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Adverse Drug Events
Adverse drug events (ADEs) are a leading cause of preventable patient harm, disproportionally affecting people with Medicare over the age of 65. With an increasing number of the Medicare patients taking prescription medications and seeing multiple providers, medication safety in all healthcare settings is essential to care coordination and improving patient health.
Qsource is working with healthcare providers, communities and patients to improve medication safety and reduce and prevent adverse drug events by helping to identify barriers to reduction and implement best practice strategies.
Browse our resources below for more information on ADEs. We also invite you to join one of many communities working to prevent them, and see what nursing homes are doing to reduce antipsychotics.
News Releases
FDA Launches New Antibiotic Tool
FDA launches new tool for sharing information that allows doctors to better manage antibiotic use; improve patient care The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a new approach to get critical updates regarding antibiotics …
Adverse Drug Events Blog
Sickle Cell Patients Share Photos
Sickle Cell Patients Share Photos and Treats to Improve Care at Memphis Emergency Departments On Tuesday, September 10, 2019, patients and quality improvement experts will be popping up at some local hospital emergency departments (EDs) to offer a tasty treat and a view of sickle cell disease (SCD) through patients’ eyes. Project PopSickleCell is part…
Medicare Helps Seniors use Opioids Safely
Medicare Helps Seniors use Opioids Safely Doctors may prescribe opioids, a class of drugs used to treat pain, after surgery or an injury. Although opioids can be an important part of treatment, they have serious risks like addiction, abuse, and overdose, especially if used continuously. This is true even for seniors and other people with…
Fighting Back Against Opioid Misuse: A Hospital and Community-Based Approach
Fighting Back Against Opioid Misuse: A Hospital and Community-Based Approach Frankfort, Indiana – population 15,900 is the seat of Clinton County – population 32,000. This family friendly rural county relies on its local hospital, healthcare providers, and its significant manufacturing and industrial employers. It also ranked 3rd highest in the state for Emergency Department (ED)…
Readmissions
The problem of avoidable readmissions involves multiple providers across multiple settings. See how you can help.
Interventions
We work with providers within their communities to help them select evidence-based interventions associated with known causes of readmission. Put them to work in your facility.
Communities
Communities across the country are working together to improve care coordination for Medicare beneficiaries in Tennessee. Get involved today.