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21. Register Now: July 25 Webinar by National Action Alliance Will Address Involving Patients and Families in Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    July 01, 2023 - Survey Finds That Many Patients Take Antibiotics Without a Prescription . … Survey Finds That Many Patients Take Antibiotics Without a Prescription More than two-fifths of 564 … patients responding to a survey said they had taken antibiotics without a prescription, according to … (19.1 percent), or purchasing them abroad without a prescription (17.9 percent). … uninsured patients who report financial barriers to care are likely to acquire antibiotics without prescriptions

22. 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.

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. 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.

25. Implementation Guide for Ambulatory Care Antibiotic Stewardship (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2022 - initial antibiotic stewardship intervention; (7) monitoring and providing feedback about antibiotic prescription … • The Accessing and Reporting Antibiotic Prescription Data document is a comprehensive data collection … form for building a system to track antibiotic prescriptions and clinic visits. … the information technology group that supports the practice to facilitate extraction of antibiotic prescriptions … infections because these are common reasons for patients to present to care and often result in antibiotic prescriptions

26. 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 .

27. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Slides
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    September 01, 2022 - Step four: Determine how to access antibiotic prescription data. … Step seven: Monitor and report back antibiotic prescription data to practice. … to focus on Approximate amount of time that will be spent on each condition Frequency of antibiotic prescription … Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care Sustaining 7 Hypothetical Proportion of Visits With an Antibiotic Prescription

28. Medication Management: Procedure: Engaging Your Patient To Create a Medication List (pdf file)
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    January 17, 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 … Repeat this process until you have a complete list of all prescription medications, including non-oral … Make the clinician aware of any prescription that is not being taken as prescribed and the reason, if

29. Emergency Department Workflow Diagrams (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2018 - No Yes Yes No ED Process for Patient with Suspected CAP (Pre- Implementation) Prescription … Yes Yes No ED Process for Patient with Suspected CAP (Pre-Implementation) with Data Elements Prescription … No Yes Yes No ED Process for Patient with Suspected CAP (Post- Implementation) Prescription

30. Medication Management (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2015 - accurate medication list – Patients and family members bring all their medications – OTC and prescriptions … • 2.3 billion prescriptions are prescribed by primary care clinicians each year (CDC) • Adverse drug

31. Supplemental-Health-Literacy-Hpcahps-Adult-2157-3A (doc file)
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    May 08, 2017 - In the last 12 months, did you start a prescription medicine? … Did you find the information you needed about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines … Was the information about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines easy to understand … Was there too much information about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines? … Was the information about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines confusing?

32. More Effort Is Needed To Ensure Patients Understand Doctors' Instructions (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2019 - 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

33. Emergency Visits for Opioid Use Rose White Treatment for Illicit Drug Use Remained Unchanged (pdf file)
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    August 11, 2021 - opioids (also called prescription pain relievers) or use of heroin (some data sources include synthetic … Misuse of prescription opioids is the use of a prescription opioid in any way not directed by a doctor … , including without a prescription; use in greater amounts, more often, or longer than told; or use … It is sometimes also called “nonmedical prescription opioid use” or “misuse of prescription pain relievers … ,” depending on the data source, and refers only to misuse of prescription opioids.

34. 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 .

35. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Health Plan Adult Survey 5.0: Health Literacy | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2020 - In the last 12 months, did you start a prescription medicine? … Did you find the information you needed about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines … Was the information about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines easy to understand … Was there too much information about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines? … Was the information about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines confusing?

36. 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.

37. 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 .

38. Medication Management: Reminder Business Card (pdf file)
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    January 11, 2017 - � Prescription medicines. … � Medicines you buy without a prescription (like Tylenol® or cold medicine).

39. 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 .

40. Please bring ALL your medicines to your next appointment. (Postcard) (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2017 - Please make sure you bring (in the original container): � Prescription medicines. … � Medicines you buy without a prescription (like Tylenol® or cold medicine).