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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/improve/index.html
October 01, 2022 - Learn Best Practices
Develop and Improve Stewardship Activities
Improving Antibiotic Prescribing … Development of an infrastructure to promote antibiotic stewardship is necessary to optimize antibiotic prescribing … The presentations titled “Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing” and “Improving … Why Should Your Practice Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing? … Accessing and Reporting Antibiotic Prescription Data details how to obtain antibiotic prescribing data
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/help-clinicians-choose-the-right-antibiotic/toolkit1-working-with-a-lab.html
October 01, 2016 - Working With Your Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing … Working With Your Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing
Overview of the Toolkit
How can a lab … help improve antibiotic prescribing at your nursing home? … What Is the Working with Your Lab to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Toolkit? … Working With Your Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing. Content last reviewed October 2016.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P3O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_3_Implementation.pdf
May 01, 2014 - The prescribing clinicians are presented
with the vignettes and asked to make clinical prescribing … are asked to
refer to an antibiogram when making their clinical-prescribing decisions. … Again, they are asked to discuss
their prescribing decisions. … Two of these vignettes are included in the Training Slides for prescribing
clinicians. … prescribing clinicians and emergency department physicians to access the antibiogram.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/johnson-baughman-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Collectively, medication
selection and prescribing errors have an incidence ranging from 7.8% to 21% … Comments about the impact on pediatric prescribing were uniformly positive. … Prescribing potentially inappropriate psychotropic medications to
the ambulatory elderly. … The continuing challenge of inappropriate prescribing in the
elderly: an update of the evidence. … Electronic Prescribing: Toward Maximum Value and Rapid
Adoption.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/behavior-change-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - Change Theory for Antibiotic Stewardship Leaders
Making Effective Behavior Changes Around Antibiotic Prescribing … 2019
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care
Behavior Changes – Antibiotic Prescribing … Review basic theories regarding implementation science to implement AS interventions and to change prescribing … 4
AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Acute Care
Behavior Changes – Antibiotic Prescribing … 7
Drivers of Suboptimal Antibiotic Prescribing
Fear of inadequate antibiotic coverage leading to
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/prescribers-facilitator-guide.docx
June 01, 2021 - AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use
1
Communicating Infectious Concerns With Antibiotic Prescribers
Long-Term Care
Slide Title and Commentary
Slide Number and Slide
Communicating Infectious Concerns With Antibiotic Prescribers
Long-Term Care
SAY:
Welcome to the presentation titled “Communicati…
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/determine-whether-to-treat/toolkit3-minimum-criteria.html
September 01, 2017 - The toolkit is intended to help prescribing clinicians (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician … A letter for prescribing clinicians that outlines the new policy for prescribing clinicians (tool 4) … Introduce the toolkit to prescribing clinicians. … Using a letter describing the new protocol, a nursing home can help prescribing clinicians familiarize … prescribing.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4T3-Prescribing_Clinician_Feedback_Survey_Phase_4.doc
May 01, 2014 - Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit: Phase 4
Prescribing Clinician Feedback Survey
[NURSING HOME NAME] … continue to make the antibiogram available and ways that we can improve it to best serve the needs of prescribing … Prescribing Clinician Information
What is your title? … 1 2 3 4 5
Have you made any changes to your prescribing practices since you have had access
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T4-Quarterly_or_Monthly_Prescribing_Profile_Final.docx
October 01, 2016 - Quarterly or Monthly Prescribing Profile
[Date]
From: [Nursing Home Name]
Dear Dr./Mr./Ms. … [insert last name of prescribing clinician]
This [quarterly / monthly] report is provided for your reference
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T4-Quarterly_or_Monthly_Prescribing_Profile_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Quarterly or Monthly Prescribing Profile
[Date]
From: [Nursing Home Name]
Dear Dr./Mr./Ms. … [insert last name of prescribing clinician]
This [quarterly / monthly] report is provided for your … Quarterly or Monthly Prescribing Profile
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Devine_83.pdf
April 06, 2008 - medication
errors and on the time-intensity of e-prescribing. … E-Prescribing Development and Testing
The e-prescribing module was prioritized in 2002. … after Day 0, 200 of the 225 prescribers were prescribing electronically. … This greatly helped ease the transition from
