Shira H. Fischer, AB

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September 7th 2011

Quality Measurement of Medication Monitoring in the Meaningful Use Era

Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE Terry S. Field, DSc Shira H. Fischer, AB Shawn J. Gagne, BA Daniel J. Peterson, MA, MS Lawrence D. Garber, MD Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD

Shifting from claims to integrated electronic health records to calculate quality metrics will improve reported quality attributable to data capture changes, not true quality improvements.

July 17th 2010

Development and Pilot Testing of Guidelines to Monitor High-Risk Medications in the Ambulatory Setting

Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE Terry S. Field, DSc Lawrence D. Garber, MD Jennifer L. Donovan, PharmD Abir O. Kanaan, PharmD Marsha A. Raebel, PharmD Yanfang Zhao, MA Jacquelyne C. Fuller, MPH Shawn J. Gagne, BA Shira H. Fischer, AB Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD

Pilot testing of guidelines for the laboratory monitoring of high-risk medications shows that monitoring is highly variable and that there is room for improvement.