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  1. Hospitals win safety award for simple changes.  | PSNet

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    September 06, 2006 - May 20, 2020 Drug-drug interactions and prescription appropriateness at hospital discharge … August 28, 2019 Medicine Safety: Take Care. … The Topic Hospitals Health Care Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators Medicine

  2. Patient comprehension of emergency department care and instructions: are patients aware of when they do not understand? | PSNet

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    September 23, 2020 - correlations between limited health literacy and misunderstanding of instructions (such as those on prescription … October 18, 2023 Education outcomes from a duty-hour flexibility trial in internal medicine … View More See More About The Topic Emergency Departments Emergency Medicine

  3. Archived: Dental Caries in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/dental-caries-in-preschool-children-screening-2004
    April 15, 2004 - Rationale : The USPSTF found fair evidence that, in preschool children with low fluoride exposure, prescription … fluoride toothpaste. 11 Although the studies assessing the appropriateness of primary care clinicians' prescription … the fluoridation level of their patients' water supplies, there is the possibility of inappropriate prescription … (Tri-County Family Medicine, Cohocton, NY, and Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, University of Rochester … (Professor of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical

  4. Archived: Final Recommendation Statement: Dental Caries in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/dental-caries-in-preschool-children-screening-2004
    April 15, 2004 - Rationale : The USPSTF found fair evidence that, in preschool children with low fluoride exposure, prescription … fluoride toothpaste. 11 Although the studies assessing the appropriateness of primary care clinicians' prescription … the fluoridation level of their patients' water supplies, there is the possibility of inappropriate prescription … (Tri-County Family Medicine, Cohocton, NY, and Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, University of Rochester … (Professor of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical

  5. SNOMED CT | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Current Investigation |  Background First published in 1975, the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine … SNOMED was revised and expanded as it matured into the Systematized Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary Medicine … most comprehensive clinical vocabulary in English (or any language), covering most aspects of clinical medicine … between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Kaiser Permanente, for use in electronic labeling for prescription

  6. Anatomy of a cyberattack: part 4: quality assurance and error reduction, billing and compliance, transition to uptime. | PSNet

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    April 27, 2022 - April 27, 2022 Incidence of prescription errors in patients discharged from the emergency … October 13, 2021 Machine learning is booming in medicine. … More See More About The Topic Hospitals Information Professionals Hospital Medicine … Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems View More

  7. Chronic Pain Management | The Academy

    integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/opioid-use-disorder/implement-mat-for-oud/chronic-pain-management
    January 01, 2012 - opioid use disorder to also experience acute or chronic pain, as this pain may have led to the misuse of prescription … and recommendations from other clinicians, cultural beliefs or concerns, and data from the State’s prescription … therapeutic exercise, physical therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and complementary and alternative medicine … with substance use disorders: National Practice Guideline Supplement —American Society of Addiction Medicine … American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM).

  8. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt file)

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    May 01, 2014 - regarding the importance of the topic * Indications of Overuse Between 25 to 75 percent of antibiotic prescriptions … Journal of General Internal Medicine. 16(6): 376-383, 2001. … Already efforts have been successful in reducing unnecessary prescriptions for children with respiratory … This QI project is part of a national effort directed at another population with high antibiotic prescription … recurrence Culture should be ordered only if new urinary symptoms are present *Archives of Internal Medicine

  9. Ninth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/reports-congress/ninth-annual-report-congress-high-priority-evidence-gaps-clinical-preventive-services
    November 01, 2019 - an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention, primary care, and evidence-based medicine … to use and to help them quit using e-cigarettes Illicit Drug Use, Including Nonmedical Use of Prescription … in adults Assess accuracy of screening tools that ask questions to help detect nonmedical use of prescription

  10. Impact of non-interruptive medication laboratory monitoring alerts in ambulatory care. | PSNet

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    March 10, 2011 - March 11, 2011 Adherence to black box warnings for prescription medications in outpatients … April 14, 2011 Management of test results in family medicine offices. … See More About The Topic Ambulatory Clinic or Office Information Professionals Family Medicine … Primary Care General Internal Medicine View More

