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1. AHRQ Research Inspires Efforts at Banner Desert To Reduce Drug Errors in E.D. Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2018 - Clinical pharmacists at the 549-bed hospital now depend on pharmacy technicians to work with E.D. patients … time for nurses and doctors who previously collected the information, and is making the hospital's clinical … pharmacist program more effective. … Hays, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S., found that pharmacists in the E.D. often devoted an inordinate amount of time … nurses; when issues arose, they "resulted in a significant amount of time spent on the back end by pharmacists

2. AHRQ Research Helps Pharmacists in Mentoring Program to Reduce Drug Errors in Emergency Departments | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2014 - goal of this ongoing mentoring experience is to encourage the creation of permanent programs featuring clinical … services they found helpful, and to gather ideas about how an emergency pharmacist program might be … The program has attracted pharmacists already working in emergency departments, as well as pharmacists … whose institutions are interested in establishing an emergency pharmacist program. … A small hospital, for example, may not be able to afford a dedicated emergency pharmacist."

3. Improving Medication Safety for Older Adults | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2022 - AHRQ, I have been able to look at medication safety from a systems perspective and develop tools that community … pharmacists can use to reduce patient harm.” … Chui aims to prevent ADEs in seniors by providing community pharmacists with interventions to improve … With funding from AHRQ, she designed and implemented a medication information resource for pharmacists … making older adults aware of high-risk OTC medications would facilitate their communication with a pharmacist

4. Improving Patient Safety in Healthcare | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   December 01, 2023 - University School of Medicine, received a 2-year AHRQ grant in 2005 to evaluate an emergency medicine clinical … events, and interviewed ED physicians and nurses to understand their perception of the value of the clinical … pharmacist, learn which pharmacist services they found helpful, and gather ideas on ideal ways to structure … an ED pharmacist program. … expanded his work by serving as a mentor for a program developed by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

5. Pharmacy Health Literacy Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2023 - CPE credits available for pharmacists. … America's Pharmacist 2006; December:63-71. Brown L. … Low health literacy: What pharmacists can do to help. J Am Pharm Assoc 2006;46(1):4-6. … Frontline pharmacist. Am J Health-Sys Pharm 2005;62(4):364-5. Select for abstract . … Hospital Pharmacist 2006;41:542-551. Wolf MS, Davis TC, Curtis, LM, et al (2016).

6. Accreditation and Continuing Education Units | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   March 01, 2024 - Pharmacist Credit Designation Statement - This Application-based activity has been approved for 16.0 … contact hours (1.6 CEUs) by PRIME ® for pharmacists. … Pharmacist Credit Designation Statement - This Application-based activity has been approved for 8.0 … contact hours (0.8 CEUs) by PRIME® for pharmacists. … contact hours (0.4 CEUs) by PRIME® for pharmacists.

7. Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   November 01, 2020 - List of Doctors and Pharmacists Medicine Wallet Card Questions To Ask Before Taking Medicine Notes … Keep a Record of Your Medicines Records     List Your Doctors and Pharmacists Here     Medicine Wallet … If you have other questions or concerns: Talk to your doctor or pharmacist. … Ask your pharmacist for help finding the right product for you. … Have them show the pharmacist your list of medicines, vitamins, and supplements.

8. AHRQ Pharmacy Health Literacy Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2024 - , and Funding AHRQ Pharmacy Health Literacy Center This site provides pharmacists … Resources for pharmacists interested in understanding more about health literacy. … Pharmacists are responsible for making sure patients obtain the maximum positive health outcomes from … Pharmacists care for patients with low to high education levels, low to high incomes, and multiple races … Pharmacists are one of the most accessible health care providers.

9. AHRQ Health Literacy Tools for Use in Pharmacies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2024 - Funding AHRQ Health Literacy Tools for Use in Pharmacies This site provides pharmacists … The training program: Introduces pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other pharmacy staff to the … Get started: Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacists and Patients: Curriculum Guide … In the randomized control study of the Re-Engineered Discharge (RED), a pharmacist conducted these calls

10. Ohio Veterans’ Facility Relied on AHRQ Resource to Develop Diabetes Initiative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Clinical pharmacists can change medications and adjust dosages quickly, without a patient needing an … “We have found that having pharmacists work directly with patients is usually a huge relief to patients … She added, “Not only do our pharmacists use our screening tool, our primary care doctors also use it.

