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141. Establishing a Culture of Patient Safety Through a Low-tech Approach to Reducing Medication Errors (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Shaha.pdf
     May 01, 2004 - • Prescribing errors themselves were reduced by 31.6 percent. … prescribing practices and patient outcomes. 6. … Prescribing is an ever-occurring component of patient care. … Assessing medication prescribing errors in pediatric intensive care units. … Medication- prescribing errors in a teaching hospital. A 9-year experience.

142. 5 Tk2 P1T1-Nursing Home Readiness And Resource Assessment Phase 1 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_P1T1-Nursing_Home_Readiness_and_Resource_Assessment_Phase_1.pdf
     May 01, 2014 - q q Prescribing Are prescribing clinicians interested in and willing to use an antibiogram? … sufficient resources (e.g., time, funds) to develop the antibiogram and provide training for the staff/prescribing … Initial training for nurses and prescribing clinician(s) may take approximately 30 minutes.

143. Final Progress Report: National Trends in Outpatient Quality Indicators (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-11/stafford-fortmann-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Physician-reported prescribing of short-acting β2 agonists did not differ by patient race/ ethnicity … We investigated the rate and range of fluoroquinolone prescribing. … Fluoroquinolone prescribing rose threefold, from 7 million visits in 1995 to 22 million in 2002, and … Fluoroquinolone prescribing in the U.S.: 1995 to 2002. Am J or Med 2005;118:259-268. … Fluoroquinolone prescribing in the U.S.: 1995 to 2002. Am J or Med 2005;118:259-268.

144. Toolkit To Educate and Engage Residents and Family Members | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/nhguide/toolkits/educate-and-engage/index.html
     October 01, 2016 - Education toolkit helps the nursing home (1) encourage an open and respectful dialogue between nurses and prescribing … Convene a meeting of the nursing staff and any onsite prescribing clinicians to discuss the tools.  … In this meeting, nurses and onsite prescribing clinicians should be encouraged to discuss how they would

145. 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 - This presentation is titled “Making the Case That Improving Antibiotic Prescribing Is a Patient Safety … In this case, the prescribing clinician should have called the patient to see if she was symptomatic … If the prescribing clinician called the patient and she did have dysuria, a different agent, such as … appropriate antibiotics when they are needed and to not prescribing antibiotics when they are not … ,” focus on recognizing and improving behavioral issues that impact antibiotic prescribing and how

146. Antibiotic-Use-Commitment-Poster (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/safety/antibiotic-use-commitment-poster.docx
     November 01, 2019 - No. 17(20)-0028-EF November 2019 Our institution is committed to prescribing the most appropriate antibiotics … when they are needed and to not prescribing antibiotics when they are not needed. … signatures of the individuals you believe are important to indicate your institution’s commitment to prescribing

147. 5 Tk1 T6-Sample Distribution Plan For An Antibiogram Final (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK1_T6-Sample_Distribution_Plan_for_an_Antibiogram_final.pdf
     October 01, 2016 - Working With a Lab To Improve Antibiotic Prescribing Tool 6. … • Nursing home prescribing clinicians: If a resident is suspected of having an infection, the nurse … When distributing the annual updated antibiogram to prescribing clinicians for reference purposes, emailing …  Nursing home prescribing clinicians: If a resident is suspected of having an infection, the nurse

148. AHRQ Safety Program for MRSA Prevention
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/008-antibiotic-stewardship-slides.pptx
     October 01, 2022 - In conjunction with the ASP, identify areas for improvement in antibiotic prescribing. … Thought-leader trusted by other prescribers Review current practice, develop guidance for specific prescribing … antibiotic use Based on existing interventions in your unit or assessment of compliance with local prescribing … Make available the necessary tools, along with the evidence and prescribing recommendations, at the point … In conjunction with the ASP, identify areas for improvement in antibiotic prescribing.

149. Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development: Part 1 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/improve/program-part1-facilitator-guide.pdf
     November 01, 2019 - leadership is critical because interventions by the stewardship program directly impact antibiotic prescribing … and inviting them to attend unit meetings where antibiotic prescribing issues are discussed to hear … Thus, the pharmacy is often in the position of enforcing prescribing policies developed by the ASP. … Staff SAY: ASPs must form relationships with the medical staff who do the bulk of antibiotic prescribing … may also be able to assist with management of outlier prescribers in their group by modeling good prescribing

