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81. Discontinued Medications: Are They Really Discontinued? | PSNet
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    January 05, 2017 - Discontinued Medications: Are They Really Discontinued? … Discontinued Medications: Are They Really Discontinued?. PSNet [internet]. … Discontinued Medications: Are They Really Discontinued?. PSNet [internet]. … Consequently, automatic refills of discontinued medications may still occur. … Discontinued Medications: Are They Really Discontinued?. PSNet [internet].

82. High-Risk Medications, High-Risk Transfers | PSNet
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    December 21, 2017 - High-Risk Medications, High-Risk Transfers Citation Text: Staggers N. … High-Risk Medications, High-Risk Transfers. PSNet [internet]. … High-Risk Medications, High-Risk Transfers. PSNet [internet]. … posttransfer procedure, and creating a standardized procedure that includes management of high-risk medications … High-Risk Medications, High-Risk Transfers. PSNet [internet].

83. Multiple High-Risk Events Involving Workflow for Wasting of Medications Used by Anesthesia | PSNet
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    August 29, 2021 - Multiple High-Risk Events Involving Workflow for Wasting of Medications Used by Anesthesia … Multiple High-Risk Events Involving Workflow for Wasting of Medications Used by Anesthesia. … Multiple High-Risk Events Involving Workflow for Wasting of Medications Used by Anesthesia. … , proper disposal of medications not only helps to close the loop on the medication-use process, but … Multiple High-Risk Events Involving Workflow for Wasting of Medications Used by Anesthesia.

84. Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety - Final Report | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety - Final Report … Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety - Final Report. … PDF Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety - Final Report … Investigator Gardner, William Project Name Pharmaceutical Safety Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications

85. Enabling E-Prescribing and Enhanced Management of Controlled Medications - Final Report | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - Enabling E-Prescribing and Enhanced Management of Controlled Medications - Final Report … Enabling Electronic Prescribing and Enhanced Management of Controlled Medications - Final Report. … Research and Quality, 2012 PDF Enabling E-Prescribing and Enhanced Management of Controlled Medications … Grant Project Name Enabling Electronic Prescribing and Enhanced Management of Controlled Medications

86. ISMP 2007 survey on high-alert medications. Differences between nursing and pharmacy perspectives still prevalent. | PSNet
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    February 13, 2019 - Newspaper/Magazine Article ISMP 2007 survey on high-alert medications. … Citation Text: ISMP 2007 survey on high-alert medications. … Survey results will be used to update ISMP's list of high-alert medications. … February 13, 2019 Preventing errors when preparing and administering medications via … March 6, 2019 Results of ISMP survey on high-alert medications: differences between nursing

87. Using Information Technology for Patient-Centered Communication and Decisionmaking about Medications - Final Report | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2023 - Using Information Technology for Patient-Centered Communication and Decisionmaking about Medications … Using Information Technology for Patient-Centered Communication and Decisionmaking about Medications … PDF Using Information Technology for Patient-Centered Communication and Decisionmaking about Medications … Project Name Using Information Technology for Patient-Centered Communication and Decisionmaking about Medications

88. Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Diabetes Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: An Update of the 2007 Report | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    April 05, 2010 - To better understand the comparative effectiveness of oral medications for adults with type 2 diabetes … Interventions The interventions will include oral diabetes medications as first line and second line … Timing We will include studies if patients have been on the medications for at least 3 months. … Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Diabetes Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes. … diabetes medications.

89. Adherence to black box warnings for prescription medications in outpatients. | PSNet
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    September 29, 2017 - Study Adherence to black box warnings for prescription medications in outpatients … Adherence to black box warnings for prescription medications in outpatients. … patient harm, investigators noted that older patients with multiple medical problems and taking more medications … appeared to be at greater risk for being prescribed these medications. … Adherence to black box warnings for prescription medications in outpatients.

90. Racial inequality in receipt of medications for opioid use disorder. | PSNet
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    April 24, 2018 - Study Racial inequality in receipt of medications for opioid use disorder. … Racial inequality in receipt of medications for opioid use disorder. … Best practices for treating patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) include prescribing medications … to treat OUD ( naltrexone , naloxone, or buprenorphine) and limiting prescriptions of high-risk medications … Racial inequality in receipt of medications for opioid use disorder.

