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181. Final Progress Report: Proactive Risk Reduction in Medication Prescribing in the Ambulatory Setting (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/field2-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Scope Background Drugs are widely prescribed in the ambulatory setting. … prescription medication use in 2005 found that 50% of adults over the age of 18 were taking at least one prescribed … well-designed randomized trial of a pharmacist intervention directed at lowering the number of medications prescribed … Liver and thyroid monitoring in ambulatory patients prescribed amiodarone in 10 HMOs. … Laboratory evaluation of potassium and creatinine among ambulatory patients prescribed spironolactone

182. Final Progress Report: Medication Management at Home: Patient-Identified Processes and Risk Assessment (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/minnitti-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - SCOPE An increasing number of drugs are prescribed to mitigate the long-term risks of chronic conditions … In fact, 30-50% of patients with chronic disease might not take their medications as prescribed (5). … study population comprised 50-75 year olds who had at least one chronic condition and had taken a prescribed … Interviews averaged 1 hour each, during which a chart was compiled of all current prescribed medications … Sometimes, those practices fail, and medication is not taken as planned or as prescribed.

183. Final Progress Report: Cardio-HIT Phase II (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/kmetik-otoole-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - physicians receive “equal credit” for patients who receive the appropriate care (e.g., patients who are prescribed … data across a diverse set of EHR systems, the interface template identified the submission of the prescribed … o The “true exception” rate for which an exception was reported and no drug was prescribed, across all … o The “true exception” rate for which an exception was reported and no drug was prescribed, across all … We believe that the cases for which an exception was noted but the physician prescribed the drug demonstrate

184. Final Progress Report: Rural Trial of Clinic Order Entry With Decision Support (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/samore-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - user convenience and speed of prescribing, it defaults to the most often used schedule for repeatedly prescribed … checker was a feature of the tool that provided the clinician with a warning when a drug was being prescribed … routinely occurred even after implementation of the CCOE tool in order to document electronically prescribed … An antibiotic was prescribed in 65% percent of the URI visits. … Across individual clinics, the fraction of URI visits prescribed an antibiotic ranged from 51% to 80%

185. Developing a Community-Wide Electronic Shared Medication List (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Stock_113.pdf
     June 15, 2005 - The medication list included both prescribed and nonprescribed medications. … • Most patients said they would indicate on the medication list whether they were not taking a prescribed … the accurate list was the one they documented in the EMR, which identified the medications they had prescribed … • Patients often did not tell their doctor that they were not taking a prescribed medication due … Any new prescribed medications are checked for interactions/conflicts with an updated, reconciled medication

186. Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in the Nursing Home (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/clinicians-providers/iadapt/gurwitz.pdf
     January 01, 2014 - U.S. nursing homes is extraordinarily high; nationally, over 20% of all nursing home residents are prescribed

187. Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children With Sickle Cell Disease (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-135-fullreport.pdf
     February 01, 2017 - (For children unable to tolerate penicillin, erythromycin may be prescribed.) … This system will provide an actual prescribed medication, date, and prescribers’ signature, which will … be an accurate marker for the timeliness of prescribed medications. … , electronically transmitted prescriptions and certain other information for covered Part D drugs prescribed … Orders will facilitate knowing the medication and dosing regimen prescribed for prophylactic antibiotics

188. Use of First-Line Psychosocial Care for Children and Adolescents on Antipsychotics (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-148-fullreport.pdf
     February 01, 2019 - Studies have found that antipsychotics are increasingly being prescribed for children who have conditions … A study of privately insured children 2–5 years of age found that only 40 percent who were prescribed … Analysis of Medicaid data shows that youth in foster care are more likely to be prescribed antipsychotics … these trends suggest that access to psychosocial interventions for minority and foster care youth prescribed … This study also found that youth 12–17 years who are prescribed antipsychotics are less likely to receive

189. Toolkit 2. Common Suspected Infections: Communication and Decisionmaking for Four Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit2-communications-and-decisionmaking.html
     November 01, 2016 - reduce inappropriate prescribing for the four infections for which antibiotics are most frequently prescribed

