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8161. Standardizing Medication Error Event Reporting in the U.S. Department of Defense (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Nosek.pdf
      March 01, 2004 - Errors involving prescribed medications account for a significant percentage of the total patient safety … Note: Items in bold indicate high-risk/high alert medications. … News in subsequent safety alerts and issues of Hot Topics addressed topics such as high-alert medications

8162. Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/diabetic-neuropathy-disposition-170707.pdf
      March 24, 2017 - Thank you for sharing your clinical experience with these medications. … THESE TEND TO BE ADDICTIVE AND TRAMADOL CAN CAUSE SEIZURES IN HIGH DOESES WE TRY NO TO USE THESE MEDICATIONS … As written, pregabalin should be favored over gabapentin when the evidence for the 2 medications is

8163. Preventing Complications and Treating Symptoms of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetic-neuropathy-disposition-170707.pdf
      March 24, 2017 - Thank you for sharing your clinical experience with these medications. … THESE TEND TO BE ADDICTIVE AND TRAMADOL CAN CAUSE SEIZURES IN HIGH DOESES WE TRY NO TO USE THESE MEDICATIONS … As written, pregabalin should be favored over gabapentin when the evidence for the 2 medications is

8164. MEPS 2021 Help Text
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      January 01, 2022 - These services include: teeth cleaning, x-rays, applying medications, and educating in dental matters … patient’s temperature, blood pressure, and pulse and respiration rates; give massages and help give medications … Treatment typically includes medications and lifestyle changes, such as weight loss, exercise, and dietary … IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS – Immunizations are oral medications or shots given to the patient to prevent … IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS – Immunizations are oral medications or shots given to the patient to prevent

8165. MEPS 2023 Help Text
      meps.ahrq.gov/survey_comp/Helptext2023.html
      January 01, 2023 - These services include: teeth cleaning, x-rays, applying medications, and educating in dental matters … asthma (symptoms occur at least every week) typically includes the regular use of anti-inflammatory medications … Treatment typically includes medications and lifestyle changes, such as weight loss, exercise, and … IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS -- Immunizations are oral medications or shots given to the patient to prevent … IMMUNIZATIONS OR SHOTS -- Immunizations are oral medications or shots given to the patient to prevent

8166. Disposition of Comments_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 267: ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment in Children and Adolescents (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-267-adhd-disposition-comments.pdf
      March 25, 2024 - .complete estimation based on experience and not data) when you consider that typically stimulant medications … the use of SNRI for this class of medication is misleading and may result in confusion as to which medications … section does not highlight the findings that the behavioral interventions offer comparable outcome as medications … important if consumers would like to avoid the documented side effects and adverse events of the medications … Commentator & Affiliation Section Comment Response will feel they always must use medications

8167. Evidence on the Costs and Benefits of Health Information Technology - May 2008 (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/CongressionalBudgetOffice.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - Those applications may include computerized entry systems for physicians’ ordering of tests or medications … savings from more efficient use of prescription drugs (for example, from switching to generic medications … When used for prescribing medications, EHRs and their computerized physician order entry features … Research examining serious errors in the medications that patients receive in hospitals has shown that … By maintaining a list of a patient’s allergies and current medications, a health IT system makes it

8168. AHRQ_DHR_2022_Annual_Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ahrq-dhr-2022-year-in-review.pdf
      January 01, 2022 - And then once they get home, they’ll get reminders for any medications that they’re supposed to be … Adoption of CancelRx and expanding its functionality to include medications from outside the EHR could … , bisphosphonate (medications for treating osteoporosis) use, and exercise. … For older patients, new medications prescribed outside of the primary care setting increases the chance … Across all sites, prescriptions of potentially inappropriate medications reduced after EQUIPPED was

8169. Diabetes Mellitus (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/diabetes-horizon-scan-high-impact-1512.pdf
      December 01, 2015 - studies will include a broad range of patients whose diabetes is uncontrolled by oral antidiabetes medications … Almost 90% of patients were being treated with up to 3 oral antidiabetic medications. … in patient sub-populations who may not be able to self-inject exenatide, and for whom other oral medications … payers.66,67 Clinical Pathway at Point of This Intervention Despite availability of new diabetes medications … opportunity for improvement in many cardiovascular risk factors along with weight loss with fewer medications

8170. Improving Healthcare Through AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program: 2021 Year in Review (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ahrq-dhr-2021-year-in-review.pdf
      January 01, 2021 - let patients talk virtually with pharmacists, in the comfort of their own homes, and discuss which medications … While this care does not focus on treatment, palliative care patients are often on many medications. … example, sleep may improve after a person moves from an inpatient facility to his or her home, yet medications … Some of our patients are on 20 different medications.” … and pain medications?’

