Hello all -
Just a quick question seeking resources. Our health system is looking to utilize a quick review tool for inpatients and their daily medication lists. We have several monograph programs available to us, but find the side effect and teaching lists to be too lengthy to review with each medication administration.
We're hoping to design a tool to encourage quick conversation between the nurse and the patient. Drug name, dose, "used for" and most frequent side effects (three or four) would be sufficient. Is anyone familiar with a tool that provides short, succinct information on a large formulary of medications?
Thanks -
Katie
Katie Shradley, BS, RN, CVRN
Pinnacle Health System, Harrisburg PA
717.782.5912 / kshradley@pinnaclehealth.org
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Two tools might be helpful. The first is a Pill card that visually shows the patient all of their medicines, what they're for, and how much and when to take them. You can find the guide How to Create a Pill Care at: http://www.ahrq.gov/legacy/qual/pillcard/pillcard.htm
The second is the Medicine Schedule from the After Hospital Care Plan (AHCP) from the Re-Engineered Discharge (RED). It lists all medicines by the time of day taken. AHRQ will be publishing a new (and improved) RED Toolkit in the next week or so. In the meantime, you can view the AHCP in a beta test version of the toolkit. The AHCP is in Tool 3 at: https://www.bu.edu/fammed/projectred/newtoolkit/ProjectRED-tool3-how-to-deliver.pdf
Thanks for the resources Cindy - looking forward to the new Red toolkit!
http://www.mymedschedule.com/ Free online med. tool that was recommended by Children's Hosp. Philadelphia.
This has a picture of each med., 1-2 words describing what it treats, and you and also print a checklist to fill the pill organizer.
Lauren Agoratus-Family Voices NJ