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1. My Medicines List (pdf file)
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/health-literacy/my-medicines-list.pdf
   September 20, 2022 - and non-prescription medicines. … I take these every day Name (brand and generic) Strength of medicine I take this medicine for … and non-prescription medicines. … I take these regularly, but not every day Name (brand and generic) Strength of medicine I take … and non-prescription medicines.

2. Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/health-literacy/improve/pharmacy/instructions.html
   September 01, 2020 - Health Literacy Health Literacy Improvement Tools Explicit and Standardized Prescription … and Education Research Tools, Data, and Funding Explicit and Standardized Prescription … to calculate when to take a medicine. … For more information about the explicit, standardized prescription medicine, contact Dr. … Medicine Instructions.

3. How To Create a My Medicines List | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2022 - The strength of each medicine. What you take the medicine for. … Return to Contents Step 3: Gather and Sort Your Medicines Gather up all your prescription and non-prescription … Non-prescription medicines may include vitamins, herbals, supplements, cold or cough medicines, aspirin … relievers, allergy relief medicines, antacids, laxatives, diet pills, and others that you do not need a prescription … Look at My Medicines List every time you take prescription or non-prescription medicine.

4. Reducing Harms from Unsafe Use of Antibiotics and Preventing the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2023 - DeBakey VA Medical Center Baylor College of Medicine Barbara Wells Trautner, M.D., Ph.D. … Unsafe antibiotic use includes obtaining and using prescription antibiotics without a prescription, using … Taking prescription antibiotics without a prescription increases the risk of antibiotic resistance, adverse … DeBakey VA Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine. … DeBakey VA Medical Center; Baylor College of Medicine Grantee Since: 2019 Type of Grant: Various

5. AHRQ Health Literacy Tools for Use in Pharmacies | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2024 - Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions . … A My Medicines List can remind you when, how, and how much medicine to take. … Top of Page Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions Explicit, standardized instructions … tested instructions for pills follow the Universal Medication Schedule (UMS), which simplifies complex medicine … Get started: Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions .

6. AHRQ Pharmacy Health Literacy Center | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   January 01, 2024 - Only 12% of adults have proficient health literacy (e.g., can interpret the prescription label correctly … likely higher with patients with limited health literacy, as they are more likely to misinterpret the prescription … Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions . … Related Resources Create a Safe Medicine List Medication Management Strategy   Your Medicine: Be

7. CHIPRA 136 Section 2, Tables 1-3 (pdf file)
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-136-section-2-tables-1-3.pdf
   August 01, 2018 - Asthma: Tables 1-3 Table 1: Primary Care Clinicians Primary Care Clinicians Adolescent Family Medicine … Family Practice Pediatric Adolescent Medicine Pediatric Internal Medicine Internal Medicine Pediatrics … (Unspecified) General Practice Pediatric General Medicine Table 2: Identify Primary Care Visits … Medications) HEDIS 2013 NDC List – Use of Appropriate Medications for People with Asthma (ASM) Description Prescriptions … beta-2 agonists Albuterol Levalbuterol Metaproterenol Pirbuterol Asthma Controller Medications Prescriptions

8. Help Patients Remember How and When to Take Their Medicine: Tool 16 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2024 - Include in your prescription a plain language description of what the medicine is for (e.g., "for high … Include all prescription and over-the-counter medicines, as well as supplements. … Medicine Reminder Form . … Many prescriptions can be reasonably prescribed with a 90-day supply. … Medicine reminder apps.

9. Please bring ALL your medicines to your next appointment. (pdf file)
   www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medmanage-ptfactsheet.pdf
   November 27, 2017 - ALL Your Medicines to Your Next Appointment You will work with your health care team to make a medicine … � Prescription medicines. … � Medicines you buy without a prescription (like Tylenol® or cold medicine). … important because it… ■ Helps you be an active member of your health care team. ■ Gives you a complete medicine

10. Transitional Care Medication Safety: Stakeholders' Perspectives | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2017 - happen to be for the same medicine, but the new post-discharge prescription order may contain changes … A nurse from an urban setting asked “Why do the home discharge sheets look like the prescription sheets … A pharmacist further noted that “Prescription paper is another layer of confusion for the patient. … Frequency and predictors of prescription-related issues after hospital discharge. … , and Society for Society of Hospital Medicine .