150. Gap Analysis for Antibiotic Stewardhip in Ambulatory Care (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/gap-analysis-tool.pdf
     September 01, 2022 - use ☐ Perform proactive risk assessments to determine areas in which harm related to antibiotic prescribing … ☐ Develop, review, and distribute materials to clinicians and staff regarding optimal antibiotic prescribing … ☐ Provide feedback to clinicians about antibiotic prescribing practices ☐ Review approaches employed … Data Point Frequency of Data Gathering Frequency of Data Feedback Monitoring of Antibiotic Prescribing … Data Point Frequency of Data Gathering Frequency of Data Feedback Antibiotics prescribed per prescribing

151. Final Report: Using Risk Models To Improve Safety With Dispensing High-Alert Medications in Community Pharmacies (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/cohen-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - This represents a prescribing error capture rate of 74%. … Prescribing errors. … Factors related to errors in medication prescribing. … Prescribing errors involving medication dosage forms. … The epidemiology of prescribing errors.

152. Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/four-moments/index.html
     August 01, 2021 - Frontline staff and prescribing clinicians are encouraged to use the Four Moments framework for all residents … Implementation of the Four Moments Integrating the Four Moments into daily practice for frontline staff and prescribing … These can also be shared with prescribing clinicians as well as residents and their family members.

153. Improving Teamwork and Communication | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/safety/teamwork.html
     June 01, 2021 - able to— Recognize the importance of seeking input from all team members when making antibiotic prescribing … ssessment or appearance; and R equest for action), to improve communication related to antibiotic prescribing​

154. 4 Tk1 T2-Clinician Letter Final 0 (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T2-Clinician_letter_Final_0.docx
     October 01, 2016 - Clinician Letter [PRINTED ON NURSING HOME OR MEDICAL DIRECTOR’S STATIONERY] [Date] [Prescribing Clinician … Assessment, and Request (SBAR) form to facilitate gathering critical information by nurses to communicate to prescribing … In addition to providing standardized information to help with decisionmaking, a prescribing clinician … [footnoteRef:10] Nonetheless, prescribing decisions ultimately rest with the prescribing clinician.

155. 4 Tk1 T2-Clinician Letter Final 0 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK1_T2-Clinician_letter_Final_0.pdf
     October 01, 2016 - Clinician Letter [PRINTED ON NURSING HOME OR MEDICAL DIRECTOR’S STATIONERY] [Date] [Prescribing … and Request (SBAR) form to facilitate gathering critical information by nurses to communicate to prescribing … In addition to providing standardized information to help with decisionmaking, a prescribing clinician … developed by Loeb et al.,9 and include newer surveillance information by Stone et al.10 Nonetheless, prescribing … decisions ultimately rest with the prescribing clinician.

156. Enroll Now for Program on Improving Antibiotic Use in Telemedicine | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/telemedicine.html
     January 01, 2024 - retail clinics that use telemedicine for a no-cost, 18-month national program to strengthen antibiotic prescribing

157. Health Systems Research | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/opioids/health-systems-research.html
     July 01, 2021 - recent AHRQ-funded grants related to opioids and other substance use disorders Toward Safer Opioid Prescribing … Advancing Patient Safety Implementation through Pharmacy-Based Naloxone Prescribing. … Prescribing of opioids at hospital discharge and associated adverse patient outcomes. … Dental prescribing of antibiotics and opioids: high use in the absence of evidence.

158. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/studies/index.html?page=228
     January 01, 2024 - with 2 commercial prescribing systems. … The objective of this study was to evaluate, in comparison with the prescribing modules of 2 leading … electronic health record prescribing systems, the efficiency, error rate, and satisfaction with a new … Comparison of a prototype for indications-based prescribing with 2 commercial prescribing systems. … Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing), Health Information

159. Stewardship-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - team meeting, she raised her concern and the stewardship team decided to collect baseline antibiotic prescribing … Notice the differences in his prescribing practices for UTIs when compared with other prescribers in … Choose tools and materials that will help address prescribing errors that you identify as common at your … In the initial case, Lisa reviewed antibiotic prescriptions and noticed a flaw in antibiotic prescribing … This can be helpful to monitor lengthy prescribing practices, but it doesn’t provide data on antibiotics

160. Final Progress Report: The Effect of EMR on Medication Safety: A SPUR-Net Study (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kuo-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - MEDICATION ERROR NODES ME Nodes Overall MEs Within MEs Within EMR Within PMR Prescribing 6% … The comparison of electronic and paper-based medication prescribing methods on medication counseling … Effects of computerized physician order entry on prescribing practices. … Electronic prescribing in ambulatory practice: promises, pitfalls, and potential solutions. … Impact of basic computerized prescribing on outpatient medication errors and adverse drug events.