11. Chapter 3. Developing Change: Designing the Medication Reconciliation Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - This list should be shared and utilized by all physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and others caring for … the physician signs off on the admission order set, this could trigger a task for the nurse and/or pharmacist … Depending on the care unit, incorporating medication reconciliation steps into the nurse and/or pharmacist … Nurse and/or Pharmacist Prompting . … Enlist the support of primary care physicians and community pharmacists to encourage patients to carry

12. Medication Management: Common Barriers to Medication Adherence (pdf file)
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    January 11, 2017 - or cell phone alarm; simplify the regimen if possible; provide information on PillPack*; suggest pharmacist … Consider switching to once-a-day or combination therapy; simplify the regimen if possible; suggest pharmacist … ensure your patient understands; use color-coded stickers to indicate dosing; use visual aids; suggest pharmacist … Toolkit and Training Guide for Primary Care Providers and Pharmacists.

13. TeamSTEPPS Video Debrief Guide: Debrief in Emergency Department (pdf file)
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    August 31, 2023 - • Pharmacist Mario prepared medications (Task Assistance). … • Pharmacist Mario and Nurse Chris communicated clearly about medications given, so there was good

14. TeamSTEPPS Fundamentals Course: Module 7. Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2014 - The written order is then sent to the pharmacist. … The pharmacist misreads the poorly written transcription as "1 Amp Norcuron." … Nurse Givens then returns to the pharmacist, who dispenses Norcuron. … The pharmacist would have done a check-back on the irregular order. … Nurse Givens would have done a check-back and challenged the order to the pharmacist or physician.

15. 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 - Pharmacists' recommendations to improve care transitions. Ann Pharmacother. 2012;46(9):1152-1159. … Effect of a care transition intervention by pharmacists: an RCT. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014;14:406. … Effect of clinical pharmacist intervention on medication discrepancies following hospital discharge. … Impact of pharmacist discharge medication therapy counseling and disease state education: Pharmacist … New drug information resources for pharmacists at the National Library of Medicine.

16. Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2019 User Database Report (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2019 - are independent, while nationally 36 percent of community pharmacies are independent.1 1 National Community … Pharmacists Association. … Our pharmacists tell patients important information about their new prescriptions. … Our pharmacists tell patients important information about their new prescriptions. … We encourage patients to talk to pharmacists about their medications.

17. Gap Analysis for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs (doc file)
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    November 01, 2019 - ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ N/A Pharmacist Leadership Has a pharmacist leader been identified? … ☐ Yes ☐ No Is the pharmacist leader trained in infectious diseases? … Number: FTE for pharmacist leader: FTE for other AS pharmacists: Does ASP have access to a data … ☐ ASP members ☐ Non-AS infectious disease physicians ☐ Non-ASP pharmacists ☐ Front-line prescriber content … ☐ No ☐ Yes: Nurses ☐ Yes: Pharmacists ☐ Yes: Prescribers ☐ Yes: Other(s) How frequently does your

18. Massachusetts Hospital Improves Medication Reconciliation With AHRQ Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Specifically, the pharmacist now focuses on the tasks of obtaining and documenting a medication history … "Pharmacists use their expertise to review orders from the acute care hospital; identify concerns about

19. Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - where you receive care, you may be seen by a doctor, nurse, physician’s assistant, nurse practitioner, pharmacist … If something seems different, ask the pharmacist to double check it. … Following is a list of some common medicines that you should talk with your doctor or pharmacist about … If you use different pharmacies, make sure each pharmacist knows that you take a blood thinner.

20. First-of-Its-Kind Study Examines Disparities in Healthcare Costs and Outcomes of Cigarette Smoking in the United States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - AHRQ in the Professional Literature Pharmacist-led, checklist intervention did not improve adherence … Multicomponent pharmacist intervention did not reduce clinically important medication errors for ambulatory … Impact of a pharmacist intervention on DOAC knowledge and satisfaction in ambulatory patients.