13 14 PQA developed medication use quality performance measures in areas including adherence, medication safety and appropriateness.
During the second home visit, one year after the first visit, the same physical performance tests are conducted along with a reassessment of fall related healthcare costs, medical history, medication use, quality of life and activities of daily living.
A follow-up telephone survey is administered by Duke staff and includes questions on insurance, updates to medical history, occupational status, medication use, quality of life, social support, stress and other factors that may be related to outcome.
Gray, SL, Marcum, ZA, Schmader, KE, and Hanlon, JT. "Update on Medication Use Quality and Safety in Older Adults, 2017". Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 66, no. 12 (December 2018): 2254-2258.
Other, non-randomized studies reported that weight loss induced by surgery [ 70- 72] or dietary restriction [ 23, 24, 26, 73] was associated with improved asthma symptoms, lung function, medication use, quality of life, and health care utilization.
Eligible consenting participants provided information regarding their demographics, diabetes-related behaviors, health status, medication use, quality of life, and a capillary blood sample for A1C measurement, which were all mailed to the project office.
Efforts to both measure and improve the quality of medication use often define quality too narrowly and fall short of addressing the complexity of an older adult's medication regimen.
Always use quality equipment.
The pharmacist case manager did not affect medication use outcomes post-discharge perhaps because quality of care measures were high in all study groups.
In addition, we did not involve patients with diagnosis of T2DM, as the topics covered during the interviews required professional knowledge related to quality of prescribed medication and quality of care measurement using quality indicators.
By the end of the study period, researchers found that the study participants who underwent the acupuncture and took the anti-allergy medication had the best improvements in medication use and quality of life, compared with those who underwent the fake acupuncture treatments and those who only took the medications.
