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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescribing-safely-children
September 03, 2014 - Prescriber barriers and enablers to minimising potentially inappropriate medications in adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-medication-reconciliation-hospitals
October 25, 2017 - opioid prescribing laws on use of opioid and other pain treatments among commercially insured U.S. adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/examples-medical-device-misconnections
March 04, 2015 - March 11, 2015
Five Medication Safety Tips for Older Adults.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/tqip-mortality-reporting-system-case-reports
March 23, 2022 - Geriatrics Society 2019 Updated AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fda-updates-vinca-alkaloid-labeling-preparation-intravenous-infusion-bags-only
February 10, 2021 - FDA requires labeling changes for prescription opioid cough and cold medicines to limit their use to adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/facilitating-patient-understanding-discharge-instructions-workshop-summary
October 08, 2014 - May 24, 2015
2009 Older Adults' Knowledge About Medications That Can Impact Driving.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/thinking-fast-and-slow-medicine
June 21, 2017 - Evaluation of clinical practice guidelines on fall prevention and management for older adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/getting-surgery-right
February 15, 2011 - Health care consumers' inclination to engage in selected patient safety practices: a survey of adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/group-urges-going-metric-head-dosing-mistakes
December 19, 2017 - Many adults do not understand instructions for common liquid prescription medications, potentially increasing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/report-focuses-risk-patients-ed-errors
June 26, 2019 - December 14, 2022
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/designing-strategy-promote-safe-innovative-label-use-medications
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July 24, 2013 - the approach to defining, classifying, reporting and monitoring adverse events in seriously ill older adults
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March 22, 2006 - Frequency of risk factors that potentially increase harm from medications in older adults
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March 19, 2019 - investigation of COVID-19 among residents and staff of an independent and assisted living community for older adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/poor-medication-history-plus-slow-symptom-onset-delays-diagnosis
October 12, 2022 - February 22, 2023
Sources of medication omissions among hospitalized older adults with
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hazards-diagnosis
April 06, 2022 - April 12, 2019
Inappropriate diagnosis of pneumonia among hospitalized adults.