Ashley O Morris

University of Wisconsin–Madison | UW · Division of Social and Administrative Sciences

Safe over the counter (OTC) medication use by older adults (OAs, aged 65+) is difficult to achieve because of age-related physiologic complexities, and millions of OAs in the US who are at risk of experiencing a major adverse drug event linked to an OTC medication. Our interdisciplinary team studies how we can improve OTC safety in OAs by developin...

Introduction: The Senior Section is a continuation of a previous intervention that aims to address a gap in medication safety, specifically related to older adult selection and use of over-the-counter medications. The purpose of this paper is to describe the protocol of this study. Methods: This study will occur in three phases: an adaptation ph...

This chapter introduces hierarchical task analysis (HTA), a data analysis method borrowed from cognitive engineering that can be applied to carefully gathered data from scenario-based, think-aloud interviews with subject matter experts, and/or detailed observations in the field. The first half of the chapter outlines the origins of HTA, what HTA is...

Background Adults aged 65+ (older adults) disproportionately consume 30% of over-the-counter (OTC) medications and are largely responsible for making OTC treatment decisions because providers lack awareness of their consumption. These treatment decisions are complex: older adults must navigate age-related body/cognitive changes, developed comorbidi...

Background No interventions have attempted to decrease misuse of over-the-counter (OTC) medications for adults older than 65 (older adults) by addressing system barriers. An innovative structural pharmacy redesign (the Senior SectionTM) was conceptualized to increase awareness of higher-risk OTC medications. The Senior Section contains a curated se...

Older adult selection and use of over-the-counter (OTC) medications is informed by a range of motivations and rationales-forming different older adult personas. Holden et al. (2019) categorized older adults seeking OTC medications into two personas: habit followers and deliberators. The goal of this paper is to 1) operationalize and expand on the p...

Objectives: This pilot study examines effectiveness of an innovative pharmacy design change on over-the-counter (OTC) medication misuse in older adults (ages over 64). Few interventions have attempted to decrease older adult OTC misuse, and none have addressed system barriers. A structural redesign of the pharmacy (the Senior Section) was conceptua...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most common life-threatening, genetic conditions. People with CF follow complex, time-consuming treatment regimens to manage their chronic condition. Due to the complexity of the disease, multidisciplinary care from CF Foundation (CFF)-accredited centers is recommended for people with CF. These centers include sev...