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Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS)

Description

This Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics-funded project was focused on the improvement of patient safety through the development and refinement of tools for safer medication use.

Grant Number

U19 HS021093

Principal Investigator(s)

Lambert, Bruce

Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS) - 2011

Principal Investigator

Lambert, Bruce

Project Name

Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS)

Indication-based prescribing prevents wrong-patient medication errors in computerized provider order entry (CPOE).

Citation

Galanter W, Falck S, Burns M, et al. Indication-based prescribing prevents wrong-patient medication errors in computerized provider order entry (CPOE). J Am Med Inform Assoc 2013 May 1;20(3):477-81.

Principal Investigator

Lambert, Bruce

Project Name

Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS)

Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS) - 2012

Principal Investigator

Lambert, Bruce

Project Name

Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS)

Preventing Wrong-Drug and Wrong-Patient Errors With Indication Alerts in CPOE Systems

Description

The project will develop and test a large set of alerts at two large health systems to demonstrate that alerts can help prevent wrong-drug and wrong-patient errors and improve the completeness of the problem list.

Grant Number

R01 HS024945

Principal Investigator(s)

Lambert, Bruce

Patient-centered priorities for improving medication management and adherence.

Citation

McMullen CK, Safford MM, Bosworth HB, et al. Patient-centered priorities for improving medication management and adherence. Patient Educ Couns 2015;98(1):102–10. PMID: 25448313.

Principal Investigator

Lambert, Bruce

Project Name

Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS)

Detection and prediction limits for identifying highly confusable drug names from experimental data.

Citation

Lambert BL, Bhaumik R, Zhao W, et al. Detection and prediction limits for identifying highly confusable drug names from experimental data. J Biopharm Stat 2016;26(2):365–85. PMID: 26011079.

Principal Investigator

Lambert, Bruce

Project Name

Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS)

Cognitive tests predict real-world errors: the relationship between drug name confusion rates in laboratory-based memory and perception tests and corresponding error rates in large pharmacy chains.

Citation

Schroeder SR, Salomon MM, Galanter WL, et al. Cognitive tests predict real-world errors: the relationship between drug name confusion rates in laboratory-based memory and perception tests and corresponding error rates in large pharmacy chains. BMJ Qual Saf 2017 May;26(5):395-407. PMID: 27193033.

Principal Investigator

Lambert, Bruce

Project Name

Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS)

Indication alerts intercept drug name confusion errors during computerized entry of medication orders.

Citation

Galanter WL, Bryson ML, Falck S, et al. Indication alerts intercept drug name confusion errors during computerized entry of medication orders. PLoS One 2014;9(7):e101977. PMID: 25025346.

Principal Investigator

Lambert, Bruce

Project Name

Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS)

Characterizing the pain score trajectories of hospitalized adult medical and surgical patients: a retrospective cohort study.

Citation

Kannampallil T, Galanter WL, Falck S, et al. Characterizing the pain score trajectories of hospitalized adult medical and surgical patients: a retrospective cohort study. Pain 2016 Dec;157(12):2739-46. PMID: 27548045.

Principal Investigator

Lambert, Bruce

Project Name

Tools for Optimizing Medication Safety (TOP-MEDS)