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21. Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2020 - Is it safe to take vitamins when I take a prescription medicine? … This includes: Prescription medicines. … If your doctor writes your prescription by hand, make sure you can read it. … Ask your doctor if your prescription needs to be refilled. … Never give your prescription medicine to anyone else or take prescription medicine that wasn't prescribed

22. Medicare Version of the Health Plan Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    December 01, 2023 - The Medicare Survey includes versions for Medicare Advantage plans (including PPOs), Prescription Drug … Getting Needed Prescription Drugs. Care Coordination. … Learn about the Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan CAHPS Survey .

23. How To Create a My Medicines List | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - 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.

24. Health Literacy Tools for Providers of Medication Therapy Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - CMR is designed to improve patients’ knowledge of their prescriptions, over-the-counter (OTC) medications … Use Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions .

25. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Survey 3.0/3.1: Access to Mental Health Care Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    May 01, 2021 - In the last 6 months, how difficult was it for you to get your prescriptions for these mental health

26. Opioids AHRQ Works: Building Bridges Between Research and Practice (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2018 - The misuse of opioids, such as prescription pain medications and heroin, has become widespread across … showed that 13.0 percent of non-elderly adults, on average, filled at least 1 outpatient opioid prescription … ; 3.1 percent of non-elderly adults had 4 or more prescription fills during the year; and non-elderly … MEPS Statistical Brief “Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription … 2014,” published in January 2017, showed that opioid-related hospital stays involving misuse of prescription

27. Toolkit 1. Suspected UTI SBAR Toolkit | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2016 - study in 12 nursing homes in Texas found that using the Suspected UTI SBAR form reduced antibiotic prescriptions … nursing homes. 2 However, it can be difficult to differentiate between a UTI that requires an antibiotic prescription … UTI for the prescribing clinician, who then uses the information to assess the need for an antibiotic prescription … A periodic review of charts and prescription trends can validate whether the Suspected UTI SBAR form

28. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - Now Events Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription … Today's Headlines: Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access … Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access An AHRQ-funded study … August 2023 Internet Citation: Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription

29. Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2008 - Side Effects Dosage Duration Availability Nicotine Patch Local skin reaction 21 mg/24 hours 4 weeks Prescription … cigs/day-4 mg gum (up to 24 pcs/day) Nicotine Nasal Spray Nasal irritation 8-40 doses/day 3-6 months Prescription … only Nicotine Inhaler Local irritation of 6-16 cartridges/day Up to 6 months Prescription only mouth … mg (up to 20 pcs/day) Bupropion SR History of seizure Insomnia 150 mg every morning for 7-12 weeks Prescription … 6 months Varenicline Monitor for changes in mood, Nausea 0.5 mg once daily for days 5-7 3 months, Prescription

30. Create a Safe Medicine List Together: Role Play Scenarios (pdf file)
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    April 03, 2018 - Thomas isn’t taking anything else – other prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, supplements … Martin isn’t taking anything else – other prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, supplements … Santiago isn’t taking anything else – other prescriptions, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, supplements

31. 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 .

32. FAQs | Practice-Based Research Networks | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2009 - How does The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Prescription for Health fit into AHRQ's PBRN initiative … How does The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Prescription for Health fit into AHRQ's PBRN initiative … The Prescription for Health is a five-year initiative funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in … physical activity Unhealthy diet Tobacco use Risky use of alcohol For more information about the Prescription

33. Getting Ready for Your Ambulatory Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2017 - These instructions usually explain whether you need to stop medications or fill new prescriptions, when … Preventing infection: Your doctor may give you a prescription for an antibiotic to take before your … Be sure to fill any prescriptions before surgery and follow directions as prescribed.

34. Participating in the SOPS Community Pharmacy Survey Database | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - NPI number and pharmacy characteristics, such as pharmacy type, number of locations, and number of prescriptions

35. New Study Shows Reduced Antibiotic Use at Long-term Care Facilities Participating in HHS-funded Program | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2022 - Antibiotic prescriptions are common in long-term care facilities, yet up to 75 percent of them are considered

36. AHRQ Quality and Safety Review System (QSRS) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2022 - The use of reliable structured data, such as medication prescriptions and laboratory test results that

37. Medication Management: Sample Process for Medication Management Strategy (pdf file)
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    January 12, 2017 - Using the Medication List form, go through the prescription medications one by one: a. … Check whether the prescription indicates that no refills remain, and note on the Medication List form … Make the clinician aware of any prescription that is not being taken as prescribed and the reason, if … For medications that are expired or prescriptions that have no refills remaining, consider whether a … new prescription is needed. 3.

38. Medication Management: Common Barriers to Medication Adherence (pdf file)
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    January 11, 2017 - Forget to refill: Write a longer prescription; suggest a pharmacy refill reminder or auto-refill system … Prescribe generics when possible; offer information about prescription assistance programs and less … Use plain language indications on the prescription so plain language appears on the label; use teach-back … Write a longer prescription; suggest mail order options.

39. 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 . … Top of Page Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions Explicit, standardized instructions … Get started: Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions .

40. Improving Medication Safety for Older Adults | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2022 - “Older adults, who take many prescription and over-the-counter medications, are required to self-manage … These efforts are helping pharmacists reduce harm from both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medication … grant to measure the impact of CancelRx, an e-prescribing tool developed by the National Council for Prescription