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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/crystal-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Improving Medication Safety in Nursing Home Dementia Care
Title of Project: Improving Medication Safety in Nursing Home Dementia Care
Principal Investigator: Stephen Crystal, Ph.D.
Team Members: Stephen Crystal, Richard Hermida, Olga Jarrin, Marsha Rosenthal, Beth Angell,
Sharon Cook, Shere…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/program-dev-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - Up to 75 percent of antibiotics prescribed in nursing homes are considered inappropriate or unnecessary … Consider the following possible mission statements for your team:
· To ensure that every resident who is prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/wakefield2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - requirements to avoid
abbreviations (other than approved drug name and doses), spelling out of the prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/implement-monitor-sustain-program/toolkit1-start-program.html
November 01, 2024 - Toolkit 1. Start an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Overview of the Toolkit Why Should a Nursing Home Use This Toolkit? This toolkit provides nursing homes with a simple, step-by-step approach to starting an antimicrobial stewardship program. An antimicrobial stewardship program uses collaborative and evidenc…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/connected-emergency-care-long-desc.html
January 01, 2025 - Connected Emergency Care Patient Safety Learning Lab (CEC PSLL)
Principal Investigator: Jeremiah Hinson, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; formerly Scott Levin, M.S., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD AHRQ Grant No.: HS26640 Project Period: 09/30/18-12/31/23 Description: Th…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/acute_care_implementation_guide.pdf
November 01, 2019 - Toolkit Implementation Guide for Acute Care Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
AHRQ Pub. No. 17(20)-0028-EF
November 2019
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
Toolkit Implementation Guide for
Acute Care Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
Introduction
Developing an antibiotic stewardship pr…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/four-moments-completion-guide.pdf
June 01, 2021 - • Record the indication associated with each antibiotic prescribed for the resident.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/58-frontline-presentation-template.docx
June 01, 2023 - Preparation
For surgeries with a planned bowel resection, have bowel prep and oral antibiotics been prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/funding/training-grants/grants/active/kawards/Kawdsumkess.html
October 01, 2014 - Kesselheim, Aaron
Summaries of Independent Scientist (K) Awards
Summaries of recently funded projects for Independent Scientist and Mentored Clinical Scientist Development K Awards.
Institution: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Grant Title: Off-Label Prescribing: Comparative Evidence, Regulation…
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool6.html
March 01, 2025 - Percentage who were instructed on how to take medicines (of patients prescribed medicine). … Percentage with plan to obtain medicines (of patients prescribed medicine). … call how to take their medicines (of those who completed a postdischarge followup phone call and had prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/redtool6.html
March 01, 2025 - Percentage who were instructed on how to take medicines (of patients prescribed medicine). … Percentage with plan to obtain medicines (of patients prescribed medicine). … call how to take their medicines (of those who completed a postdischarge followup phone call and had prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/909.html
April 01, 2024 - AHRQ Views: New Guide Helps Developers and Users of Digital Healthcare Technologies Advance Equity
Issue Number
909
AHRQ News Now is a weekly newsletter that highlights agency research and program activities.
April 16, 2024
AHRQ Stats: Distribution of Healthcare Expenditures
In 2021, the top 1 percent…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1T5-Sample_Timeline_Phase_1.doc
May 01, 2014 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 1
Sample Timeline
Task complete
Year
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Task 1: Assessment and Planning
Complete the Nursing Home Readiness and Resources Assessment
Distribute the Prescribing Clinici…
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kennelty-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - may delay in visiting their community
pharmacy after discharge (e.g., the patient may not have been prescribed … doesn't give me enough time to
call their other doctors and make sure that they know that they're being prescribed … Moreover, these medication classes
are frequently prescribed medications in the United States (National
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-88-measure-1-section-2-attachment-1.pdf
February 01, 2012 - Children identified with ADHD, including those prescribed medication, had a median of
only one follow-up … Children identified with ADHD, including those
prescribed medication, had a median of only one follow-up … Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD), for whom ADHD-focused evidence-based behavior therapy was prescribed … Components
Numerator
Statement
Patients for whom ADHD-focused evidence-based behavior therapy* was
prescribed … does not involve child-directed play therapy
**First line treatment: Prior to any ADHD medication prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chapter8.html
December 01, 2017 - Use of Prescribed Medications
For each medication, the NDW includes data on service date and quantity
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/technical/measuredesc-ltvv-facguide.docx
January 01, 2017 - If the ventilator mode is in a volume cycled mode, user the preset/prescribed tidal volume.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/recruitment-slides-ny.pdf
August 18, 2015 - Percentage of patients aged 20 through 79 years of age who
had a LDL test performed and who are prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/talkingquality/distribute/timing/index.html
March 01, 2016 - While both employers and public programs typically allow beneficiaries to change plans at a prescribed
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/getting_ready.pdf
May 01, 2017 - Be sure to fill any
prescriptions before surgery and follow directions as
prescribed.