2024
Scaling the EQUIPPED medication safety program: Traditional and hub‐and‐spoke implementation models
Vandenberg A, Hwang U, Das S, Genes N, Nyamu S, Richardson L, Ezenkwele U, Legome E, Richardson C, Belachew A, Leong T, Kegler M, Vaughan C. Scaling the EQUIPPED medication safety program: Traditional and hub‐and‐spoke implementation models. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2024, 72: 2184-2194. PMID: 38259070, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18746.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPotentially inappropriate medicationsHub-and-spoke modelEmergency departmentSpoke sitesReduce potentially inappropriate medicationMedication safety programQuality improvement initiativesElectronic medical recordsInappropriate medicationsHealth systemImprovement initiativesPrescribing dataHub-and-spokeDisproportionate barriersImplementation modelMedical recordsSite engagementInterview dataSafety programCOVID-19 pandemicProgramEQUIP programCOVID-19BarriersHealth
2021
Early prescribing outcomes after exporting the EQUIPPED medication safety improvement programme
Vaughan CP, Hwang U, Vandenberg AE, Leong T, Wu D, Stevens MB, Clevenger C, Eucker S, Genes N, Huang W, Ikpe-Ekpo E, Nassisi D, Previl L, Rodriguez S, Sanon M, Schlientz D, Vigliotti D, Hastings SN. Early prescribing outcomes after exporting the EQUIPPED medication safety improvement programme. BMJ Open Quality 2021, 10: e001369. PMID: 34750188, PMCID: PMC8576471, DOI: 10.1136/bmjoq-2021-001369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationAcademic health systemElectronic medical recordsHealth systemMedical recordsPrescribing outcomesOlder adultsVA health systemMedication safety programMonthly proportionEpic electronic medical recordDifferent health systemsSignificant reductionBeers criteriaMonthly prescribingMonths preimplementationInappropriate medicationsBenzodiazepine prescriptionsPrescribing ratesEmergency departmentMonths postimplementationDrug classesHealth AdministrationOrder setsVA system