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181. Translating Patient Safety Research into Clinical Practice (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Magid.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - is being used to evaluate a pharmacy alert intervention designed to detect and correct medication prescribing … Consider, for example, two programs designed to reduce medication prescribing errors for hospitalized … The improvement in prescribing with the clinical pharmacist was noted by 3 months and was sustained … Effects of computerized physician order entry on prescribing practices. … The impact of clinical pharmacists’ consultations on physicians’ geriatric drug prescribing.

182. AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use: Final Report (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/overall-antibiotic-stewardship-project-final-report.pdf
     September 01, 2022 - , and (3) promote evidence-based practices and informed decision making around antibiotic prescribing … Monthly antibiotic prescribing data among acute care hospitals in the United States were obtained from … hospitals and healthcare systems.18 Key Findings19 Antibiotic Prescribing. … Key Findings20 Antibiotic Prescribing. … Key Findings21 Antibiotic Prescribing.

183. Off-Label Drugs: What You Need to Know | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patients-consumers/patient-involvement/off-label-drug-usage.html
     September 01, 2015 - Off-Label Drugs: What You Need to Know Off-label prescribing is when a physician gives you a

184. Cholesterol Management Treatment Algorithm | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/evidencenow/heart-health/cholesterol/algorithm.html
     September 01, 2018 - Lipid Algorithm Resource description: This decision tree summarizes recommendations for prescribing

185. JMU University Health Center Engages Patients through Shared Decisionmaking about Antibiotic Use | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/professional-training/shared-decision/success/story-2.html
     September 01, 2020 - decisions related to respiratory tract infections while maintaining or reducing current antibiotic prescribing … project, Blyer aims to systematically measure the effects of shared decisionmaking on the Health Center prescribing … Blyer will measure and compare the Health Center's antibiotic prescribing rates during periods before … Additionally, preliminary data show that prescribing rates for respiratory tract infections have decreased

186. AHRQ Toolkit Helps Engage Patients and Family Members in the Diagnostic Process | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/778.html
     August 01, 2021 - Barriers to Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Identified at Hospital Discharge . … Barriers to Appropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Identified at Hospital Discharge An AHRQ-funded study … published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology identified five barriers to appropriate antibiotic prescribing … Differences in prescribing between an attending physician-led versus a multidisciplinary team culture

187. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK2_T4-Common_Suspected_Infections_Tools_to_Improve_Communication_and_Decision_Making.ppt
     May 01, 2014 - 14-0011-6-EF Today we are introducing you to new tools to help improve communication and help prescribing … * Quality Improvement for Antibiotic Prescribing Problems with taking antibiotics Drug resistance … Did you know that 25 to 75 percent of antibiotics do not meet clinical guidelines for prescribing? … criteria from consensus conference  Reviewed prescribing in six nursing homes and extent to which they … clinicians will be trained in more detail on prescribing criteria and their own practices.

188. Major Study Shows Significant Drop in In-Hospital Adverse Event Rates Pre-COVID | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/822.html
     July 01, 2022 - Ambulatory Care Clinics Participating in AHRQ-Funded Program Reduced Antibiotic Use Antibiotic prescribing … Network Open  represent the latest demonstration that AHRQ’s efforts to help healthcare providers manage prescribing … 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.

189. AHRQ CONFERENCE GRANT PROGRAMS (R13): Angela Smith (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/fund-opps/smith-angela-r13-hs026679-01.pdf
     March 31, 2020 - substantial heterogeneity in post-operative opioid prescribing patterns, even among patients receiving … Research and develop procedure-specific opioid prescribing guidelines b. … , studies continue to demonstrate wide variation in opioid prescribing trends. … In a large national sample of over 350,000 Medicare patients, rates of opioid prescribing varied widely … Accessed: April 9, 2018. 11 Barnett ML, Olenski AR, Jena AB: Opioid-prescribing patterns of emergency

190. Antibiotic-Patient-Safety-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/antibiotic-patient-safety-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - Slide 8 Social Factors Influence Antibiotic Prescribing SAY: A number of social factors influence … antibiotic prescribing decisions. … · Of course, residents themselves and family members also influence antibiotic prescribing. … As a group, when a problem related to antibiotic prescribing occurs, ask— What happened? … An independent check would be the reassessment at 48 to 72 hours after the first prescribing event to

191. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 9. Reducing Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/reducing-adverse-drug-1.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - STOPP is a validated, evidence-based list of 80 criteria for potentially inappropriate prescribing in … START includes a set of 34 evidence-based and validated prescribing indicators for common diseases for … (2017) sought to improve prescribing in nursing home residents by implementing the Multidisciplinary … Impact of educational intervention on prescribing inappropriate medication to elderly nursing homes … Implementing a screening tool to improve prescribing in hospitalized older patients: a pilot study.