paper to electronic prescribing and reinforced best prescribing … Effects of
computerized physician order entry on prescribing
practices.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T3-Not_all_Infections_need_antibiotics-_final.pdf
May 01, 2014 - • The UTI SBAR form can be faxed to or used when speaking with a prescribing clinician. … Examples of such practices include prescribing prophylactic
antibiotics, prescribing antibiotics without … determining the source of the infection, and, in the
case of UTIs, prescribing antibiotics based on … • The UTI SBAR form facilitates
communication between nursing staff
and prescribing clinicians. … Prescribing
clinicians need specific information
about the resident to make a prescribing
decision
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase4_Monitoring.doc
January 01, 2005 - Monitoring
It will be important to monitor the antibiogram program by (1) soliciting feedback from prescribing … during the planning and assessment phase to provide baseline information on prescribing practices. … Formal evaluation of the antibiogram program should not occur until after prescribing clinicians have … This timeframe will depend on the number of residents at the nursing home, the number of prescribing … Action Checklist
Quality-Improvement Program
· Add monitoring of antibiotic prescribing patterns to
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P4O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase_4_Monitoring.pdf
May 01, 2014 - Monitoring
It will be important to monitor the antibiogram program by (1) soliciting feedback from prescribing … Tracking the prescribing of antibiotics—either broad or narrow spectrum—for certain infections
can … begin during the planning and assessment phase to provide baseline information on prescribing practices … This timeframe
will depend on the number of residents at the nursing home, the number of prescribing … Action Checklist
Quality-Improvement Program
• Add monitoring of antibiotic prescribing patterns to
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/antibiotic-prescribing.html
July 01, 2022 - practices more appropriately can significantly improve antibiotic prescribing. … Antibiotic prescribing at participating clinics decreased overall by nearly 48 percent, while antibiotic … prescribing for acute respiratory infection diagnoses decreased by 37 percent. … The decline in antibiotic prescribing was more pronounced in urgent care clinics and pediatric practices … "The AHRQ Safety Program continues to demonstrate that focusing attention on appropriate prescribing
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/safety/improve.html
November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits
Acute Care Hospital Toolkit
Develop Culture of Safety Around Prescribing … Four Moments
Develop and Improve Stewardship Program
Develop Culture of Safety Around Prescribing … will be able to—
Recognize how to differentiate technical and adaptive issues related to antibiotic prescribing … Explain how to be proactive in asking staff about how the next patient may be harmed by antibiotic prescribing
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/communication-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - Acute Care Improving Communication and Teamwork Around Antibiotic Prescribing
Improving Communication … Explain how to work as a team to improve antibiotic prescribing using The Four Moments of Antibiotic … 14
Approaches To Improve Teamwork
Unscheduled conversations as needed for complex or controversial prescribing … opportunities to improve communication and teamwork by reviewing barriers that they identify around antibiotic prescribing
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/799.html
February 01, 2022 - Home
News
Newsletter
AHRQ News Now
Opioid Prescribing … Today's Headlines:
Opioid Prescribing, Adverse Outcomes Increase Significantly When Patients Turn 18 … Opioid Prescribing, Adverse Outcomes Increase Significantly When Patients Turn 18
An AHRQ-funded review … The project team estimated that adult prescribing habits may result in a more than 14 percent increased … Researchers suggested that the results indicate that more attention should be focused on these opioid prescribing
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1O-Comprehensive_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Phase1_Assessment_and_Planning_final.doc
May 13, 2014 - Initial training of nurses and prescribing clinicians may take approximately 30 minutes. … Prescribing Clinician Interest Assessment
· Assess the level of prescribing clinicians’ interest in … using antibiograms to improve antibiotic prescribing, by administering a brief survey. … A sample prescribing-clinician survey is included as part this chapter. … , meetings with the laboratory, and training for prescribing clinicians and nursing staff
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/antibiotic-stewardship.pdf
September 01, 2022 - The presentations in this section cover why a practice
should focus on improving antibiotic prescribing … Learn Strategies for Communicating With Colleagues, Patients, and Families About
Antibiotic Prescribing … These materials are designed to improve communication and
consensus around antibiotic prescribing within … In ambulatory care, communication about
antibiotic prescribing with patients and their families is essential … Summary of Topics
• “Why Your Practice Should Focus on Improving Antibiotic Prescribing” (slides and