190. Appendix C8: Fall Interventions Plan Sample | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/injuries/fallspx/apcfigtxt8.html
     December 01, 2017 - wheelchair    ___ Check brakes and instruct pt on use ___ Seating modifications    ___ Use all prescribed

191. Prescribing Safety in Ambulatory Care: Physician Perspectives (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Rundall.pdf
     January 01, 2003 - focused on the difficulty physicians have in managing patients’ medications when medications are being prescribed … what the active ingredient in the drug is, such as taking Tylenol OTC (over the counter), and getting prescribed

192. Final Progress Report: Auditory Perception of Drug Names: Neighborhood Effects (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/lambert3-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - than were names with few neighbors or names whose neighbors were rarely prescribed (FWNP2, b=1.44, … 186 times more frequently prescribed than the target. … For errors that went in the direction of the more frequently prescribed name, the mean difference in … Drugs with more similar neighbors, and especially with frequently prescribed similar neighbors, are … more likely to be confused than are drugs with fewer and less frequently prescribed neighbors.

193. Antibiotic-Targets-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/antibiotic-targets-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - The first question asks staff to describe the next patient scenario for which antibiotics will not be prescribed … look at and answer question 1: “Describe the next patient scenario for which antibiotics may not be prescribed … This leads to unnecessary antibiotics prescribed for residents with positive urine cultures.

194. Investigating Interventions to Reduce Unsafe Use of Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-grigoryan.html
     November 01, 2024 - Using antibiotics inappropriately—for instance, not finishing all doses prescribed—leads to increased

195. Final Progress Report: Pediatric patient safety learning laboratory to re-engineer continuous physiologic monitoring systems (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-05/bonafide-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - METHODS In accordance with the Patient Safety Learning Lab (PSLL) RFA, we followed the prescribed approach … characterizing (1) actual use of SpO2, (2) perceived alarm burden, and (3) barriers to SpO2 use as prescribed … hypoxemia events, overnight awakenings, alarm fatigue, and other barriers to using the oximeter as prescribed … monitor prescribing data: We examined and extracted relevant data from CHOP Home Care records of prescribed … As demonstrated during our Problem Analysis work, there is a high degree of variability in prescribed

196. Final Progress Report: Improving Safe Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants: A Population Health Approach (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-10/barnes-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - SCOPE Background and Context Many anticoagulants are high-risk medications and are commonly prescribed … The tool identifies every VHA patient nationally who is prescribed a DOAC and screens for a pre-defined … First, we enrolled patients prescribed DOAC medications within VHA nationally and the four participating … Nationwide, 258,820 patients were prescribed DOAC medications at VHA sites using the DOAC Dashboard … The total number of DOAC-prescribed patients at each site increased by an average (95% CI) of 821 (-1

197. Chapter 3. Development of the Data Infrastructure | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter3.html
     December 01, 2017 - The IHS Procurement Center has electronic data on IHS payments for prescribed and over-the-counter medications … of specific medications, we used data on project site pharmacy costs and the number of medications prescribed … Pharmacy data on dispensed prescribed and over-the-counter medications and supplies included the medication

198. Making the Case That Improving Antibiotic Use Is a Patient Safety Issue (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/patient-safety-facilitator-guide.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - antibiotic-associated adverse events, and we may not always be aware of the harm associated with antibiotics we have prescribed … She is admitted and prescribed cefepime. … family members so that the potential risks versus benefits are considered every time an antibiotic is prescribed … documents that summarize best practices for a variety of syndromes for which antibiotics are commonly prescribed

199. HIV and AIDS | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/effectivetreatment/hiv.html
     April 01, 2018 - Process: People with an HIV diagnosis in medical care who were prescribed antiretroviral therapy in the … HIV Medication People With HIV Who Were Prescribed Antiretroviral Therapy People with an HIV diagnosis … in medical care who were prescribed antiretroviral therapy in the last 12 months, 2009-2011 Left … Overall Rate: In 2011, the total percentage of people with an HIV diagnosis in medical care who were prescribed … In all years, the percentage of people with an HIV diagnosis in medical care who were prescribed ART

200. Toolkit 3. Minimum Criteria for Common Infections Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit3-minimum-criteria.html
     September 01, 2017 - aims to reduce unnecessary prescribing for the three infections where antibiotics are most frequently prescribed