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61. Medication Dashboard Data 2024 (xls file)
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    January 01, 2024 - Safety Concern Stage Event Originated Frequency Percent Incident Administering 27,349 25.8% Incident Prescribing … Incident Purchasing 195 0.2% Incident Other stage 3,697 3.5% Incident Unknown 48,534 45.8% Near Miss Prescribing … 3,284 9.2% Near Miss Unknown 11,289 31.6% Unsafe Condition Administering 795 7.7% Unsafe Condition Prescribing … Incorrect patient Administering 571 25.3% Incorrect patient Dispensing 193 8.6% Incorrect patient Prescribing … (ordering) * * Allergen to the patient Transcribing * * Contraindicated for the patient Prescribing

62. Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - Setting-specific materials focus on improving antibiotic stewardship programs, engaging staff in improving prescribing … building and maintaining an antibiotic stewardship program, improving the safety culture around antibiotic prescribing … building and maintaining an antibiotic stewardship program; improving the safety culture around antibiotic prescribing … antibiotic stewardship activities in your practice, learning strategies for communicating about antibiotic prescribing

63. Communicating with Patients and Families around Antibiotic Decisions - Slides
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    September 01, 2022 - 1 Effective communication with patients around antibiotics can— Improve antibiotic prescribing and reduce … Patient satisfaction not impacted by antibiotic prescribing for viral upper respiratory infections. … Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for respiratory conditions does not improve Press Ganey patient … Low-value antibiotic prescribing and clinical factors influencing patient satisfaction. … Reducing inappropriate prescribing: the role of online commentary on physical exam findings.

64. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - the next 1–2 years · Identify targets for future antibiotic stewardship efforts based on antibiotic prescribing … to monitor changes in antibiotic prescribing over time. … In quarterly antibiotic prescription reports, the practice’s antibiotic prescribing rates were compared … Consider such a review on a monthly or at least quarterly basis, to measure antibiotic prescribing over … Consider investigating whether any other changes could have negatively impacted antibiotic prescribing

65. 5 Tk2 P1O-Comprehensive Antibiogram Toolkit Phase 1 Assessment And Planning Final (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2014 - There must also be sufficient interest in improving antibiotic prescribing to justify the use of the … 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.

66. Patient and Family Engagement | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    It helps a nursing home encourage an open and respectful dialogue between nurses and prescribing clinicians

67. 127. Treatment Recommendations: Medications (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2014 - Clinical guidelines for prescribing medication for treating tobacco use and dependence (continued) … Consider prescribing second-line agents (clonidine and nortriptyline) for patients unable to use first-line

68. Tk3 T5 Minimum Criteria Nursing Staff Training (doc file)
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    October 01, 2016 - But the prescribing clinician is now aware you are using this tool. … And, if calling in the report, read what the box tells you to say to the prescribing clinician. … Slide 22 UTI SBAR Form Page 2 SAY: This section is for the prescribing clinician.  … Slide 33 Suspected LRTI SBAR Page 2 SAY: Finally, we have the prescribing clinician orders. … These protocols are communicated to the prescribing clinician via this tool, and even if the prescribing

69. AHRQ's Digital Healthcare Research Program: Federal Partnerships in Improving Health Care Quality | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2020 - Pilot Projects in E-prescribing . … (e-prescribing) standards. … and assessed the impact of e-prescribing on the workflow among prescribers, nurses, the pharmacies, … Other pilots conducted needed research into ambulatory drug safety and the impact of e-prescribing on … e-prescribing adoption and what "best features" of vendor software improve medication-related safety

70. Develop and Improve Antibiotic Stewardship Activities in Your Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - 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 … prescription rates to be used for tracking progress and providing feedback to the practice and individual prescribing

71. PowerPoint Presentation
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    October 01, 2016 - For the purposes of this presentation, the term “prescribing clinician” will encompass physicians, physician … More frightening is that prescribing antibiotics for urinary tract infections is much more difficult … But the prescribing clinician is now aware you are using this tool. … for the prescribing clinician’s review. … These protocols are communicated to the prescribing clinician via this tool, and even if the prescribing

