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221. Health Information Technology Support for Safe Nursing Care (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/health_information_technology_support_for_safe_nursing_care_2009_update_pdf_2.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - Ideally, members of a patient’s interdependent team, which may include numerous clinicians caring for patients … Units were chosen to represent a wide range of: patient types, including medical-surgical, neurology, … safety. … safety. … Patient safety and quality: An evidence based handbook for nurses.

222. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Special Study – Pilot Testing of Electronic Prescribing Standards | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/centers-medicare-medicaid-services-special-study-%E2%80%93-pilot-testing-electronic
     January 01, 2023 - Safety This project, part of five grants awarded by the Agency for Healthcare Research … In addition, the study evaluated the impact of e-prescribing on workflow, patient safety, and drug utilization … To measure the impact of electronic prescribing on patient safety and drug utilization in those practices … There was major concern about patient identity matching. … The evaluation indicated that e-prescribing has a positive effect on patient safety.

223. Using Health IT to Determine Medication Adherence: Findings from the AHRQ Health IT Portfolio (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/10-0010-EF.pdf
     November 01, 2009 - Background 2 AHRQ ASQ Program and Grants The purpose of AHRQ’s Ambulatory Safety and Quality (ASQ … ) Program is to improve the safety and quality of ambulatory health care in the United States. … This project expands and tests the use of a Virtual Patient Advocate (VPA) to interact with patients … Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety Brian Jack* Virtual Patient Advocate … The project seeks to improve care quality and safety in an ambulatory care setting through clinical

224. Using Health IT to Determine Medication Adherence (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/lesson/10-0010-ef-medication-adherence.pdf
     November 01, 2009 - Intern Med 2000;160: 2129-34. 2 AHRQ ASQ Program and Grants The purpose of AHRQ’s Ambulatory Safety … and Quality (ASQ) Program is to improve the safety and quality of ambulatory health care in the United … e-Rx functions (safety alerts and, dispensed drug history) and the effect of e-Rx on processes of … Tracking (PhaST): Managing Medications for Patient Safety The project’s goal is to improve the … and tests the use of a Virtual Patient Advocate (VPA) to interact with patients during the transition

225. Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Transmission of Discharge Medication Lists | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Completed Grant Number R18 HS017029 Funding Mechanism(s) Ambulatory Safety … approximately 8 to 21 percent of prescriptions and adverse drug events (ADEs) affect 25 percent of patients … This project used three approaches to measure the impact of electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) on patient … safety in the ambulatory setting. … Transitioning between electronic health records: effects on ambulatory prescribing safety.

226. A prospective randomised trial comparing individualised pharmacokinetic dosage prediction for aminoglycosides with prediction based on estimated creatinine clearance in critically ill patients | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
     digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/prospective-randomised-trial
     January 01, 1989 - prediction for aminoglycosides with prediction based on estimated creatinine clearance in critically ill patients … Design:  RCT Outcomes:  Impact on health care effectivness/quality Summary: Settings:  Critically ill patients … Quality of Care and Patient Safety Outcome:  Ninety-two percent of patients in the computer group achieved … concentrations within the optimum range of 6-10 mg/l at 48-72 h compared with 21% of control group patients

227. Improving Quality through Health Information Technology: Testing the Feasibility and Assessing the Impact of Using Existing Health Information Technology Infrastructure for Better Care Delivery (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/improving_quality_through_health_information_technology_2009_update_2.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - Business Goal: Synthesis and Dissemination Target Population: Cancer, HIV/AIDS, Safety Net Summary … automated feedback reports documenting organizational and provider-level performance on laboratory indicators … with HIV and patients in need of cervical cancer screening. … One reason may be that some patients receive followup care at other clinical sites, and this is not … Patients in the study who were seeking HIV care at the CHCs tended to be aware of their status and knew

228. Comprehensive Information Technology Solution for Quality and Patient Safety (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/comprehensive_information_tech_2009_update_2.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - Comprehensive Information Technology Solution for Quality and Patient Safety … COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION FOR QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY  1 … Approximately 160 patient charts were examined for each time period: 40 patients from each general care … Using staff perceptions on patient safety as a tool for improving safety culture in a pediatric hospital … COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION FOR QUALITY AND PATIENT SAFETY  3

229. The AHRQ Health IT Value Grant Initiative: A Programmatic Review of the Peer-Reviewed Literature (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/THQITvalue020612.pdf
     June 01, 2010 - Four address quality of care and six address patient safety. … the category of patient safety and e-prescribing. … safety.38 Communication is key to both patient safety and health care quality. … Quality and Patient Safety Authors of one publication develop a 10-Rights Framework for patient care … Safety Indicators (PSIs) and Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQIs), combined with discharge data, to

230. 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.

