2016
Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Specialists on the Design and Implementation of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Inappropriate Medications in a Veterans Affairs Emergency Department
Moss JM, Bryan WE, Wilkerson LM, Jackson GL, Owenby RK, Van Houtven C, Stevens MB, Powers JS, Vaughan CP, Hung WW, Hwang U, Markland AD, McGwin G, Hastings SN. Impact of Clinical Pharmacy Specialists on the Design and Implementation of a Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Inappropriate Medications in a Veterans Affairs Emergency Department. Journal Of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy 2016, 22: 10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.1.74. PMID: 27015054, PMCID: PMC10397930, DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.1.74.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical pharmacy specialistsVeterans Affairs emergency departmentPIM prescribingEmergency departmentQuality improvement initiativesPIM ratesAcademic detailingED providersPharmacy specialistsRate of PIMInappropriate medication useQI projectOlder adult patientsImprovement initiativesVA Medical CenterComputerized patient record systemHealth care systemBeers criteriaPIM prescriptionInappropriate medicationsAdult patientsMedication usePrescribing practicesProvider educationMedical Center
2015
Enhancing the Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED): Preliminary Results from Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department, a Novel Multicomponent Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative
Stevens MB, Hastings SN, Powers J, Vandenberg AE, Echt KV, Bryan WE, Peggs K, Markland AD, Hwang U, Hung WW, Schmidt AJ, McGwin G, Ikpe-Ekpo E, Clevenger C, Johnson TM, Vaughan CP. Enhancing the Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department (EQUiPPED): Preliminary Results from Enhancing Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged from the Emergency Department, a Novel Multicomponent Interdisciplinary Quality Improvement Initiative. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2015, 63: 1025-1029. PMID: 25945692, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13404.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality improvement initiativesOlder veteransPrescribing practicesStaff providersEmergency departmentProvider educationEmergency department studyNumber of PIMsUse of PIMsImprovement initiativesAverage monthly proportionBeers criteriaED dischargeInappropriate medicationsClinical decision supportAcademic detailingSustained reductionHealth outcomesPoisson regressionSuboptimal medicationOrder setsDepartment studyOlder adultsMonthly proportionVeterans