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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 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. Improving Patient Safety in Community Pharmacies: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2023 - recently released health literacy tools, curricular modules for pharmacy faculty, and resources for pharmacists … doi.org/10.21019/9781582122304.ch1 (abstract; account required for full access) This guidebook helps pharmacists … /beatingjobstress-1010 Heavy workloads and long hours make stress management a critical skill for pharmacists … With a basic knowledge of coping strategies, pharmacists can overcome stress to achieve their personal … Pharmacists can use the materials and tools in this manual to pinpoint specific areas of weakness in

13. EvidenceNow Executive Summary - Midwest Cooperative (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2017 - cholesterol interventions so that practices can conduct direct outreach, developing partnerships with community … pharmacists to enhance team-based blood pressure care, and connecting documented smokers to local … Health Outcomes: Reducing Clinical Inertia for Controlling Hypertension [2017] • Partnering with Pharmacists

14. 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.

15. TeamSTEPPS Fundamentals Course: Module 3. Communication | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2019 - Physician; SBAR_INPTMED_2.mpg) Call-Out Video (Call-Out_LandD_2.mpg) Check-Back Video (Resident to Pharmacist … Pharmacist was the sender. … The pharmacist says "Correct". What communication errors were avoided? … Pharmacist did not rely on memory to give correct dosing information. … Video Time: 00:15 seconds Materials: Check-Back Video (Resident to Pharmacist; Check-Back_INPTSURG

16. PBRN Registry Search | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 25, 2024 - least 75% are pediatricians or specialize in child health) (22) Pharmacy Network (at least 75% are pharmacists … specialize in child health) Network Status: Established State: Ohio University of Tennessee Pharmacist … Practice Based Research Network Acronym: UT Pharm Net Network Type: Pharmacy Network (at least 75% are pharmacists

17. 2019 Community Pharmacy SOPS Database Report Executive Summary Infograpic (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2019 - AVERAGE NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED PER WEEK 700 or fewer 85% highest STAFF POSITION Pharmacists

18. AHRQ Grantee Profiles | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - helped ensure that warnings for drug-drug interactions are appropriate and useful to clinicians and pharmacists … 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.”

19. Health Literacy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - Advancing Pharmacy Health Literacy Practices Through Quality Improvement : Training modules to help pharmacist

20. EvidenceNOW: Midwest Cooperative | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2021 - cholesterol interventions so that practices can conduct direct outreach, developing partnerships with community … pharmacists to enhance team-based blood pressure care, and connecting documented smokers to local quit … Improving Health Outcomes: Reducing Clinical Inertia for Controlling Hypertension [2017] Partnering with Pharmacists