Drug Safety – Providers

Resources for Healthcare Providers

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Network
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Primer: Medication Reconciliation
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Staying Active and Healthy: Blood Thinners video
• American Association of Poison Control Centers Patient Management Guidelines
• Annals of Long Term Care
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Competitive Acquisition for Part B Drugs & Biologicals Information for Physicians
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services National Drug Code (NDC) Medicare Part D Covered Drugs
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Medication Safety
• Drugs to Avoid with Elderly Patients
• eHealth Initiative Overview of the Connecting for Drug Safety Initiative
• Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG) Provider Drug Safety Information
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Patient Safety & Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement Medication Systems
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Guidelines for Standard Order Sets
• The Joint Commission For Physicians
• MedQIC Prescribing Practices
• Medicare
• “My Brown Bag” for Medications
• “My Medication Profile”
• National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention
• National Guideline Clearinghouse Treatment/Intervention Results Chemicals & Drugs
• National Quality Forum Patient Safety
• The New England Journal of Medicine
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Drug Safety Information
• United States Pharmacopeia Healthcare Providers

Articles

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Case & Commentary: Bad Writing, Wrong Medication.
  Beth Devine. AHRQ. April 2010.
• ARMOR: A Tool to Evaluate Polypharmacy in Elderly Persons.
  Raza Haque, MD. Annals of Long Term Care. June 2009.
• Clinical Pharmacists Can Fill in Healthcare Gaps.
  Karen Ravn. Los Angeles Times. November 2009.
• Development of Computerized Alerts with Management Strategies for 25 Serious Drug-Drug Interactions.
  (Subscription required) John E. Murphy; Daniel C. Malone; Bridget M. Olson; Amy J. Grizzle; Edward P. Armstrong; Grant H. Skrepnek. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2009.
• Education and Reminder Card for Those on Multiple Medications Enhances Patient Understanding, Not Satisfaction or Safety.
  Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). January 2009.
• Educating the Older Adult in Over-the-Counter Medication Use.
  (Free membership required). Judith Glaser, DO; Lydia Rolita, MD. Geriatrics and Aging. July 2009.
• Effect of an Electronic Medication Reconciliation Application and Process Redesign on Potential Adverse Drug Events: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.
  (Subscription required) Schnipper; Hamann; Ndumele; Liang; Carty; Karson; Bhan; Coley; Poon; Turchin; Labonville; Diedrichsen; Lipsitz; Broverman; McCarthy; Gandhi. Archives of Internal Medicine. April 2009.
• Experts Give Five Tips for Improving Medication Adherence.
  Bernie Monegain. Healthcare IT News. October 2009.
• Impact of a Standard Medication Chart on Prescribing Errors: A Before – and – After Audit.
  (Subscription required) Coombes; Stowasser; Reid; Mitchell. Quality and Safety in Health Care. August 2008.
• Medication Reconciliation and Seamless Care in the Long Term Setting.
  Neil J. Mackinnon, PhD, FCSHP; Robert M. Kaiser, MD, MHSc; Paula Griswold, MS; Alice Bonner, PhD, RN. Annals of Long Term Care. November 2009.
• Medication Reconciliation in a Rural Trauma Population.
  (Subscription required) S. Lee Miller, MD, FACS; Stephanie Miller, PharmD; Jennifer Balon, MSN; Thomas S. Helling, MD. Annals of Emergency Medicine. October 2007.
• Medication Therapy Management in Pharmacy Practice: Core Elements of an MTM Service Model.
  American Pharmacists Association. March 2008.
• National Alert System to Prevent Medication Errors.
  (Free membership required). Laurie Barclay, MD. Medscape Medical News. December 2009.
• NCC MERP Index for Categorizing Medication Errors Algorithm.
  National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP). 2001.
• Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses – Medication Reconciliation.
  Jane H. Barnsteiner. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). April 2008.
• Potentially Inappropriate Medications for the Elderly According to the Revised Beers Criteria.
  Donna M. Fick, PhD, RN; James W. Cooper, PhD, RPh; William E. Wade, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP; Jennifer L. Waller, PhD; J. Ross Maclean, MD; Mark H. Beers, MD. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2003.
• NCC MERP Index for Categorizing Medication Errors.
  National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCC MERP). 2001.
• The Use of OTC Medication in Older Adults.
  (Free membership required). Miranda Wilhelm, PharmD; J. Mark Ruscin, PharmD, BCPS. U.S. Pharmacist. August 2009.
• Use of Prescription and Over-the-counter Medications and Dietary Supplements among Older Adults in the United States.
  Dima M. Qato, PharmD, MPH; Caleb Alexander, MD, MS; Rena M. Conti, PhD; Michael Johnson, BA; Phil Schumm, MA; Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 2008.
• Safe Practices for Better Healthcare.
  (Membership or purchase required) National Quality Forum. March 2009.

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