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141. Health IT Hazard Manager Beta-Test (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/HealthITHazardManagerFinalReport.pdf
     May 01, 2012 - The Patient Safety Act focuses on learning from retrospective analysis of safety incidents and adverse … If patient harm cannot be ruled out, such teams typically forward the information to the patient-safety … Patient-safety teams are usually aware of the severity of patient harm resulting from a safety incident … The NPSD aggregates patient safety reports from Patient Safety Organizations, using the AHRQ Common … Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care.

142. Long Term Care e-Prescribing Standards Pilot Study - Final Report (pdf file)
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     October 25, 2025 - In addition, real-time resident drug coverage and patient safety alerts are available before the order … This capability is efficient and reduces errors at the facility and the pharmacy. 2.2.2 Patient Safety … Checks – Tools were implemented within the e-Prescribing system to provide real time patient safety … and Care Improvement: The use of patient safety checks during the prescribing process will positively … These slight decreases suggest a possible positive affect on quality and patient safety, but the pilot

143. Northwestern University | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - outcomes screening and needs assessment platform to improve screening and referral for oncology patients … significant increase in problem placement rates, a modest increase in order abandonment (when a wrong patient … Description The research team developed a smartphone application that notifies primary care providers when patients … Improving Outpatient Safety of Older Adults Through Electronic Patient Portals Description … This project evaluated the effects of providing caregivers of older adults proxy access to electronic patient

144. Using IT to Improve the Quality of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prevention and Management (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017016-williams-final-report-2010.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - specified in RFA: HS-07-002: ASQ “Enabling Quality through Health IT of improving the quality and safety … sources in the quality of results they make possible in nearly every area of health services research, safety … disease incidence and in the adoption of new treatments; post-marketing surveillance of drug and device safety … Similarly when patient-level scores are rolled up to physician’s panel of patients or panels are rolled … The adequacy of EMR data to capture the relevant indicators of service delivery and service quality

145. Findings and Lessons From the Improving Management of Individuals With Complex Health Care Needs Through Health IT Grant Initiative (pdf file)
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     February 20, 2014 - Ambulatory Care Patient Safety Proactive Risk Assessment (FOA HS-07-003), which supported research … Research has demonstrated that health IT can improve patient safety and quality of care (Choudhry et … The PHR includes information on the care team, patient, diagnoses, goals and action steps, health indicators … The researchers evaluated the impact of the PHR on a set of standard quality indicators for hypertension … in the course of care delivery or self-management. 2 Intermediate outcomes are indicators that are

146. Health Information Technology and Improving Medication Use - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-and-improving-medication-use/annual-summary/2012
     January 01, 2012 - These cross-disciplinary cores supported projects soliciting information from patients about adverse … Interactive voice response is linked to a patient EHR to monitor patients taking these medications by … safety. … safety in the future. … of the American Informatics Association, and the Journal of Patient Safety.

147. Findings and Lessons From the Enabling Patient-Centered Care Through Health IT Grant Initiative (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2013 - Ambulatory Safety and Quality Findings and Lessons From the Enabling Patient-Centered Care Through … • Ambulatory Care Patient Safety Proactive Risk Assessment (FOA HS-07-003), which supported research … safety, and patients’ reported experiences with care, and are summarized in this report across four … , and other indicators; and other educa- tional resources that can promote self-management. … in the course of care delivery or self-management. 4 Intermediate outcomes are indicators that are impacted

148. Synthesizing Lessons Learned Using Health Information Technology - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r03hs018830-nemeth-final-report-2013.pdf
     January 01, 2013 - The studies focused on the following indicators and were funded by the following agencies. … TRIP-II (cardiovascular disease and stroke secondary prevention) AHRQ • A-TRIP (36 primary care indicators … alcohol screening, brief intervention) NIAAA • C-TRIP (CRC screening) NCI • MS-TRIP (medication safety … Field notes were taken regarding the Medication Safety component of the 2011 meeting that reflected … • Providers will close the loop with patient care, when staff members initiate patient services

149. Improving Laboratory Monitoring in Community Practices: A Randomized Trial - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs017201-simon-final-report-2012.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - safety in ambulatory care. … in the ambulatory setting and constitute an important target for patient safety and quality improvement … When test results are not acted on in a timely and appropriate manner, patients’ safety and satisfaction … Bates, has considerable expertise in the areas of ambulatory quality of care and patient safety, especially … Challenges The research study evaluated two important domains of patient safety: reduction of errors

150. Improving Patient Safety/Quality with HIT Implementation (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/uc1hs015284-reiling-final-report-2008.pdf
     January 01, 2008 - Deaths of patients in restraints vi. Patient falls. … Safe by design – patient safety in hospitals: a serious issue. … Safety culture and organizational issues: creating a culture of patient safety through innovative hospital … In: Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation. … Patient safety and quality: an evidence-based handbook for nurses.

