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  1. Trial of Decision Support to Improve Diabetes Outcomes (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015123-cebul-final-report-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - Renew Prescriptions. … diabetes medicines by selecting them from their active medication list, including the duration of the prescription … Institute of Medicine. Crossing the quality chasm: A new health system for the 21st century. … Cleveland’s Dietrich Diabetes Research Institute and Case School of Medicine. … Cleveland’s Dietrich Diabetes Research Institute and Case School of Medicine.

  2. State of the Science and Future Directions To Improve Diagnostic Safety in Older Adults (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/diagnostic/resources/issue-briefs/dx-safety-older-adults.pdf
    January 17, 2024 - leg swelling, which can often be misdiagnosed as heart failure in older adults, thus leading to the prescription … misdiagnosed with UTIs75-77 and pneumonia.78,79 Such misdiagnoses raise major concerns about the unnecessary prescription … ; Board on Health Care Services; Institute of Medicine. … Diagnostic error in internal medicine. … National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Board on Health

  3. Meeting Minutes, July 2020 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2020-07-nac/nacmtg071420-minutes.html
    November 01, 2020 - Hernandez-Boussard, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., Stanford University School of Medicine ( NAC Chair ) Gregory … Buntin, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Gretchen M. … 2020, Meeting Summary Tina Hernandez-Boussard, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S., Stanford University School of Medicine … Buntin, Ph.D., of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, was engaging in her first NAC meeting. … The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) was used to analyze spending on prescription opioids by source

  4. AHRQ_DHR_Annual_Report_2022-At-A-Glance (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/ahrq-dhr-2022-year-in-review-at-a-glance.pdf
    January 01, 2022 - Sunit Jariwala Albert Einstein College of Medicine Completed A Patient-Facing App to Improve … orders between electronic health records and pharmacies, showed an immediate and persistent reduction in prescriptions

  5. Toolkit for Decolonization of Non-ICU Patients With Devices_Toolkit Overview and Recommended Prelaunch Activities (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/introduction/intro-overview.pdf
    March 01, 2022 - acquisition and infection by 40–50 percent in high-risk settings such as ICUs.12,46,49-51 Mupirocin is a prescription … London Royal Society of Medicine, 1984:13-22. 77. Bork K, Brauers J, Kresken M. … CHG bathing and showering formulations do not need a prescription. … Mupirocin requires an M.D. order/prescription and will need to be adequately stocked through pharmacy … Topical prescription products prescribed for treatment do not need to be checked as they are required

  6. Patient Experience, Patient Safety, and Provider Well-Being: Associations and Paths (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/news-and-events/events/webinars/2023-virtual-research-meeting-summary-patient-experience.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - National Study of Medicare Beneficiaries Laura Pinheiro, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine … coordinated care increases the risk for hospitalizations, emergency department visits, repeat tests, and prescription … the Incidence of Malpractice Thomas Gallagher, M.D., Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Medicine … a National Study of Medicare Beneficiaries Laura Pinheiro, PhD, Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine … and the Incidence of Malpractice Thomas Gallagher, MD, Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Medicine

  7. Do Not Miss Sepsis Needles in Viral Haystacks! | PSNet

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    March 27, 2024 - The child was sent home with a prescription for amoxicillin. … Overconfidence as a cause of diagnostic error in medicine. … The structure of reflective practice in medicine. … The Topic Emergency Departments Children's Hospitals Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Medicine

  8. Failure to Adhere to Dietary Restrictions Leading to Complications and Poor Follow-up | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/failure-adhere-dietary-restrictions-leading-complications-and-poor-follow
    September 27, 2023 - of observation, the patient denied abdominal pain and left against medical advice, with a laxative prescription … AHRQ, Patient Safety Network (PSNet) Professor of Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine … Health chbohringer@ucdavis.edu Emily Wei, MD Resident Physician Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine … Topic Emergency Departments Operating Room Health Care Providers Nurses Emergency Medicine

  9. Spotlight (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-03/final_spotlight_case_not_missing_sepsis_needles_in_viral_haystacks_slides_march_date.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - • The child was sent home with a prescription for amoxicillin. 6 Case Details (3) • On day 3 … diagnostic-errors-emergency-department-systematic-review https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-bias-clinical-medicine … Overconfidence as a cause of diagnostic error in medicine. Am J Med. 2008;121(5 Suppl):S2-23. … The structure of reflective practice in medicine. Med Educ. 2004;38(12):1302-8.

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/865419/psn-pdf
    March 27, 2024 - The child was sent home with a prescription for amoxicillin. … diagnostic-errors-emergency-department-systematic-review https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#19 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-bias-clinical-medicine … Overconfidence as a cause of diagnostic error in medicine. Am J Med. 2008;121(5 suppl):S2-23. … The structure of reflective practice in medicine. Med Educ. 2004;38(12):1302-1308.

