Publications by authors named "Susan H Byerly"
Article Synopsis
- Medication reconciliation is important for making sure patients are taking the right medicines, and the VA has spent a lot of money to improve technology for this.
- The study involved talking to and watching doctors and pharmacists at four different VA hospitals to see how they use these technologies for checking medications.
- Results showed that while many doctors found the technology helpful, they also faced challenges like confusing screens and problems with how well it worked with other systems.
Purpose: High-quality medication reconciliation reduces medication discrepancies, but smaller hospitals serving rural patients may have difficulty implementing this because of limited resources. We sought to adapt and implement an evidence-based toolkit of best practices for medication reconciliation in smaller hospitals, evaluate the effect on unintentional medication discrepancies, and assess facilitators and barriers to implementation.
Methods: We conducted a 2-year mentored-implementation quality improvement feasibility study in 3 Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals serving rural patients.
Purpose: Results of a study to identify medication history technician (MHT) programs within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and to evaluate the personnel, structure, and scope of such programs are reported.
Methods: Specially trained pharmacy technicians can take accurate patient medication histories and contribute to the medication reconciliation process. An environmental scan of MHT programs within VHA was conducted via an email query of pharmacy personnel.
Prostate enlargement leading to clinical benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is associated with metabolic dysregulation and obesity. The genetic basis of this association is unclear. Our objective was to evaluate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) previously associated with metabolic disorders are also associated with prostate volume (PV).
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