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1. AHRQ’s Work Helps Convince Army Medical Center to Reinstate E.D. Clinical Pharmacist | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2015 - Clinical Pharmacist SHARE: … Clinical Pharmacist Search All Impact Case Studies July 2015 Influenced by AHRQ-sponsored … Cartwright, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S., an emergency medicine clinical pharmacist. … “Though some were skeptical at first, the medical staff have expressed gratitude that a clinical pharmacist … Clinical Pharmacist. Content last reviewed July 2015.

2. Final Progress Report: Improving Safety After Hospitalization in Older Persons on High-Risk Medications (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2024 - The clinical pharmacist reviewed each of these tasks and remediated as needed. … Component 4 – Follow-Up Phone Call to Patient/Caregiver by Pharmacist: The clinical pharmacist assigned … did not participate as clinical pharmacists in the intervention. … Additionally, interviews were conducted with two clinical pharmacists who implemented the intervention … The clinical pharmacists identified 368 total medication issues for 173 (96%) of the 180 intervention

3. Final Progress Report: RESPOND Pharmacy Education Toolkit: AHRQ Final Report (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2024 - This project had three specific aims: 1) Develop policies and procedures for how community pharmacists … Our goal was to develop the toolkit and pilot test it with community pharmacists who work in a large … Changing community pharmacists’ opioid safety attitudes, self-efficacy, and knowledge with the RESPOND … Using the theory of planned behavior to investigate community pharmacists’ beliefs regarding engaging … Factors associated with provision of addiction treatment information by community pharmacists.

4. 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

5. Primarycareeffortstoreducereadmissions-Envscan (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2020 - • Intervention group: N=243 patients at clinic sites offering clinical pharmacist assessments … ; control group: N=251 patients at clinic sites not offering clinical pharmacists … problems with the retail pharmacist and prescribers. … At the post-discharge visit, patients were seen by a clinical pharmacist and a physician. … Medication review by clinical pharmacist, 3. Telehealth management and service coordination, 4.

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 4.0 … contact hours (0.4 CEUs) by PRIME® for pharmacists. … contact hours (0.8 CEUs) by PRIME® for pharmacists.

7. 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.

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. Final Progress Report: Implementation of a Medication Reconciliation Toolkit to Improve Patient Safety (MARQUIS2) (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - If there were differences, the pharmacist reviewed the medical record for a clinical explanation; if … Covariates were captured manually by each study pharmacist and included patient age, service (medical … A recent systematic review of 19 studies focused on pharmacist-led interventions found a significant … The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board are … Based on study pharmacist assessment.

12. Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - 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.

13. 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.

14. Shadowing (doc file)
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    August 08, 2012 - If you shadowed a pharmacist: Did the pharmacist face obstacles in dispensing on time?

15. 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.

16. 3. Which fall prevention practices do you want to use? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2013 - Nurses, physicians, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, patients, and families … around medications to ensure that physicians carefully consider pharmacists' recommendations. … Or, if attendance on rounds is not possible, pharmacists can place recommendations to change drug therapy … Pharmacists review medication profiles of patients. … Nurse practitioner has responsibility for trying to wean patients off narcotics, and clinical pharmacist

17. SOPS Community Pharmacy Survey Items and Composites (pdf file)
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    June 19, 2018 - We encourage patients to talk to pharmacists about their medications. B7. … Our pharmacists spend enough time talking to patients about how to use their medications. B11. … Our pharmacists tell patients important information about their new prescriptions.

18. 20 Tips To Help Prevent Medical Errors (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2011 - If you cannot read your doctor’s handwriting, your pharmacist might not be able to either. … Ask your pharmacist for the best device to measure your liquid medicine.

19. AHRQ Impact Case Studies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2015 - Increasing Access to MAT in Rural Primary Care Practices Cooperative Grants (1) KT Project for Pharmacists … (29) Policy (61) Pressure Ulcers (5) Prevention (66) Primary Care (13) Provider: Pharmacist … Clinical Pharmacist Impact Case Study Identifier: 2015-19 AHRQ Product(s): Research Topic(s): Patient

20. Speaking Plainly: Communicating the Patient’s Role in Health Care Safety (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2004 - For example, they indicated an unwillingness to check on medications dispensed by pharmacists (e.g. … Step two: keep and bring a list of ALL the medicines you take • Give your doctor and pharmacist a list … • Ask the pharmacist about your medicine if it looks different than you expected. … believed strongly that this step was needed to help patients better understand the different roles of pharmacists … Prescription errors tied to lack of advice: pharmacists skirting law, Mass. study finds.