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www.qualitymeasures.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
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www.qualitymeasures.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
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/improve/sustaining.html
September 01, 2022 - Learn Best Practices
Develop and Improve Stewardship Activities
Improving Antibiotic Prescribing … Identify targets for future antibiotic stewardship efforts based on antibiotic prescribing patterns.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/safety/targets.html
June 01, 2021 - presenting this presentation, viewers will be able to—
Identify opportunities to improve antibiotic prescribing … Recognize how to leverage frontline staff to guide safety improvement efforts around antibiotic prescribing
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www.qualitymeasures.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.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/index.html
June 01, 2021 - Program (Part 1)
Antibiotic Stewardship Program (Part 2)
Effective Behavior Changes Around Prescribing … With Microbiology Lab
Team Antibiotic Review Form
Develop Culture of Safety Around Prescribing … Antibiotic Stewardship Program Development (Part 2)
Making Effective Behavior Changes Around Antibiotic Prescribing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/pqmp/implementation-qi/toolkit/antipsychotic/qi-strategies.html
July 01, 2021 - Maine: “Hard edits” on preferred drug lists (PDL) stopped antipsychotics prescribing with exception of … prescribing. … Antipsychotics Prescribing in Children:
Strategies to Promote Best Practice in Antipsychotic Prescribing … Specific to Antipsychotics Prescribing:
Prescribing Guidelines for Psychotropic Medications (PDF) … Antipsychotic Prescribing to Children: An In-Depth Look at Foster Care and Medicaid Populations (PDF
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/bronchitis-discussion-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - How can the practice support clinicians in consistently avoiding prescribing antibiotics for acute bronchitis … How will the practice track data on acute bronchitis and antibiotic prescribing?
4.
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/gap-analysis.docx
June 01, 2021 - approaches
☐ Perform proactive risk assessments to determine areas in which harm related to antibiotic prescribing … the antibiogram and recommend improvement approaches
☐ Develop, review, and distribute materials to prescribing … clinicians, nursing staff, and residents/family members regarding optimal antibiotic prescribing
☐ Provide … feedback to prescribers about antibiotic prescribing practices
☐ Review approaches employed by the contracted … ☐ Yes
☐ No
☐ N/A
Are antibiotic use protocols disseminated to prescribing clinicians at the point
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/safety/teamwork.html
June 01, 2021 - be 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
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T6-Managing_Resident_and_Family_Expectations_Final.pdf
October 01, 2016 - Managing Resident and Family Expectations
Nurses, prescribing clinicians, and any other staff who discuss … The intention is to both (a) support nurses and prescribing clinicians when residents or family
members … request antibiotics when antibiotics are not needed and (b) educate nurses and
prescribing clinicians … During the staff training, talk about whether the prescribing clinicians have also received training
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www.qualitymeasures.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
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www.qualitymeasures.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.
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www.qualitymeasures.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
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www.qualitymeasures.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
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - had especially high rates of fluoroquinolone prescriptions
ASP decided to collect baseline antibiotic prescribing … one prescriber
Created individualized prescriber portfolios
Showed each prescriber their antibiotic prescribing … of new antibiotic prescriptions per month or per 100 (or 1,000) resident days Measures frequency of prescribing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-89-adhd-behavior-section-2-attach-2.pdf
February 02, 2017 - diagnosed outside of these ages
Step 3
Exclude any records that indicate a medical reason(s)
for not prescribing … as first-line
treatment
Step 4
Exclude any records that indicate a system reason(s)
for not prescribing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-toolkit-overview-rev.pdf
October 01, 2021 - intend to undertake a more targeted effort to make systems-
based changes to the management of opioid prescribing … all prescription opioids in
the United States.6 Improving the management of chronic pain and opioid prescribing … works in this
clinic says to me, “Do you
remember how much turmoil
there was around it [opioid
prescribing … Trends in opioid analgesic-prescribing rates by specialty,
U.S., 2007-2012. … Team-based clinic redesign of opioid medication management in primary care: impact on opioid
prescribing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/team-review.html
November 01, 2019 - Program (Part 1)
Antibiotic Stewardship Program (Part 2)
Effective Behavior Changes Around Prescribing … With Microbiology Lab
Team Antibiotic Review Form
Develop Culture of Safety Around Prescribing
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use/acute-care/improve/sustain.html
November 01, 2019 - Program (Part 1)
Antibiotic Stewardship Program (Part 2)
Effective Behavior Changes Around Prescribing … With Microbiology Lab
Team Antibiotic Review Form
Develop Culture of Safety Around Prescribing