151. HIT-Based Regional Medication Management Pharmacy System | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Type of Care Acute Care Specialty Care Health Care Theme Medication Management Patient … The Internet linked the MEDITECH patient information management system at each CAH to the urban hospital … urban pharmacists to CAH nursing staff and prescribers regarding medication orders positively impacted patient … Patients in geographically isolated rural CAHs received safer and more effective medication therapy than … Using Telehealth to Improve Quality and Safety: Findings from the AHRQ Health IT Portfolio (Prepared

152. Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation and Adoption of EHR in Home Care - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r21hs021008-sockolow-final-report-2014.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - essential for ensuring efficiency, patient safety, and quality of care. … It was a commercially available client-server application, and, as such, it was similar in architecture … health system outcomes such as morbidity, mortality, patient safety; costs of patient care; patient … We suggest that since clinicians are motivated to improve patient care and patient safety, sharing patient … Lastly, presenting information from the EHR in support of patient quality and safety efforts could improve

153. Issue Brief - 10 16 06 v4.pub (Read-Only) (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ImprovingQualityofHealthcareThruHIE.pdf
     January 01, 2007 - Interest in improving quality and safety, inefficiencies experienced by providers, and rising healthcare … improving quality" as a significant driver of their HIE efforts, while 82 percent cited "improving safety … , 70 percent cited "inefficiencies experienced by providers who need information to support patient … and a technical infrastructure to support secure electronic information sharing while protecting patient … eHI engages multiple stakeholders, including clinicians, consumer and patient groups, employers, health

154. Improving Safety and Quality with Outpatient Order Entry - 2008 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-safety-and-quality-outpatient-order-entry/annual-summary/2008
     January 01, 2008 - Impact and Findings: Before ACPOE implementation, 15 clinicians were observed, treating 193 patients … ; after ACPOE implementation, 15 clinicians were observed, treating 137 patients. … did not significantly impact the duration of time spent in clinic and time spent face-to-face with patients … analysis is under way to examine the impact on specific clinician clinic activities that occur between patient … communication among clinicians improved, and a decreasing proportion reported a worsening in the quality of patient-physician

155. Enabling Medication Management through Utilization of Health Information Technology - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enabling-medication-management-through-utilization-health-information/annual-summary/2011
     January 01, 2011 - systems will lead to a better understanding of how health IT improves or could improve the quality, safety … first-fill and refill dispensing of medications; 3) appropriate administering of medication, and; 4) patients … The report identified gaps in the evidence of the effects of MMIT applications in the domain of patient … A patient-centered focus for MMITs promises a new and exciting domain of study. … For example, what is important to nurses and pharmacists may not be viewed similarly by physicians or patients

156. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Patient Safety: Patient safety: the PROACT root cause analysis approach. … Determine what the patient would experience if the failure occurs. 6. … These are controls in place to prevent failures from getting to the patient. … , reduce its probability of occurring, or detect the problem after it has occurred but prior to the patient … This is an estimate of how well your controls can detect a cause or failure mode prior to the patient

157. Improving Quality through Decision Support for Evidence-Based Pharmacotherapy | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-quality-through-decision-support-evidence-based-pharmacotherapy
     January 01, 2023 - Completed Grant Number R18 HS017072 Funding Mechanism(s) Ambulatory Safety … Safety This project developed a decision support system for medication management. … medication errors, improve health care quality at an acceptable cost, and augment disease management for patients … The first was a clinic-directed intervention that generated patient-specific reports sent to clinics … second intervention was population-oriented, whereby weekly notices were sent to care managers about patients

158. The Medication Metronome Project - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs018648-atlas-final-report-2014.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - patient and provider needs. … Table 1: Patient characteristics by intervention and control group (3655 unique patients prescribed … due to their PCP leaving MGH, 1 patient switched to a new PCP and the remaining patients did not schedule … Results from patient surveys showed no significant differences in patient satisfaction with provider … National Web Conference on the Using Health IT to Reduce Medication Errors and Improve Patient Safety

159. Improving Direct Notification of Abnormal Test Results via Patient Portals | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - It can also prevent test results from being overlooked, a common patient safety concern, and help coordinate … Patient engagement and follow up was increased with portal use, as patients who received abnormal results … Portal Population: Adults Improving diagnostic safety in primary care by unlocking digital data … Improving diagnostic safety in primary care by unlocking digital data. … Releasing test results directly to patients: A multisite survey of physician perspectives.

160. RxSafe: Shared Medication Management and Decision Support for Rural Clinicians (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017102-gorman-final-report-2011.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - : The Role of Cognitive Decision Support Systems in Clinical Decision-Making & Patient Safety.” … “Healthcare Recovery: How the Science of Human Factors is Challenging Healthcare to Move Patient Safety … patient safety and increasing workload as clinicians re-enter data and work to resolve discrepancies … and provider client applications and a synchronization module to serialize data between the version … Push, pull, and merge operations for exchanging data among independent clients were implemented and