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Using quality improvement to implement the CNS/AAN quality measure on rescue medication for seizures.

Anup D PatelJames HerbstAnnika GibsonMary KarnDebbie TerryAndrea DebsShannon YaroszWilliam ParkerDaniel M Cohen
Published in: Epilepsia (2020)
Using quality improvement methodologies, the team successfully and substantially decreased provider prescribed and signed underdosed rescue medication orders by an average of 89%. This QI project demonstrates successful implementation and improvement addressing the AAN/CNS quality measure of proper rescue seizure treatment dosing.
Keyphrases
  • quality improvement
  • patient safety
  • blood brain barrier
  • healthcare
  • primary care
  • adverse drug
  • temporal lobe epilepsy