Screening Electronic Veterans' Health Records for Medication Discontinuation
July 18th 2012Many patients stop taking medications for chronic conditions, thereby reducing the effectiveness of healthcare. An attempt to screen electronic VA healthcare records to identify patients as they discontinued a medication was not an efficient approach to this problem.
Patient Safety-Focused Medication Therapy Management: Challenges Affecting Future Implementation
July 12th 2012Lessons learned from implementation of a pharmacist-delivered medication therapy management intervention in primary care can inform future studies and be adopted into real-world clinical settings.
Exploring Health Plan Perspectives in Collecting and Using Data on Race, Ethnicity, and Language
July 12th 2012In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 health plans to explore why plans collect or forgo race, ethnicity, and language (REL) data collection efforts, and the challenges encountered with collecting and using data for quality improvement.