  11. Life-Threatening Infant Overdose of Sodium Chloride | PSNet

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    December 23, 2020 - was not specialty-trained as a pediatric pharmacist and such a fluid order would be uncommon in adult medicine … higher rate of dispensing errors, whereas lower pharmacy workload is associated with an increase in prescription-related … Director of Pediatric Quality and Safety Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine

  12. The Media: An Essential, If Sometimes Arbitrary, Promoter of Patient Safety | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/media-essential-if-sometimes-arbitrary-promoter-patient-safety
    October 01, 2009 - Download Citation Perspective December 1 marks the tenth anniversary of the Institute of Medicine … Wachter, MD Professor and Associate Chairman, Department of Medicine University of California, San Francisco … Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. … Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work … overdose Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 1994 New focus on medication errors, role of ambiguity in prescriptions

  13. Final Recommendation Statement: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
    November 15, 2022 - congestive heart failure, and chronic opioid use (weak recommendation). 22 The American Academy of Sleep Medicine … University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); Michael Cabana, MD, MA, MPH (Albert Einstein College of Medicine … Wong, MD (Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts). … Westchester, IL: American Academy of Sleep Medicine; 2007. 18.  … Trends in outpatient visits for insomnia, sleep apnea, and prescriptions for sleep medications among

  14. Challenges and Barriers to Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Design and Implementation Experienced in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality CDS Demonstrations (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/CDS_challenges_and_barriers.pdf
    July 30, 2007 - medical care in the United States, efforts are being made to increase the practice of evidence-based medicine … establish a standard knowledge structure that aligns with written evidence-based guidelines published by medical … specialty societies or Federal task forces, such as the U.S. … • “Guidelines” refers to written statements developed by medical specialty societies, disease-focused … BWH team utilized individuals with skills and expertise in clinical informatics, programming, and medicine

  15. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/myqvgr-dsW7k3eQbwj4aR4
    February 01, 2013 - USPSTF (8), we developed an analytic framework and 3 key questions to guide our Annals of Internal Medicine … Review www.annals.org 19 February 2013 Annals of Internal Medicine Volume 158 • Number 4 253 review … A prescription for health: a primary care based intervention to maintain the non-smoking status of young … W-124 19 February 2013 Annals of Internal Medicine Volume 158 • Number 4 www.annals.org Appendix … www.annals.org 19 February 2013 Annals of Internal Medicine Volume 158 • Number 4 W-129

  16. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Depression in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary20/depression-in-adults-screening-2009
    December 15, 2009 - This article was first published in Annals of Internal Medicine in December 2009 ( Ann Intern Med … Prescribing trends in psychotropic medications: primary care, psychiatry, and other medical specialties … Does concurrent prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory … 103 11.7 (9.3-14.6) b Martinez et al, 2005 53 ; patients aged <90 y with new antidepressant prescription … 134.7 (128.9-140.8) b Martinez et al, 2005 53 ; patients aged 19-30 y with new antidepressant prescription

  17. C:\Users\yemsrach dessalegn\Desktop\delete\transcript4.html (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/HOW%20HEALTH%20IT%20CAN%20REDUCE%20UNNECESSARY%20REHOSPITALIZATION.pdf
    June 16, 2021 - Brian Jack, who is with the Department of Family Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine at … What is the medicine, how do I take it, and why am I taking this medication? … That just means that the medicine can go by more than one name. … These can be medicines that your doctor prescribes, medicines you get without a prescription, herbal … For example, medicine interactions, allergies, missed medications, overdoses?”

  18. Evidence Summary: Anxiety Disorders in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/anxiety-adults-screening
    June 20, 2023 - issued a warning on the dangers of combined use of benzodiazepines with opioid medicines (including prescription … have multiple chronic conditions. 93 While the absolute number of overdose deaths associated with prescription … Rosalind Franklin University of Science and Medicine; 2019. 23. … Case-control studies could not fully control for important confounders, and study on suicide used only prescription

  19. In Conversation with...Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpeter-j-pronovost-md-phd-0
    October 01, 2010 - The public doesn't really care whether we use a checklist or how we practice medicine. … I think regulations are too slow and too blunt to keep up with the science of medicine. … professionals to adopt checklists is often framed as pushback against "more paperwork" and "cookbook medicine … The field of medicine is no less complex. … Researchers and caregivers should welcome the advent of checklists in medicine, customizing the tools

  20. Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate Interruptive Drug-Disease Alerts. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/overdose-gabapentin-and-oxycodone-patient-end-stage-renal-disease-case-appropriate
    June 24, 2020 - used off-label for uremic pruritis. 2 A 2016 study reported that 6-9% of patients with CKD received a prescription … Craig Keenan, MD, FACP Professor of Medicine UC Davis Health crkeenan@ucdavis.edu Scott MacDonald, MD … September 1, 2016 Differences of reasons for alert overrides on contraindicated co-prescriptions
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