8171. Glaucoma-Treatment Executive (pdf file)
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      April 01, 2012 - • All topical medications reviewed appear to lower IOP throughout the 24-hour cycle. … • A single study addressed the comparative effectiveness of glaucoma medications with respect to their … (systematic review). 10 • Initial treatment with lasers tends to reduce the need for medications … The Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS) included current surgical techniques and medications … Research The available evidence demonstrates definitively that intraocular pressure can be lowered by medications

8172. Interventions-Horizon-Scan-High-Impact-1306 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/interventions-horizon-scan-high-impact-1306.pdf
      June 01, 2013 - that patients wear as a patch on the torso to record heart rate, activity, ingestion of monitored medications … alike because of the ease of implementation, the willingness of patients to be educated about their medications … developers, the intended purpose of this system is: “[T]o confirm the ingestion of individual oral medications … Patients would continue to take their medications in the same manner as before, as instructed by their … to provide physicians with more and timely data on whether patients are taking their prescribed medications

8173. Final Progress Report: The National Quality Forum National Annual Policy Conference 2007 (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2025 - Panel II: Medications and Quality: A National Perspective. … This panel discussed the work being done to develop quality measures for medications and why it has … September 27, 2007 – Panel II: Medications and Quality: A National Perspective Participants: … She stated that one of the reasons that people do not take medications correctly is because they do … While the care provider is the primary and most trusted source of information on medications, consumers

8174. Screening for Depression in Adult Patients in Primary Care Settings: An Update (pdf file)
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      December 01, 2009 - of depression treatment in older adults, and the harms of depression treatment with antidepressant medications … adults, the harms of depression screening, and the harms of depression treatment with antidepressant medications … receiving NSAIDs, with less risk associated with concur- rent use of aspirin or other anticoagulant medications … Prescribing trends in psychotropic medications: primary care, psychiatry, and other medical specialties … Efficacy of newer medications for treating depression in primary care patients.

8175. Disposition of Comments for CER 196 The Role of Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Asthma (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-196-disposition-comments-immunotherapy-asthma.pdf
      March 23, 2018 - These assessments include factors such as symptom frequency, use of medications, acute care visits … We graded the evidence for long term control medications as moderate based on a body of evidence with … As explained in the report and shown in the appendix, the studies measured the controller medications … We abstracted baseline medications when provided (see appendices please). … Variability included study population, level of control, use of other medications, and duration of

8176. Draft Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      November 19, 2024 - Harms of intervention include side effects such as an allergy to treatment medications or the Jarisch-Herxheimer … reaction from treatment with antibiotic medications.

8177. Amended Protocol: Interventions for Breathlessness in Patients with Advanced Cancer (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dyspnea-protocol-amended.pdf
      May 19, 2020 - Pharmacologic Treatment Pharmacologic treatments for breathlessness in advanced cancer may include medications … pathophysiology, such as bronchodilators, diuretics, 2 or corticosteroids, or medications

8178. Where Does Risk-Adjusted Mortality Fit Into a Safety Measurement Program? | PSNet
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      March 01, 2015 - Miscalculated Risk August 1, 2006 Patient harm from cardiovascular medications … December 29, 2014 Minimizing inappropriate medications in older populations: a ten-step

8179. Transparency of Reporting Requirements: Management of Infertility (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/transparency-infertility_research-protocol.pdf
      September 02, 2016 - using various technologies in conjunction with oral ovulation induction, metformin, combination oral medications … IUI followed by ART if unsuccessful vs. proceeding directly to ART, or timed intercourse with oral medications

8180. Microsoft PowerPoint - Updated Handouts - Read-Only (pdf file)
      cds.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cds/artifact/136331/Benzodiazepine%20Patient%20Handout.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Microsoft PowerPoint - Updated Handouts - Read-Only REDUCING MEDICATIONS SAFELY TO MEET LIFE’S CHANGES … Medications that were once good for you, may not be the best choice for you now. … Lowering your medication dose is a way for health care providers to help you safely cut back on medications … Adapted from “Reducing Medications Safely to Meet Life’s Changes, Focus on Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonists