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41. Consumer Reports Uses AHRQ’s Evidence Reports in Drug Comparisons | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2016 - The non-profit organization's Best Buy Drugs public education project compares medications' track records … Consumer Reports Best Buy Drugs reports on diabetes medicines, anticoagulants, and allergy medications

42. Health Literacy Tools for Providers of Medication Therapy Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - CMR is designed to improve patients’ knowledge of their prescriptions, over-the-counter (OTC) medications … and address problems or concerns that patients may have; and empower patients to self-manage their medications

43. 26-Patient-Education-Guide (doc file)
    talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/26-patient-education-guide.docx
    June 01, 2023 - Discussion of Challenging Topics Many people are embarrassed to ask important questions about pain medications … Find out what each patient is concerned about regarding pain and medications.

44. SOPS Community Pharmacy Survey Items and Composites (pdf file)
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    June 19, 2018 - We encourage patients to talk to pharmacists about their medications. B7. … Our pharmacists spend enough time talking to patients about how to use their medications. B11. … patient safety—dispensing the right medication accurately and making sure patients understand their medications

45. About the CAHPS® Health Literacy Item Set for Hospitals (pdf file)
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    October 30, 2017 - The items address the following six topic areas: • Information about medications • Communication … • Identify specific topic areas for quality improvement (e.g., communication about test results, medications … Number in the Health Literacy Item Set for Hospitals Survey Item Topic: Information about medications … H-HL1 Staff asked patient to describe how patient would take medications at home H-HL2 Staff told … patient who to call if patient had questions about medications Topic: Communication between nurses

46. Surge in Drug Shortages Occurred in Wake of Pandemic, Study Finds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - shortages and 6.4 percent were associated with severe shortages, compared with 4.1 percent for unaffected medications … An AHRQ guide answers primary care clinicians’ questions about prescribing medications to treat alcohol … Outcomes after initiation of medications for alcohol use disorder at hospital discharge.

47. AHRQ Signals Plan To Establish Healthcare Extension Service | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - The report, which updates a 2014 systematic review, recognizes that the literature on medications for … Access the report , which includes key findings on the benefits and harms of several medications, and … The impact of stimulant medications on blood pressure and body mass index in children with attention

48. PowerPoint Presentation
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    October 01, 2017 - behaviors Gait and balance instability A history of falls within the last 180 days Use of psychoactive medications … Mental: Cognitive Impairment Gait and Balance Instability Fall: 8-30 Days Fall: 31-180 Days Psychoactive Medications … Other High-Risk Medications Acute Mental Status Change Behavior: New Unsafe New Gait/Balance or Device … Other High-Risk Medications October 2017 On-Time Falls Prevention 17 Falls High-Risk Report Calculation … Other High-Risk Medications Acute Mental Status Change Behavior: New Unsafe New Gait/Balance or Device

49. Shadowing (doc file)
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    August 08, 2012 - Were patient medications available to the nurse when they were due? … If the medications were delayed, could this affect the patient’s outcome (e.g., delay in discharge to

50. AHRQ's 35th Anniversary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - The EPCs produce evidence reports on medications, devices, and other health care services to help consumers … hospital managers, patients, and others reduce medical errors, range from checklists that help reconcile medications … enhance effective communication among caregivers and patients to toolkits that help patients taking medications … instructions for nurses to help patients understand after-hospital care instructions, including how to take medications … medicine record form that can be personalized, and outlines steps to help patients safely use their medications

51. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - This strategy helps to improve documentation because we can see the medications and decrease medication … asked to bring in all the medicines they take, both prescribed and over the counter, including non-oral medications

52. Prevention is Key to a Healthy America (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2010 - Preventive medications. Counseling for healthy behavior.

53. Disseminating Adapted Diabetes Evidence to Clinicians Through a Patient Portal (pdf file)
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    December 19, 2014 - Comparative Effectiveness Research Summary Guide, "Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Diabetes Medications

54. Strategy 3: Bedside Shift Report (Tool 2) (pdf file)
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    June 04, 2013 -  Review tasks that need to be done, such as: • Labs or tests needed • Medications administered

55. AHRQ’s Ischemic Heart Disease Products Translated for High School Populations (pdf file)
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    December 17, 2014 - ability to access and use comparative effectiveness research (CER) decision-making tools related to medications

56. Implementing Screening and Treatment of Unhealthy Alcohol Use During COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2021 - Complementing this recommendation, AHRQ’s Effective Health Care Program completed a systematic review on medications … for alcohol use disorder , finding strong evidence for specific medications.

57. Primary Care Providers in Pennsylvania Use Medication for Successful Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2021 - “In one visit, a patient can get his diabetes and blood pressure medications, plus his medication for … Project RAMP incorporated universal screening for substance use disorders in outpatient clinics and medications

58. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Hospital Adult Survey: Health Literacy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2023 - During this hospital stay, did hospital staff ask you to describe how you were going to take your medications … Yes     2 __ No Note: Before items H-HL1 – H-HL2, add a new subheading: " Information About Medications … During this hospital stay, did hospital staff tell you who to call if you had questions about your medications

59. Adaptation of Consumer Summaries for Patients with Low Health Literacy (pdf file)
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    December 19, 2014 - preferred how the information was presented in the multimedia decision aid regarding: impact of disease, medications

60. EvidenceNOW PCOR Fact Sheet: Smoking Cessation | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2018 - of smoking, health benefits of quitting smoking, and the effectiveness of behavioral counseling and medications