Su medicamento: Infórmese. Evite riesgos (Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe)

AHRQ

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AHRQ has released a revised Spanish-language medication safety booklet, “Su medicamento: Infórmese. Evite riesgos” (“Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe.”) to help Spanish-speaking patients learn more about how to take medicines safely. The booklet includes a detachable, wallet-size card that can help patients keep track of medicines they are taking, including vitamins and herbal and other dietary supplements. This Solution requires a web browser and Adobe Reader to view its web pages and PDFs.
The Partners High-Cost Drug Guidelines Solution BUNDLE

High-Cost Drugs Guidelines Solution BUNDLE

The High-Cost Drug Guidelines Solution, (for bundles of 5 individual drug guidelines) allows you to select from the list available guidelines. This Solution, developed by Partners HealthCare, achieves control of pharmaceutical expenditures across a hospital or health system and streamlines the criteria for drug use system-wide.
Partners HealthCare High-Cost Drugs Guidelines Solution [EACH ADDITIONAL SITE]

High-Cost Drugs Guidelines Solution [EACH ADDITIONAL SITE]

The High-Cost Drug Guidelines Solution, for MULTI-SITE usage will save you 50% off the individual price. Developed by Partners HealthCare, HCD guidelines achieves control of pharmaceutical expenditures across your health systems and streamlines the criteria for drug use system-wide.

Allscripts Remote

Allscripts Remote™ provides healthcare providers with the accesibility to remotely control their Allscripts EHR from anywhere and thus help manage their time. Medical decisions that need to be made at or away from the hospital can be made more effectively and accurately.

Allscripts Remote features include:
• Access to real-time patient summary information
• Fast communication to local emergency rooms
• Convenient ePrescribing to the patient’s pharmacy
• Anytime access to task list allows medication refill management, lab results verification and signing of chart notes

Medication Management Improvement System (MMIS) Toolkits

These toolkits, developed by Partners in Care Foundation, were designed to improve medication use among the elderly patients in home health agencies and community-based care management agencies. The toolkits provide information on how to implement a medication management intervention within these organizations. They also offer practical advice on the scope of the potential medication-related problems among the elderly and suggest how agencies can address this issue. The toolkit is available as several PDFs, requiring Adobe Reader.

How-to Guide: Prevent Harm from High-Alert Medications

This IHI report discusses guideline for reducing harm from high-alert medications. The report is available as a Word file, requiring Microsoft Word.

What You Can Do to Avoid Medication Errors

This fact sheet provides tips on how to avoid medication errors. The tool was developed by the Institute of Medicine, and is available as a PDF, requiring Adobe Reader.

Medication Safety Reconciliation Toolkit

The Medication Reconciliation Toolkit helps hospitals establish and implement a standardized medication reconciliation process. The toolkit provides guidance, sample forms, and tips. The toolkit is available as a PDF, requiring Adobe Reader.

How-To Guide for Telepharmacy

The purpose of the How-To Guide for Telepharmacy is to provide valuable information and guidelines for pharmacists, rural communities, and others on how to successfully implement a telepharmacy program. These programs are designed to restore and retain retail and hospital pharmacy services in communities that are located in remote, medically underserved areas. The guide is available as a PDF, requiring Adobe Reader.

MATCH - Medication Reconciliation Toolkit

Northwestern Memorial Hospital developed a web-based, comprehensive, multidisciplinary team approach to evaluate the extent of adverse events and develop interventions to improve patient safety and quality of care.

A MATCH team includes physicians, nurses, pharmacists, health services researchers and experts in quality and patient safety. This toolkit is a culmination of Northwestern Memorial Hospital's experiences as well as collaborations with other organizations and individuals locally, regionally and nationally.

This guide requires a web browser.

ISMP Medication Safety Self Assessment for Automated Dispensing Cabinets

The ISMP, in response their analysis of reported medication errors, has developed a survey toolkit in order to assess the medication safety practices in healthcare institutions, regarding the use of automated dispensing cabinets.