72. 136. Treatment Recommendations: Medications-Nicotine Inhaler (Continue) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide136.html
    October 01, 2014 - Clinical guidelines for prescribing medication for treating tobacco use and dependence (continued) … Availability Prescription only Prescribing instructions Ambient temperature-Delivery of

73. 009-Antibiotic-Stewardship-Guide (doc file)
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    October 01, 2024 - what additional prescribing guidance is needed, and championing and executing interventions. … Slide 14 Step 3: Identify Areas for Improved Prescribing SAY: Based on data about what antibiotics … Some common syndromes that are associated with opportunities in improving prescribing are asymptomatic … Improving antibiotic prescribing can be facilitated by implementation of five steps: 1. … In conjunction with the ASP, identify areas for improvement in antibiotic prescribing. 4.

74. Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue
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    September 01, 2022 - practices for quality improvement activities and for the quality of care, and some options include prescribing … You are not a Top Performer Your inappropriate antibiotic prescribing rate is 25%. … Reducing inappropriate antibiotics prescribing: the role of online commentary on physical examination … Effect of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care practices … Effects of behavioral interventions on inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in primary care 12 months

75. Choosing the Right Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2016 - For example, if the nursing home is already monitoring antibiotic use, staff may have identified that prescribing … In that case, a nursing home may want to select one of the tools designed to help prescribing clinicians … Other common problems that nursing homes may wish to address are high rates of prescribing for specific … Program Goals Level of Resources Needed Identify Potential Problems Help Prescribing … Clinicians Identify an Infection Help Prescribing Clinicians Choose the Right Antibiotic

76. Six Building Blocks How-To-Implement Toolkit: Self-Assessment Tool (pdf file)
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    June 02, 2025 - A shared vision for safer more cautious opioid prescribing… and …has not been formally considered … by …has been discussed, and preliminary conversations regarding a clinicwide opioid prescribing … …has been partially achieved, but consensus regarding a clinicwide opioid prescribing standard … Clinicians and staff consistently follow prescribing standards and practices. … opioid prescribing guidelines… Policy implementation 1 2 3 4

77. Connected Emergency Care Patient Safety Learning Lab (CEC PSLL) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2025 - Researchers developed an antibiotic-prescribing audit and patient feedback system. … used EHR data audit and peer comparison with behavioral feedback to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing … lab’s data science assets to understand the influence of race and socioeconomic status on antibiotic prescribing … Racial and socioeconomic disparities evident in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in the emergency … Racial and socioeconomic disparities evident in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in the emergency

78. Guide to Sustainability Planning: Long-Term Care Facilities (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2021 - and the potential harm caused by inappropriate antibiotic prescribing. … Sustaining teamwork and culture change around antibiotic prescribing are both essential to hardwiring … The Antibiotic Stewardship Team acting on its own is not sufficient to change prescribing practices. … It can also help change misconceptions and opinions about antibiotic prescribing and demonstrates to … Even with changes in antibiotic prescribing, it may be difficult to see changes in CDI rates.

79. AHRQ Views: New Guide Helps Developers and Users of Digital Healthcare Technologies Advance Equity | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2024 - Researchers Identify Targets To Guide Antibiotic Prescribing by Dentists . … Researchers Identify Targets To Guide Antibiotic Prescribing by Dentists An AHRQ-funded study published … Public Health Dentistry identified key facilitators and barriers influencing dentists’ antibiotic prescribing … behaviors and found that dentists need improved access to antibiotic prescribing guidelines and additional … Decreasing prescribing errors in antimicrobial stewardship program-restricted medications .

80. Acute Care ASP Development
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    November 01, 2019 - Invite executives to periodically attend unit meetings where antibiotic prescribing issues are discussed … policies Generates data on antibiotic use Identifies prescribing trends Assists with some AS interventions … Perform proactive risk assessments to determine areas in which harm related to antibiotic prescribing … Review guidelines and practices developed to optimize antibiotic prescribing in the facility. … Review materials for patient and health care worker education regarding optimal antibiotic prescribing