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1. 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."

2. New Models of Primary Care Workforce and Financing - Case Example #3: Fairview Health Services (pdf file)
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   October 01, 2016 - The pharmacist-provided MTM services, which won the 2004 American Pharmacists Association Foundation … agreement with the Fairview Medical Group (consisting of Fairview’s primary care clinics) allowing the retail … MTM Pharmacist: The MTM pharmacist is considered a provider in the Fairview system. … which monitors and manages patients on anticoagulant medication, is nurse led, but supervised by a clinical … Collaborative Practice Agreements and Pharmacists’ Patient Care Services: A Resource for Pharmacists.

3. Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacists and Patients (ppt file)
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   January 01, 2010 - Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacists and Patients Strategies to Improve Communication … Between Pharmacists and Patients [Presenters Names Here] Developed by Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc and … As pharmacists wrap up a patient encounter, they often solicit questions from the patient, in part to … Each person should have a chance to play the pharmacist. … Was it easier for the third pharmacist than the first?

4. 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

5. 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.

6. Advancing Health Literacy Practices in Pharmacy through Quality Improvement—Part I | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2020 - Pharmacists and pharmacies have a role in improving quality. … Source: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. … Observe what happens: How did pharmacists, staff, patients react? … Sources: 1) American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. … Sources: 1) American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

7. 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).

8. Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacists and Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   September 01, 2020 - Text version of the slide presentation on strategies to improve communication between pharmacists and … Slide 1 Strategies to Improve Communication Between Pharmacists and Patients Users can enter the … This slide explains that the group will divide into groups of 3 to roleplay scenarios among a pharmacist … After each round, the "observer" will provide feedback to the "pharmacist." … Each person should have a chance to play the pharmacist.  

9. PowerPoint Presentation
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   March 01, 2011 - Additionally, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and other pharmacy staff’s communication with patients … Finally, there may be limited understanding among pharmacists of what are good communication and other … American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. … Educating Pharmacy Students and Pharmacists to Improve Quality (EPIQ). … American Pharmacists Association Meeting in Seattle, WA. March 2011. Warholak TL, Nau DP. (2010).

10. Process
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    March 01, 2011 - SOURCE: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. … SOURCES: 1) American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. … SOURCES: 1) American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. … American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. … Educating Pharmacy Students and Pharmacists to Improve Quality (EPIQ).

11. Activity Guides | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Describe three strategies that pharmacists can use to minimize challenges for patients. … Summarize questions pharmacists think patients could benefit from asking. … Ask a pharmacist for a 5-minute informal interview. … could ask other specific questions to help them and how pharmacists could encourage patients to ask … , and how pharmacists can help address barriers and encourage patients to ask those questions.

12. 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

13. 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.

14. Advancing Health Literacy Practices in Pharmacy through Quality Improvement—Part II | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Literacy QI (cont'd) There are several opportunities to improve the health literacy practices of pharmacists … American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. March 2011. … Slide 20 References American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. … Educating Pharmacy Students and Pharmacists to Improve Quality (EPIQ). … American Pharmacists Association Meeting in Seattle, WA. March 2011.

15. Chapter 5. Education and Training | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - Education and Training Strategy Multidisciplinary training (i.e., physicians, nurses, and pharmacists … It is also important that physicians, nurses, and pharmacists understand how the medication reconciliation … Patient's own medication list. * When nurses and/or pharmacists learn new information during medication … Developing scripts for nurses and pharmacists for clarifying medication discrepancies with physicians … Using pharmacists in the emergency room or on floors to perform medication histories or having pharmacy

16. 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.

17. Appendix 5: Health Literacy Assessment Facilitator's Guide for Patient Focus Groups | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - physically, to talk to or hear the pharmacist? … Doctors and pharmacists often use medical words that patients may not understand. … Does your pharmacist use complicated words? … If YES: How do the pharmacists adapt to your needs? PROBE: Do they speak louder or slower? … Are you comfortable with the way the pharmacists work with you? If YES: Why?

18. 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

19. Appendix, MATCH Resources for Patients | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists … (ASHP) is a national professional society comprised of pharmacists who work with doctors and other … The mission of ASHP is to support pharmacists to help people use medications safely and effectively.

20. Figure 3: Medication Reconciliation Upon Admission: High Level Process Map After Redesign (Text Description) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2022 - In the second direction, depending on the care unit, nurse and/or pharmacist verify medication history … Forms: Created standardized approach for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists for medication reconciliation … Creates standardized process for nurses and pharmacists to identify, resolve, and document followup on … Nurse (or pharmacist in ICUs) prompted to confirm history and reconcile with current orders. … Pharmacist performs final reconciliation and followup on unresolved or outstanding unintended discrepancies