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  1. Adverse Effects of First-Line Pharmacologic Treatments of Major Depression in Older Adults (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/ehc-depression-research-protocol.pdf
    February 07, 2018 - substance abuse • Frailty • Early versus late onset MDD • Polypharmacy, defined as 5 or more concurrent prescription … Tips on incorporating American Geriatrics Society Beers and screening tool of older people’s prescriptions

  2. The Risks of a Malpositioned Gastrostomy Tube and Poor Communication | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/risks-malpositioned-gastrostomy-tube-and-poor-communication
    August 01, 2012 - Estimating the impact on patient safety of enabling the digital transfer of patients' prescription … July 1, 2020 Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory

  3. S44 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s44.pdf
    October 01, 2007 - PharmaNet, an online pharmacy data- base and network capturing all dispensings (with rare excep- tions) of prescription … Also, patients who heard in advance about the coming policy had an opportunity to refill their prescriptions

  4. News Media and Health Care Providers at the Crossroads of Medical Adverse Events (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/Advances-Whitten_85.pdf
    June 05, 2008 - professionals and health care providers are then detailed, followed by a discussion that includes prescriptions

  5. Appendix F. Interventions (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/envscan-app-f.pdf
    January 01, 2015 - A streamlined approach to prescription management Yes Yes Moderate Guidelines for primary care practices … things you should know about opioid safety Yes Yes Strong Guidelines for patients about risks of opioid prescriptions … 2013, PMID 23547549) Yes Yes Moderate Screening tool for older persons’ potentially inappropriate prescriptions

  6. Final Progress Report: Caregiver innovations to reduce harm in Neonatal Intensive Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/thomas-report.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Nutrition prescriptions were compared by phase and adjusted for differences in GA and BW. … protocol, nutrition-focused rounding, and audits, led to significant increases in calorie and protein prescriptions

  7. Findings and Lessons From the AHRQ Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/findings-and-lessons-from-the-ahrq-ambulatory-safety-and-quality-program.pdf
    August 09, 2013 - 017157) evalu- ated the safety, security, quality, and effectiveness of electronic transmission of prescriptions … mass of pharmacies being capable of dispens- ing electronically transmitted controlled substances prescriptions

  8. The AHRQ Health IT Value Grant Initiative: A Programmatic Review of the Peer-Reviewed Literature (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/THQITvalue020612.pdf
    June 01, 2010 - a cost- savings potential as a result of the health IT implemented, since there was a decrease in prescriptions … written for the more expensive medications and an increase in prescriptions written for the less expensive

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33700/psn-pdf
    October 01, 2010 - In Conversation with...Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD October 1, 2010 In Conversation with..Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD. PSNet [internet]. 2010. https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-withpeter-j-pronovost-md-phd-0 Editor's note: Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and He…

  10. Table of Contents: Volume 1. Assessment (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol1/TableofContents_Vol1.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Risk of Concurrent Use of Prescription Drugs with Herbal and Dietary Supplements in Ambulatory Care

  11. Table of Contents: Volume 4. Technology and Medication Safety (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/TableofContents_Vol4.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Risk of Concurrent Use of Prescription Drugs with Herbal and Dietary Supplements in Ambulatory Care

  12. Implementation and Impacts of Lean Redesigns in Primary Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/leanprimarycarewebinar.html
    December 01, 2017 - Prescription refills renewed within 4 hours. Telephone encounters closed within 4 hours.

  13. Health-Literacy-Hp-Cahps-Adult-Spanish-2157-3B (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/HP/health-literacy-hp-cahps-adult-spanish-2157-3b.docx
    June 02, 2025 - pregunta P-HL43 After P-HL36 This item only recommended for use if the referenced health plan includes prescription

  14. 2019 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2019qdr-final-es-cs061721.pdf
    December 01, 2020 - on Affordable Care Improving Trend: Barriers to Medical Care Improving Trend: Barriers to Getting Prescription

  15. Cer-250-Cannabis-Table-E5-2022-Update 0 (xls file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-250-cannabis-table-e5-2022-update_0.xlsx
    January 01, 2022 - 29.1 to ˗7.2) Overall absolute effect after medical cannabis authorization: ˗76.5 (˗308.0 to 154.9) Prescription

  16. Gout Executive (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/gout_executive.pdf
    March 01, 2016 - early menopause have been associated with a higher risk of gout and/or gout attacks (flares).3 Some prescription … We contacted manufacturers of the prescription medications used to treat gout that are listed in Table … Prescription and dosing of urate-lowering therapyy, rather than patient behaviours, are the key modifiable … Eligibility for and prescription of urate-lowering treatment in patients with incident gout in England

  17. Acute Treatment for Episodic Migraine: Surveillance Report 2 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/episodic-migraine-surveillance-report-2.pdf
    June 01, 2022 - mass index [BMI]); (3) dose of opioids; (4) duration of opioid therapy, including number of opioid prescription … therapy for acute treatment of episodic migraine pain on (1) short-term (<3 months) continued need for prescription … clinician and patient values and preferences related to opioids; (4) urine drug screening; (5) use of prescription … education Clinician and patient values and preferences related to opioids Urine drug screening Use of prescription

  18. Implementation Quick Start Guide: Medication Management (Half-Page) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-family-engagement/pfeprimarycare/medmanage_quickstartbrochure.pdf
    December 15, 2016 - Almost half the people in the United States have used at least one prescription medication in the last

  19. Adverse and Temporary Harm Events in Long-Term-Care Hospitals (LTCH) Designated in Office of Inspector General Report1 as Clearly Preventable or Likely Preventable, by Clinical Category (pdf file)

    pso.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/oig-list-long-term-care-hospitals-2019.pdf
    January 01, 2019 - hydromorphone) • Somnolence due to anti-anxiety medications (lorazepam and clonazepam), nonstandard prescription

  20. Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/advances-new-directions/index.html
    July 01, 2022 - Risk of Concurrent Use of Prescription Drugs with Herbal and Dietary Supplements in Ambulatory Care
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