11. CHIPRA 136: Section 2 Technical Specifications (pdf file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-136-section-2-tech-specs.pdf
    January 01, 2012 -  Bronchitis AND one or more asthma related prescriptions … Note: For eligibility purposes, asthma-related medicine refers to long acting beta agonist (alone … provide primary care to children and/or adolescents, including general pediatricians, adolescent medicine … Asthma medication prescription fills iii. Insurance benefit type iv. … NOTE: For eligibility purposes, asthma-related medicine refers to

12. 20 Tips To Help Prevent Medical Errors: Patient Fact Sheet | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2020 - This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines and dietary supplements, such as vitamins and … This can help you to avoid getting a medicine that could harm you. … When your doctor writes a prescription for you, make sure you can read it. … When you pick up your medicine from the pharmacy, ask: Is this the medicine that my doctor prescribed … Medicine labels can be hard to understand.

13. CAHPS American Indian Survey Measures | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2018 - specialists Q35        Easy to get needed care, tests, or treatment Q55        Patient got needed prescription … medicine through clinic Q54        Easy to get needed prescription medicine through clinic How Well

14. More Effort Is Needed To Ensure Patients Understand Doctors' Instructions (pdf file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-health-literacy.pdf
    March 01, 2019 - Institute of Medicine. Health literacy: a prescription to end confusion. … Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2004. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883/health-literacy-a-prescription-to … www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/index.html https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883/health-literacy-a-prescription-to-end-confusion … https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883/health-literacy-a-prescription-to-end-confusion

15. Pediatric Health Care Quality Measures: Considerations for Pharmacotherapy (pdf file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/LomotanDougherty2013.pdf
    April 01, 2013 - This set of measures included several related to the use of prescription medicines. … Quality, according to the Institute of Medicine, is ‘‘the degree to which health care services for … Trends of outpatient prescription drug utilization in US children, 2002–2010. … The urgent need to improve health care quality: Institute of Medicine national roundtable on health … KN (editor), Committee to Design a Strategy for Quality Review Assurance in Medicare, Institute of Medicine

16. Glossary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2020 - Medication/Medicine: Any substance or substances used in treating disease or illness. … Top of Page P   Pharmacist: A person licensed to prepare and give out (dispense) prescription drugs … Prescription: A direction written by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of … a medicine or remedy. … Treatment Option: A medicine or therapy to treat a problem.

17. AHRQ Views Blog: Asking the Hard Questions About Telehealth | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2021 - Continued Use of Opioids The proportion of chronic pain patients who maintained an existing opioid prescription … guidance, nearly 54 percent were given tapered prescriptions afterward. … longtime faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as the Leon Hess Professor of Medicine … and Health Management and Economics at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School of Business … Inappropriate prescription of direct oral anticoagulant starter packs.

18. AHRQ Safety Program Helps Hospitals Decrease Antibiotic Use and Reduce Infections, Study Finds | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2021 - Antibiotics are a cornerstone of modern medicine, with more than 150 million antibiotic prescriptions … demonstrated improvements in four key components of ASPs: prior approval, review and feedback of antibiotic prescriptions … The study was conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, NORC at

19. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Reports | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/national-academy-medicine.html
    February 01, 2018 - (NAM) Reports AHRQ has long collaborated with the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute … of Medicine) to develop comprehensive reports on topics that are critical to making the American health … This report is a continuation of the landmark Institute of Medicine reports To Err is Human: Building … Read the Institute of Medicine Report and Designer's Guide on Bringing Human Factors into Home Health … 20, 2006 According to one estimate, in any given week four out of every five U.S. adults will use prescription

20. Final Progress Report: Advancing Patient Safety Innovation in Rheumatology (ASPIRE) (pdf file)
    www.talkingquality.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/yazdany-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Over 4.2 billion prescriptions were dispensed in the US in 2018, with almost half of Americans taking … at least one prescription drug. … Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Mar;96(13):e6528). … We constructed a longitudinal, retrospective cohort of patients with hydroxychloroquine prescriptions … The New England journal of medicine. 2001;345(15):1098-1104. 7.