192. New Toolkit To Help Long-Term Care Facilities Improve Antibiotic Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/toolkit-improve-antibiotic-prescribing.html
     July 01, 2021 - New Toolkit To Help Long-Term Care Facilities Improve Antibiotic Prescribing AHRQ's new Toolkit

193. Paving the Road: Translating Evidence-based Research Into Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/funding/grantee-profiles/grtprofile-gonzales.html
     October 01, 2024 - significant role in national and global efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance by improving antibiotic prescribing … These measures for appropriate antibiotic prescribing were adopted by the Healthcare Effectiveness Data … first two grants focused on changing physician and patient behaviors to advance appropriate antibiotic prescribing

194. 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 - Traditional approaches (e.g., education and alerts) are unlikely to improve safe DOAC prescribing. … Therefore, an EHR-based alert targeted at a prescribing provider is unlikely to be highly effective. … they would not feel an obligation to “fix” the prescribing error. … The percentage of patients with off-label DOAC prescribing per quarter ranges between 6% and 13%. … Effects of Guideline and Formulary Changes on Statin Prescribing in the Veterans Affairs.

195. Suggested Timeline for Implementation (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/timeline-tasks.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - providing feedback to the stewardship team Distribute the Antibiotic Side Effects One-Pager to prescribing … Review findings from analyzing data from the Monthly Data Collection Form and provide feedback to prescribing … Soft Tissue Infections in Nursing Home Residents Card Distribute the Cellulitis One-Pager to prescribing … Review findings from analyzing data from the Monthly Data Collection Form and provide feedback to prescribing … Monthly • Review antibiotic use data and provide feedback to prescribing clinicians, frontline

196. 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 - STUDY 1a: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBJECTIVE PRESCRIBING FREQUENCY AND SUBJECTIVE FAMILIARITY WITH DRUG … The correlation between prescribing frequency and subjective familiarity was not known. … low national prescribing frequency (frequency, b=0.12, OR=1.13, 95%CI=1.09-1.16, p<0.0001). … not in our prescribing databases. … Total prescribing frequency estimated from the five datasets differed significantly.

197. Section 2: Detailed Measure Specifications, Attachment 2: EHR Recommended Data Locations (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-89-adhd-behavior-section-2-attach-3.pdf
     February 02, 2017 - history Follow-up report about behavioral therapy 11 Documentation of medical reason(s) for not prescribing … Note Prescription documentation or medication list 12 Documentation of system reason(s) for not prescribing

198. State at a Glance: Wyoming | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/demoeval/demostates/wy.html
     March 01, 2019 - Identifying psychotropic prescribing practices for 100 percent of youth who may be served through the … Ensuring psychotropic prescribing practices for 100 percent of youth served by the CME. … assessments and screenings in order to ensure best practices and adhere to Wyoming State standards in prescribing

199. Approach to Residents With Reported Penicillin Allergy (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/penicillin-allergy.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - Effect of a drug allergy educational program and antibiotic prescribing guideline on inpatient clinical … providers’ antibiotic prescribing knowledge. … A review of evidence supporting the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation for prescribing cephalosporin

200. Evaluation and Research on Antimicrobial Stewardship's Effect on Clostridium difficile (ERASE C. difficile) Project: toolkit (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/cdifftoolkit.pdf
     September 01, 2012 - Enlisting these different types of prescribing champions may help others in their prescribing. … :  Doing spot checks on prescribing … that specific indication for prescribing but may not be able to be measured when overall prescribing … Thus, a shift in prescribing can be good and bad, so reviewing the patterns of antibiotic prescribing … Additional staff education on antimicrobial prescribing is needed. 7.