  11. Medication errors recovered by emergency department pharmacists. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-recovered-emergency-department-pharmacists
    December 31, 2014 - March 6, 2015 Emergency department discharge prescription interventions by emergency … medicine pharmacists. … August 8, 2012 Effect of emergency medicine pharmacists on medication-error reporting … Emergency Departments Pharmacists Risk Managers Quality and Safety Professionals Emergency Medicine

  12. Inpatient suicide: preventing a common sentinel event. | PSNet

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    May 28, 2015 - December 21, 2014 An automated, dynamic radiation oncology prescription checking system … January 10, 2024 Emergency medicine physicians' perspectives on diagnostic accuracy in … More About The Topic Hospitals Health Care Providers Risk Managers General Internal Medicine … Hospital Medicine View More

  13. Medication Without Harm: WHO's Third Global Patient Safety Challenge. | PSNet

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    July 14, 2021 - information about a worldwide effort to improve medication safety by examining elements of medication prescription … More See More About The Topic Hospitals Facility and Group Administrators Medicine

  14. Effect of different interventions to help primary care clinicians avoid unsafe opioid prescribing in opioid-naive patients with acute noncancer pain: a cluster randomized clinical trial. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-different-interventions-help-primary-care-clinicians-avoid-unsafe-opioid-prescribing
    October 26, 2022 - August 4, 2021 Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring program … cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions. … label: prevalence and description of discrepancies from a cross-sectional evaluation of electronic prescriptions … Ambulatory Clinic or Office Quality and Safety Professionals Information Professionals Family Medicine

  15. Screening and Diagnosis | The Academy

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    January 01, 2018 - Possible screening tools include: Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use … Check Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Providers should check whether their patients are … receiving prescriptions for controlled substances from other healthcare providers. … PDMPs can help identify patients who may be misusing or diverting prescription opioids. … The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) categorizes treatment settings into levels that reflect

  16. Improving Laboratory Monitoring in Community Practices: A Randomized Trial - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs017201-simon-final-report-2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - for the presence of the indicated laboratory test as with the new prescriptions; the difference in … , the primary outcome measure is the ratio of monitoring errors to the total number of target drug prescriptions … An index prescription will be defined as no active prescription for at least the previous 365 days. … laboratory monitoring, the primary outcome measure is the ratio of monitoring errors to the total number of prescriptions … An abstract and poster were presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine 2012 Conference and

  17. Medications at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MATCH) Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/match.pdf
    August 01, 2012 - .4 ■ A study utilized 12 years of administrative records of all hospitalizations and outpatient prescriptions … older to determine (1) continuous use of at least 1 of 5 medication classes and (2) failure to renew prescriptions … ■ Before giving you any new medicine, how often did hospital staff tell you what the medicine was for … Patient being discharged from hospital Physician places discharge order Physician writes new prescriptions … This information will help you when getting a prescription filled. ■ Your Medicine: Be Smart.

  18. Affordability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-afford.html
    September 01, 2015 - Difficulty Getting Care People unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription … In 2012, among people who were unable to get or delayed getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription … Difficulty Getting Care Females unable to get or delayed in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription … : In 2012, among females unable to get or delaying in getting needed medical care, dental care, or prescription

  19. Diagnostic error in medicine: analysis of 583 physician-reported errors. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/diagnostic-error-medicine-analysis-583-physician-reported-errors
    June 24, 2009 - Study Classic Diagnostic error in medicine: analysis of … Diagnostic error in medicine: analysis of 583 physician-reported errors. … Diagnostic error in medicine: analysis of 583 physician-reported errors. … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … October 31, 2014 The value of autopsies in the era of high-tech medicine: discrepant

  20. 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: Appendix A (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-appa4.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - than 140/90 mm/Hg -1.6 -0.51 NHANES 2016 People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … discharges, adults -3.8 -1.22 HCUP 2016 People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … year 0.69 0.008 0.391 MEPS 15 (2002-2016) People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … with obesity -0.2 0.26 NHANES 2004-2016 People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine … the last 2 years 0.3 0.43 NHIS 2000-2015 People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine
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