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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 5 of 5 Research Studies DisplayedMeisel ZF, Metlay JP, Sinnenberg L
A randomized trial testing the effect of narrative vignettes versus guideline summaries on provider response to a professional organization clinical policy for safe opioid prescribing.
The authors compared whether narrative vignettes embedded in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) daily e-newsletter improved dissemination of the clinical policy to ACEP members, and engagement of members with the clinical policy, compared with traditional summary text. They found that the vignettes outperformed traditional guideline text in promoting engagement with an evidence-based clinical guideline related to opioid prescriptions.
AHRQ-funded; HS021956.
Citation: Meisel ZF, Metlay JP, Sinnenberg L .
A randomized trial testing the effect of narrative vignettes versus guideline summaries on provider response to a professional organization clinical policy for safe opioid prescribing.
Ann Emerg Med 2016 Dec;68(6):719-28. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.03.007.
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Keywords: Communication, Evidence-Based Practice, Guidelines, Opioids, Medication, Medication: Safety, Policy, Provider
Curtis LM, Mullen RJ, Russell A
An efficacy trial of an electronic health record-based strategy to inform patients on safe medication use: the role of written and spoken communication.
The researchers tested the feasibility and efficacy of an electronic health record (EHR) strategy that automated the delivery of print medication information at the time of prescribing. They found that written information and physician counseling were independently associated with patient understanding of risk information and that receiving both was most beneficial. They concluded that although an EHR can be a reliable means to deliver tangible, print medication education to patients, it cannot replace physician-patient communication, and that offering both written and spoken information resulted in a synergistic effect for informing patients.
AHRQ-funded; HS017220.
Citation: Curtis LM, Mullen RJ, Russell A .
An efficacy trial of an electronic health record-based strategy to inform patients on safe medication use: the role of written and spoken communication.
Patient Educ Couns 2016 Sep;99(9):1489-95. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.07.004.
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Keywords: Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Communication, Education: Patient and Caregiver, Medication: Safety, Medication
Smith KJ, Handler SM, Kapoor WN
Automated communication tools and computer-based medication reconciliation to decrease hospital discharge medication errors.
This study examines a health care system’s implementation of a broader set of automated primary care physician communication tools, including computerized medication reconciliation, and its impact on discharge medication errors. It found that implementation of automated health system–based tools, including computerized discharge medication reconciliation, decreased hospital discharge medication errors in medically complex patients.
AHRQ-funded; HS018151.
Citation: Smith KJ, Handler SM, Kapoor WN .
Automated communication tools and computer-based medication reconciliation to decrease hospital discharge medication errors.
Am J Med Qual 2016 Jul;31(4):315-22. doi: 10.1177/1062860615574327..
Keywords: Health Information Technology (HIT), Communication, Medication, Medical Errors, Hospital Discharge
McGinty EE, Kennedy-Hendricks A, Baller J
Criminal activity or treatable health condition? News media framing of opioid analgesic abuse in the United States, 1998-2012.
The authors conducted an analysis of the volume and content of news media coverage of opioid analgesic abuse over a 15-year period from 1998 to 2012. They found that news media more often frame the problem as a criminal justice issue, rather than a public health crisis. The most frequently mentioned cause of the problem was illegal drug dealing, and the most frequently mentioned solutions were law enforcement solutions. Prevention-oriented approaches were mentioned more frequently in the latter years of the study period, but few of the news stories overall mentioned expanding substance abuse treatment, and even fewer mentioned expanding access to evidence-based medication-assisted treatments.
AHRQ-funded; HS000029.
Citation: McGinty EE, Kennedy-Hendricks A, Baller J .
Criminal activity or treatable health condition? News media framing of opioid analgesic abuse in the United States, 1998-2012.
Psychiatr Serv 2016 Apr;67(4):405-11. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201500065.
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Keywords: Communication, Medication, Opioids, Substance Abuse
Flickinger TE, Saha S, Roter D
Clinician empathy is associated with differences in patient-clinician communication behaviors and higher medication self-efficacy in HIV care.
The researchers examined associations of clinicians' empathy with patient-clinician communication behaviors, patients' rating of care, and medication self-efficacy. They found that clinicians in the highest vs. lowest empathy tertile engaged in less explicitly emotional talk, while clinicians in the middle vs. lowest engaged in more positive talk, more questions, and more patient activating talk, while patients of higher empathy clinicians disclosed more psychosocial and biomedical information. They further found that patients of clinicians in both the middle and highest (vs. lowest) empathy tertiles had greater odds of reporting highest medication self-efficacy.
AHRQ-funded; HS013903.
Citation: Flickinger TE, Saha S, Roter D .
Clinician empathy is associated with differences in patient-clinician communication behaviors and higher medication self-efficacy in HIV care.
Patient Educ Couns 2016 Feb;99(2):220-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.09.001.
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Keywords: Communication, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Medication, Patient Adherence/Compliance, Clinician-Patient Communication