The American Association of Health Plans-Health Insurance Association of America (AAHP-HIAA) has launched a unique web site, “The Tools and Techniques of Improved Medication Use,” for those in the health care community on medication and patient safety. The site includes selected studies, as well as resources, providing strategies in medication safety and use.
The site is: http://www.aahp.org/content/navigationmenu/medcollab/medcollab.htm
The “Tools and Techniques” web site will promote safe medication practices by disseminating information on proven approaches that lend themselves to a variety of health plan and practice settings. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and HMO Research Network Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics worked with AAHP-HIAA to create the site. Harvard researchers conducted a systematic review of hundreds of studies, using stringent design requirements, and ultimately selected fewer than 50 for inclusion.
Studies selected for inclusion on the “Tools and Techniques” site are organized into three categories: disease management interventions, educational Interventions, monitoring and feedback.