BACKGROUND Substantial opportunity exists to improve medication management in the period following a hospital discharge. The objective of this study was to assess and improve medication management during care transitions through pharmacist home visits and the use of an electronic personal health record (ePHR) system. METHODS Recently discharged patients aged 50 years or older and having a chr...

BACKGROUND Nonadherence to prescribed medications is a common problem in dermatology, and assessing adherence can be difficult. Electronic monitors are not always practical, but self-report measures may be less reliable. PURPOSE To review the literature for self-report instruments and electronic monitors used to measure medication adherence in patients with chronic disease. METHODS A PubMed...

OBJECTIVE To explore how key components of economic evaluations have been included in evaluations of health information systems (HIS), to determine the state of knowledge on value for money for HIS, and provide guidance for future evaluations. MATERIALS AND METHODS We searched databases, previously collected papers, and references for relevant papers published from January 2000 to June 2012. ...

BACKGROUND Information is scarce on the impact of the clinical electronic record on the frequency and severity of medication errors in acute geriatric patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS An analytical and descriptive pre-post study was conducted on the implementation of computerized provider order entry systems (CPOE), over a 6 year period. A voluntary reporting system was used to detect the medic...

Widespread electronic health record (EHR) implementation creates new challenges in the diabetes care of complex and diverse populations, including safe medication prescribing for patients with limited health literacy and limited English proficiency. This review highlights how the EHR electronic prescribing transformation has affected diabetes care for vulnerable patients and offers recommendati...

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As patients are encouraged to become active participants in their own care, recent research has begun to explore the direct sharing of electronic health information with patients during hospital visits. The design of patient-facing views of clinical information is, however, a relatively recent line of inquiry. Research is needed to further understand guidelines for communicating specific types ...

BACKGROUND Inappropriate use of sedating medication has been reported in nursing homes for several decades. The Reducing Use of Sedatives (RedUSe) project was designed to address this issue through a combination of audit, feedback, staff education, and medication review. The project significantly reduced sedative use in a controlled trial of 25 Tasmanian nursing homes. To expand the project to ...