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1. Medication Management Strategy: Intervention | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   June 01, 2023 - be putting patients at risk for an adverse drug event, such as overdosing, underdosing, or missing medications … KB] Patient Reminder Card – business card [PDF, 27 KB] Remind patients to bring all their medications … that can be used to help clinicians discuss the core challenges to filling and adhering to prescribed medications … Additional AHRQ Resources—Medication Management Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH … ) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation How to Create a Pill Card Consumers Page – Treatments & Medications

2. Medication Management: Sample Process for Medication Management Strategy (pdf file)
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   January 12, 2017 - These include non-oral medications such as injections, inhalers, ointments, and drops, as well as medications … Remind patients to bring all their medications to their next appointment. … Thank the patient for bringing in the medications. 2. … medications such as injections, inhalers, ointments, and drops, as well as medications only taken occasionally … Suggest that the patient throw away any expired medications. 6.

3. Statistical Briefs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2024 - This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly … This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly … This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly … This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly … and 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications

4. AHRQ’s National Advisory Council Identifies Priority Areas for Quality Improvement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   December 01, 2022 - New AHRQ Resource Answers Clinicians’ Questions About Medications for Alcohol Use Disorder . … from AHRQ provides primary care clinicians with answers to common questions about medications available … Evidence has shown that Food and Drug Administration-approved medications are effective treatments for … people with AUD, yet medications are prescribed to less than 4 percent of these patients. … Access the new resource— Overview of Medications Used in the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder and Frequently

5. Final Progress Report: Leveraging a Social Network of Elders and Families To Improve Medication Safety at Transitions of Care (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2024 - Scope: Older patients and families often have difficulty reconciling and managing medications after hospital … Older patients and families often have difficulty reconciling and managing medications after hospital … Develop an acceptable process for patients/families to import and ‘accept’ medications from multiple … Determine if the tool results in more appropriate medications and decreased polypharmacy for frail … Challenges of managing medications for older people at transition points of care.

6. New Study Shows Reduced Antibiotic Use at Long-term Care Facilities Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2022 - significant decrease in antibiotic use, thereby reducing unnecessary and potentially unsafe use of medications … stewardship programs (ASPs) are designed to address this by promoting the appropriate use of antibiotic medications … Inappropriate use of antibiotic medications is a significant public health challenge because overuse

7. Blood Pressure Control Evidence and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2021 - Adults This guideline from Eighth Joint National Committee recommends treatment thresholds, goals, and medications … patient education booklet explains high blood pressure and the potential risks and benefits of various medications … High Blood Pressure: Medications and You This patient education poster explains hypertension and the … types of medications used to treat it. … This booklet helps patients managing high blood pressure record their blood pressure readings and medications

8. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   April 01, 2018 - Select Create a Safe Medicine List Together if you have many patients with multiple medications or … This strategy can help you conduct medication reconciliation based on a complete and accurate list of medications … tell them, including instructions such as how to take care of themselves at home, how to take their medications

9. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 1) (doc file)
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   January 01, 2010 - Changes or discrepancies in medications before and after discharge[endnoteRef:3],[endnoteRef:4] [3: … Inadequate preparation for patient and family related to medications, danger signs, or lifestyle changes3,4 … Review medications 3. Highlight warning signs and problems 4. Explain test results 5. … Review medications. … Because this involves medications, we assume it would be a clinician — nurse, doctor, or pharmacist.

10. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 1) (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - complications can be attributed to discharge planning problems, such as: • Changes or discrepancies in medications … before and after discharge3,4 • Inadequate preparation for patient and family related to medications … Review medications 3. Highlight warning signs and problems 4. Explain test results 5. … Review medications. … Because this involves medications, we assume it would be a clinician — nurse, doctor, or pharmacist

11. Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2004 - Effective communication regarding medications has been shown to promote medication adherence in the … Discrepancies in the use of medications: their extent and predictors in an outpatient practice. … Self- reported adherence to antiretroviral medications among participants in HIV clinical trials: the … Misunderstanding of asthma controller medications: association with nonadherence. … Communication regarding medications in a public hospital anticoagulation clinic [in press].

12. Patients & Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2018 - Treatment Information for Patients and Consumers about getting diagnosed, having surgery, taking medications … and having treatments, and using hospitals and clinics Diagnosis Surgery Treatments & Medications

13. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screening tests, counseling services, and preventive medications … recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screenings, counseling services, or preventive medications

14. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 3) (doc file)
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    January 01, 2010 - Changes or discrepancies in medications before and after discharge[endnoteRef:3],[endnoteRef:4] [3: … Inadequate preparation for patient and family related to medications, danger signs, or lifestyle changes3,4 … Review medications 3. Highlight warning signs and problems 4. Explain test results 5.

15. Strategy 4: IDEA Discharge Planning (Tool 3) (pdf file)
    teamstepps.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/hospital/engagingfamilies/strategy4/Strat4_Tool_3_Physician_HO_508.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - complications can be attributed to discharge planning problems, such as: • Changes or discrepancies in medications … before and after discharge3,4 • Inadequate preparation for patient and family related to medications … Review medications 3. Highlight warning signs and problems 4. Explain test results 5.

16. Transdisciplinary Learning Lab To Eliminate Patient Harm and Reduce Waste | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2020 - Researchers believe this approach can be replicated for a number of medications. … insulin infusion protocol as a model to improve safety and efficiency in the delivery of high-alert medications … insulin infusion protocol as a model to improve safety and efficiency in the delivery of high-alert medications

17. 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

18. Fall Prevention Toolkit (doc file)
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    August 03, 2017 - Reviews medications for fall risk. … Discusses medications that may increase fall risk with physician using standardized approach (e.g., note … Implements computerized alerts for medications that present high risk for falls, where appropriate.

19. Speaking Plainly: Communicating the Patient’s Role in Health Care Safety (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2004 - The tips also varied in terms of their focus on medications, hospital stays, or surgeries. … For example, they indicated an unwillingness to check on medications dispensed by pharmacists (e.g. … Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 4 144 potentially harmful effects of combining prescription medications … Medications and adverse drug events are a key and often-cited patient safety topic that patient behavior … The second step also includes messages on medications that were reworded because beneficiaries perceived

20. Examples of Health Plan Quality Measures for Consumers | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2022 - Patient Safety Measures The percentage of health plan members on persistent prescription medications … of elderly health plan members diagnosed with certain chronic conditions receiving contraindicated medications