91. Discontinuation of outpatient medications: implications for electronic messaging to pharmacies using CancelRx. | PSNet
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    October 05, 2022 - Study Discontinuation of outpatient medications: implications for electronic messaging … Discontinuation of outpatient medications: implications for electronic messaging to pharmacies using … This evaluation of discontinued medications at one health systems over a one-month period found that … only one-third to one-half of discontinued medications were e-prescribed using the same EHR system and … Discontinuation of outpatient medications: implications for electronic messaging to pharmacies using

92. Evaluation of the frequency of dispensing electronically discontinued medications and associated outcomes. | PSNet
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    March 03, 2019 - Study Evaluation of the frequency of dispensing electronically discontinued medications … Evaluation of the frequency of dispensing electronically discontinued medications and associated outcomes … Most unintentionally dispensed prescriptions were high-risk medications, such as anticoagulants, insulin … Evaluation of the frequency of dispensing electronically discontinued medications and associated outcomes

93. A Multicenter, Observational Cohort Study to Assess the Cardiovascular Risks of Medications Prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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    January 01, 2005 - A Multicenter, Observational Cohort Study to Assess the Cardiovascular Risks of Medications Prescribed … The treatments for ADHD include stimulant medications and behavioral interventions. … Thus, there is an urgent clinical and public health need to obtain better safety data for these medications … compared to persons who do not use the medications. … [Epub ahead of print] FDA Drug Safety Communication: Safety review update of medications used to treat

94. 124. Treatment Recommendations: Medications (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Treatment Recommendations: Medications (Continued) Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 … What are the first-line medications recommended in this Guideline update? … All seven of the FDA-approved medications for treating tobacco use are recommended: bupropion SR, nicotine … The clinician should consider the first-line medications shown to be more effective than the nicotine … Unfortunately, there are no well accepted algorithms to guide optimal selection among the first-line medications

95. Simon SR et al. 2006 "Computerized prescribing alerts and group academic detailing to reduce the use of potentially inappropriate medications in older people." | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2006 - Computerized prescribing alerts and group academic detailing to reduce the use of potentially inappropriate medications … Prior implementation of drug-specific alerts established a downward trend in use of target medications … MEASUREMENTS: Number of target medications dispensed per 10,000 patients per quarter, 2 years before … These alerts resulted in a significant decrease in the use of the target medications. … Clinician ordered one of the target medications [tertiary tricyclic amine antidepressants, long-acting

96. Prescribing Patterns of Preferred or Formulary Medications (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2009 - Prescribing Patterns of Preferred or Formulary Medications Advancing Excellence in Health Care www.ahrq.gov … Evaluating the prescribing patterns of preferred or formulary medications can help organizations … is called variable cost sharing, where insurers identify preferred medications, or “tier 1” medications … Tier 1 medications are usually generic medications. … Tier 2 medications, with a higher copayment, may be lower priced brand medications, while Tier 3 medications

97. Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2015 - Prescription medications received include all prescribed medications initially purchased or otherwise … For more information on inappropriate medications and examples of the 11 medications that should be avoided … Overall Rate: In 2012, 1.5% of adults age 65 and over were prescribed at least 1 medication from 11 medications … to 2012, the percentage of adults age 65 and over who were prescribed at least 1 medication from 11 medications … Some adverse events, such as known side effects of appropriately prescribed medications, may be unavoidable

98. Final Progress Report: Medication Management at Home: Patient-Identified Processes and Risk Assessment (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Medication Use Mean # Median # Medications (all) listed during screening 5.033 4 Medications (all … with the number of medications they brought to the interview, compared with the number of medications … These were relatively common, particularly for new medications, for medications with varying dosage … In general, prescription medications took priority over supplements and over-the-counter medications … Total at Interview 10 56 5-10 Medications Total at Interview 73 153 More Than 10 Medications Total

99. Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation Medications … Medications to inquire about should include current prescription and over-the- counter (OTC) medications … – Update the list when medications are discontinued, doses are changed, or new medications (including … OTC medications) are added … OTC medications) are added

100. 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.