231. Optimizing Medication History Value in Clinical Encounters with Elderly Patients (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017150-lapane-final-report-2010.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - , thus promoting partnership with patients The Specific Aims were: and empowering patients to participate … medications that had well accepted concerns associated with their use including limited efficacy or safety … reports of ambulatory care quality and safety for their providers, the percent of eligible patients … are able to access reports of ambulatory care quality and safety for their providers, or the percent … Older Americans 2004: Key Indicators of Well-Being.

232. 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

233. Improving Safety and Quality with Outpatient Order Entry (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/improving_safety_and_quality_with_outpatient_order_entry_2009_update_pdf_2.pdf
     January 01, 2009 - Improving Safety and Quality with Outpatient Order Entry IMPROVING SAFETY AND QUALITY … Impact and Findings: Before ACPOE implementation, 15 clinicians were observed, treating 193 patients … ; after ACPOE implementation, 15 clinicians were observed, treating 137 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

234. 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.

235. Improving Medication Management Practices and Care Transitions Through Technology (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/r18hs017837-feldman-annual-summary-2012.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - Improving Medication Management Practices and Care Transitions Through Technology AMBULATORY SAFETY … Organization: Visiting Nurse Service of New York Mechanism: RFA: HS08-002: Ambulatory Safety and Quality … | IMPROVING MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CARE TRANSITIONS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AMBULATORY SAFETY … knowledge of medications, or patient medication management. … | IMPROVING MEDICATION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CARE TRANSITIONS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AMBULATORY SAFETY

236. Using IT to Improve the Quality of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prevention & Management - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-it-improve-quality-cardiovascular-disease-cvd-prevention-and-management/annual-summary/2010
     January 01, 2010 - Kaiser Foundation Research Institute Funding Mechanism RFA: HS07-002: Ambulatory and Safety … related physicians’ prior index scores to subsequent disease incidence and to care utilization in their patients … scores would be associated with lower rates of incident CVD and health care utilization within each patient … addressed including organizational deficiencies, clinician failure to recommend appropriate services, and patient … In settings where EMR data are accessible to providers and patients, the PI and DMI evaluate care based

237. Embedding guidelines into direct physician order entry: simple methods, powerful results | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
     digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/embedding-guidelines-direct
     January 01, 1999 - Settings:  Kaiser Permanente in the Northwest Region, which has a membership of membership of 440,000 patients … Intervention:  A computer-based patient record (CPR) with direct physician order-entry, including guidelines … system also documents encounters, codes diagnoses and procedures, maintains problem lists, and sends patient-specific … Quality of Care and Patient Safety Outcome:  The percent of upper-GI radiology tests that conformed to

238. Using Information Technology for Patient-Centered Communication and Decisionmaking about Medications - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-information-technology-patient-centered-communication-and-decisionmaking/annual-summary/2011
     January 01, 2011 - Organization Northwestern University Funding Mechanism RFA: HS07-007: Ambulatory Safety … fragmentation of care, proliferation of information sources, and numerous obstacles experienced by patients … This study integrated interventions that target patients, providers, and the overall practice system … In advance of their physician visit at a multispecialty primary care center, patients received the materials … list, the patient's functional understanding of his/her medication regimen, questions on adherence and safety

239. 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

240. AHRQ Health Information Technology Portfolio’s 2009 Annual Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/Abridged_ReportHIT2009.pdf
     November 17, 2011 - Applicants were expected to demonstrate how patient-centered care can improve health outcomes, patient … safety, and patients’ reported experience with care. … Key Performance Indicators In 2009, the NRC monitored key performance indicators of visits to and information … The monthly key performance indicators for visits to the NRC Web site were:  The mean number of visitors … However, there are no definitive answers regarding relative increases observed among key usage indicators