication errors involving high-alert medications: a systematic review. … June 16, 2019 Results of ISMP survey on high-alert medications: differences between nursing

68. Quantification and classification of errors associated with hand-repackaging of medications in long-term care facilities in Germany. | PSNet
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    April 21, 2021 - Quantification and classification of errors associated with hand-repackaging of medications … Quantification and classification of errors associated with hand-repackaging of medications in long-term … are commonly used to help ensure medication adherence and avoid errors for patients taking multiple medications … Quantification and classification of errors associated with hand-repackaging of medications in long-term … July 17, 2019 Potentially inappropriate medications defined by STOPP criteria and the

69. High-risk medications in hospitalized elderly adults: are we making it easy to do the wrong thing? | PSNet
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    May 18, 2022 - Study High-risk medications in hospitalized elderly adults: are we making it easy … High-Risk Medications in Hospitalized Elderly Adults: Are We Making It Easy to Do the Wrong Thing? … Although limited evidence supports fall prevention strategies, the use of certain high-risk medications … Furthermore, administered doses and default doses of the high-risk medications listed in the hospital's … High-Risk Medications in Hospitalized Elderly Adults: Are We Making It Easy to Do the Wrong Thing?

70. Incident and long-term opioid therapy among patients with psychiatric conditions and medications: a national study of commercial health care claims. | PSNet
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    November 16, 2022 - Incident and long-term opioid therapy among patients with psychiatric conditions and medications … Incident and long-term opioid therapy among patients with psychiatric conditions and medications: a national … Opioid medications are associated with an increased risk of adverse drug events , including overdose … Incident and long-term opioid therapy among patients with psychiatric conditions and medications: a national … 2011 Patient and physician perspectives of deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications

71. A trial of automated decision support alerts for contraindicated medications using computerized physician order entry. | PSNet
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    May 20, 2019 - Study A trial of automated decision support alerts for contraindicated medications … A trial of automated decision support alerts for contraindicated medications using computerized physician … This study evaluated the capacity of electronic alerts to reduce inappropriate prescribing of medications … Results indicated a nearly 50% decrease in administration of contraindicated medications and that receptivity … A trial of automated decision support alerts for contraindicated medications using computerized physician

72. How accurately do older adult emergency department patients recall their medications? | PSNet
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    September 02, 2020 - Study How accurately do older adult emergency department patients recall their medications … How accurately do older adult emergency department patients recall their medications? … that only 23% of older adults in the Emergency Department had complete agreement between self-reported medications … which can result in adverse events , as antibiotics can have potentially fatal interactions with many medications … How accurately do older adult emergency department patients recall their medications?

73. Perception of medication safety-related behaviors among different age groups: web-based cross-sectional study. | PSNet
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    April 24, 2024 - importance and reasonableness of eight safety behaviors promoted by healthcare professionals: bringing medications … to office visits, confirming medications at home, managing medication refills , using patient portals … , organizing medications, checking medications, getting help, and knowing medications. … Confirming medications was rated as the most important behavior, and knowing medications was rated as

74. Impact of an electronic health record alert on inappropriate prescribing of high-risk medications to patients with concurrent "do not give" orders. | PSNet
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    August 25, 2021 - Impact of an electronic health record alert on inappropriate prescribing of high-risk medications … Impact of an electronic health record alert on inappropriate prescribing of high-risk medications to … This article describes the effectiveness of one hospital’s clinical decision support for high-risk medications … Impact of an electronic health record alert on inappropriate prescribing of high-risk medications to … September 1, 2016 Impact of a clinical decision support system for high-alert medications

75. Potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on falls during hospital admission. | PSNet
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    January 12, 2022 - Study Potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on falls during hospital … Potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on falls during hospital admission. … This study assessed the impact of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) on falls in older adults … Potentially inappropriate medications and their effect on falls during hospital admission. … 2022 Patient and physician perspectives of deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications

76. Patient and physician perspectives of deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications in older adults with a history of falls: a qualitative study. | PSNet
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    March 09, 2022 - Study Patient and physician perspectives of deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications … Patient and physician perspectives of deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications in older adults … Older adults taking potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are at increased risk of adverse events … Patient and physician perspectives of deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications in older adults … June 30, 2021 Evaluation of older persons' medications: a critical incident technique

77. Potentially inappropriate medications defined by STOPP criteria and the risk of adverse drug events in older hospitalized patients. | PSNet
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    April 22, 2015 - Study Classic Potentially inappropriate medications defined … Potentially inappropriate medications defined by STOPP criteria and the risk of adverse drug events in … Many medications, particularly sedatives and other drugs with significant side effects, are considered … Patients who received medications considered inappropriate by STOPP had a nearly two-fold increased odds … Potentially inappropriate medications defined by STOPP criteria and the risk of adverse drug events in

78. Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory setting. | PSNet
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    December 06, 2013 - Study Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications … Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory setting … This study reports on the development of standards for laboratory monitoring of high-risk medications … Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory setting … events after hospital discharge in older adults: types, severity, and involvement of Beers criteria medications

79. Independent double-checks for high-alert medications: essential practice. | PSNet
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    February 01, 2023 - Commentary Independent double-checks for high-alert medications: essential practice … Independent double-checks for high-alert medications: essential practice. … Independent double-checks for high-alert medications: essential practice. … September 18, 2019 Administering and monitoring high-alert medications in acute care.

80. Improving emergency medicine clinician awareness of prehospital-administered medications. | PSNet
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    October 19, 2022 - Study Improving emergency medicine clinician awareness of prehospital-administered medications … Improving emergency medicine clinician awareness of prehospital-administered medications. … Improving emergency medicine clinician awareness of prehospital-administered medications.