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1. Medication Management: Procedure: Engaging Your Patient To Create a Medication List (pdf file)
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   January 17, 2017 - Write down the medication name, prescribed dose, and prescribed frequency. b. … Check on the form whether the patient is taking the medication as prescribed. f. … If the patient is not taking the medication as prescribed, try to find out why. g. … Make the clinician aware of any prescription that is not being taken as prescribed and the reason, if

2. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Nasal Mupirocin for MRSA Carriers With Devices (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2022 - What if my patients have been prescribed other nasal medications? … If the patient’s doctor has prescribed or recommended other nasal medicines, the patient should continue … to use them as prescribed. … Because mupirocin is a prescribed drug, it is possible to track administration across units and to ensure … What if my patients have been prescribed other nasal medications?

3. FAQs (Staff): Nasal Mupirocin for MRSA-Positive Patients With Devices (doc file)
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   March 01, 2022 - What if my patients have been prescribed other nasal medications? … If the patient’s doctor has prescribed or recommended other nasal medicines, the patient should continue … to use them as prescribed. … Because mupirocin is a prescribed drug, it is possible to track administration across units and to ensure … For example, if a patient refuses to take prescribed blood pressure medication, staff would try to encourage

4. Medication Management: Sample Process for Medication Management Strategy (pdf file)
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   January 12, 2017 - Patients are asked to bring in all the medications they take, both prescribed and over the counter. … For each, write down the medication name, prescribed dose, and prescribed frequency. b. … Indicate on the Medication List form whether the patient is taking the medication as prescribed. … If the patient is not taking the medication as prescribed, try to find out why. g. … Make the clinician aware of any prescription that is not being taken as prescribed and the reason, if

5. Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing? – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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   September 01, 2022 - Slide 4 Antibiotic Overuse SAY: At least 30 percent of all antibiotics prescribed in ambulatory practices … He is diagnosed with bronchitis and prescribed 10 days of levofloxacin.   … dysuria and was diagnosed with cystitis, a different antibiotic and a shorter course could have been prescribed … cystitis can generally be treated with between 3 and 5 days of antibiotics, depending on the agent prescribed … Clinicians may also worry about reactions from patients or family members if antibiotics are not prescribed

6. Practice Member Survey Code Book (pdf file)
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   January 01, 2014 - 7 C_guidelines1 Collaboratively determined core item Patients diagnosed with ASCVD should be prescribed … Collaboratively determined core item Patient with a primary elevation of LDL >190mg/dL should be prescribed … of DM, between 40-75 years old, with LDL between 70-189 mg/dL, and no diagnosis of ASCVD should be prescribed … a statin: Off Patient with a primary elevation of LDL >190mg/dL should be prescribed a statin: Off … of DM, between 40-75 years old, with LDL between 70-189 mg/dL, and no diagnosis of ASCVD should be prescribed

7. Addressing Questions Asked by Staff: Nasal Iodophor for MRSA Carriers With Devices (pdf file)
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   March 01, 2022 - What if my patient has been prescribed other nasal medications? … If the patient’s doctor has prescribed or recommended other nasal medicines, the patient should continue … to use them as prescribed. … What if my patient has been prescribed other nasal medications?

8. Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing? – Slides
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   September 01, 2022 - Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care 4 5 Antibiotic Overuse 30% of antibiotics prescribed … Prescribed 10 days of levofloxacin. … colony-forming units per mL of E. coli susceptible to all tested antibiotics 7-day course of ciprofloxacin prescribed … Promoting antibiotic stewardship can improve patient outcomes by ensuring the most effective antibiotic is prescribed

9. Medication List (Note Sheet) (pdf file)
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   November 30, 2017 - ___________ Date of Birth: __________________________ Date of Visit: ___________________________ Prescribed … Y/N Taking as Prescribed?

10. FAQs (Staff): Nasal Iodophor for MRSA-Positive Patients With Devices (doc file)
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    March 01, 2022 - What if my patient has been prescribed other nasal medications? … If the patient’s doctor has prescribed or recommended other nasal medicines, the patient should continue … to use them as prescribed.

11. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - annual sustainability plan is to examine the proportion of clinic visits for which antibiotics are prescribed … three of the “never antibiotics” diagnoses—that is, diagnoses for which antibiotics should never be prescribed … Then, review the proportion of these visits for which an antibiotic was prescribed. … In this example, the proportion of visits in which an antibiotic was prescribed went down over time for … changes, the practice had a decrease in the proportion of influenza visits for which antibiotics were prescribed

12. Staying Active and Healthy with Blood Thinners - Transcript | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2015 - Transcript Special Report: Blood Thinner Medications Narrator: Recently, your doctor has prescribed … So you've recently been prescribed blood thinner pills. … Either way, it is important to remember to take your medication exactly as your doctor prescribed. … We've explained why your doctor may have prescribed it, and we've shared a number of things to keep in

13. Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2015 - ___________________________________________________ 1 About Your Blood Thinner Your doctor has prescribed … ■ Does the medicine seem different from what your doctor prescribed or look different from what … Your Other Doctors Because you take a blood thinner, you will be seen regularly by the doctor who prescribed … ■ Wear gardening gloves when doing yard work. 8 Food and Your Blood Thinner If your doctor has prescribed

14. Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2023 - Blood Thinner Food and Your Blood Thinner Blood Tests   About Your Blood Thinner Your doctor has prescribed … Does the medicine seem different from what your doctor prescribed or look different from what you expected … Your Other Doctors Because you take a blood thinner, you will be seen regularly by the doctor who prescribed … Return to Contents   Food and Your Blood Thinner If your doctor has prescribed warfarin, the foods

15. Preventing Medication Errors in Ambulatory Care: The Importance of Establishing Regimen Concordance (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2004 - missed doses during the prior 30 days, and (2) concordance between patients’ and providers’ reports of prescribed … Finally, we classified each regimen as “complex” if the prescribed warfarin regimen deviated beyond … Communication, compliance, and concordance between physicians and patients with prescribed medications … Is this patient taking the treatment as prescribed? JAMA 1993 269(21):2779– 81. 17. … Helping patients follow prescribed treatment: clinical applications.

16. 20 Tips To Help Prevent Medical Errors (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2011 - Ask for information about your medicines in terms you can understand—both when your medicines are prescribed … When you pick up your medicine from the pharmacy, ask: Is this the medicine that my doctor prescribed

17. Final Progress Report: Improving Safety After Hospitalization in Older Persons on High-Risk Medications (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - effectiveness of a clinical trial focused on older patients recently discharged from the hospital who were prescribed … for Healthcare Research and Quality) who were recently discharged from the hospital and who had been prescribed … and (3) having an additional risk factor that raises the potential for medication safety concerns (prescribed … two or more high-risk medications, low health literacy, having a caregiver, nonadherence to prescribed … medication regimen, or polypharmacy [defined as being prescribed > seven medications]).

18. Communicating with Patients and Families around Antibiotic Decisions - Slides
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    September 01, 2022 - First Scenario – Past Experience  Prior Experience With Clinicians Problem: Another clinician has prescribed … Scenario – Concern Friend or Family Member With Different Management Problem: Another clinician has prescribed

19. Language, Literacy, and Communication Regarding Medication in an Anticoagulation Clinic: Are Pictures Better Than Words? (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2004 - Bilingual research assistants asked patients to (1) verbalize their prescribed weekly warfarin regimen … Clinicians frequently make management decisions by first assessing adherence to the prescribed warfarin … Communication, compliance, and concordance between physicians and patients with prescribed medications … Is this patient taking the treatment as prescribed? JAMA 1993;269(21):2779– 81. 17. … Helping patients follow prescribed treatment: clinical applications.

20. Implementing Antibiotic Stewardship in Your Practice – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Further, approximately 30 percent of all antibiotics prescribed in ambulatory settings are likely unnecessary … throughout the practice to remind patients, families, and clinicians that antibiotics will only be prescribed