Outpatient/Physician Office Setting
VHQC consults with practitioners in the outpatient setting to decrease the incidence of drug-on-drug interactions and the prescription of potentially inappropriate medications. This is of particular challenge in this setting as patients may be seeing multiple prescribers and using multiple pharmacies. This often results in incomplete information at the time of prescribing and dispensing outpatient prescriptions. In addition, the more practitioners learn about potentially inappropriate medications, the better they can apply this knowledge to their patients’ medication regimens.
For clinicians, please browse the tools and reference below to learn more about drug safety in the outpatient/physician office setting or contact us.
For consumers, please visit our Resource Center to browse the tools and references regarding drug safety or contact us.
Resources
- Anticholinergic Burden in Older Adults Flyer
- The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals for Ambulatory Health Care
- ISMP's List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols and Dose Designations
- Institute for Safe Medication Practices List of Confused Drug Names
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Fact Sheets: Check Your Medicines
- (AHRQ) Patient Fact Sheets: Quick Tips - When Getting a Prescription
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Your Medicine: Play It Safe
- (AHRQ) Patient Fact Sheets: Tips to Prevent Medical Errors
- (AHRQ) Patient Fact Sheets: Blood Thinner Pills: Your Guide to Using Them Safely
