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  1. Facilitating Patient Understanding of Discharge Instructions: Workshop Summary. | PSNet

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    October 08, 2014 - August 8, 2018 Communicating Clearly About Medicines: Proceedings of a Workshop. … May 1, 2013 Managing Patients' Medicines after Discharge from Hospital.

  2. Five Medication Safety Tips for Older Adults. | PSNet

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    April 23, 2012 - November 21, 2016 FDA Pharmacists Help Consumers Use Medicines Safely. … November 19, 2014 My Medicines.

  3. Medication therapy management programs: forming a new cornerstone for quality and safety in Medicare. | PSNet

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    January 06, 2017 - June 11, 2014 Check Your Medicines: Tips for Taking Medicines Safely.

  4. Gosport War Memorial Hospital. The Report of the Gosport Independent Panel. | PSNet

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    July 25, 2018 - The Report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review. … September 9, 2015 Managing Patients' Medicines after Discharge from Hospital.

  5. Examples of Medical Device Misconnections. | PSNet

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    March 04, 2015 - health care professionals discuss naloxone with all patients when prescribing opioid pain relievers or medicines … The Report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review.

  6. Addressing nurse fatigue to promote safety and health: joint responsibilities of registered nurses and employers to reduce risks. | PSNet

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    November 16, 2015 - November 16, 2015 FDA Pharmacists Help Consumers Use Medicines Safely. … July 23, 2014 My Medicines.

  7. Building the Case for Health Literacy: Proceedings of a Workshop. | PSNet

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    September 12, 2018 - November 6, 2019 Communicating Clearly About Medicines: Proceedings of a Workshop. … September 29, 2017 Communicating Clearly About Medicines: Proceedings of a Workshop.

  8. Chartbook #11: Health Care Expenses in the Community Population, 1999

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    October 01, 2003 - Inpatient hospital stays, ambulatory medical care, and prescribed medicines accounted for 83% of health … Ambulatory   31.2% Dental  8.8% Home health 5.3% Prescribed medicines … Percent paid by source All services Prescribed medicines … • The Medicare share for prescribed medicines (12%) was relatively low. … The six categories used here are inpatient, ambulatory, prescribed medicines, dental, home health, and

  9. Patient safety: helping medical students understand error in healthcare. | PSNet

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    December 16, 2009 - January 31, 2018 The perceptions of nurses towards barriers to the safe administration of medicines … October 19, 2011 Understanding vs. competency: the case of accuracy checking dispensed medicines

  10. Potentially fatal errors with GDH-PQQ [glucose dehydrogenase pyrroloquinoline quinone] glucose monitoring technology. | PSNet

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    June 22, 2011 - October 28, 2020 FDA identifies harm reported from sudden discontinuation of opioid pain medicines … FDA Safety Communication: use caution with implanted pumps for intrathecal administration of medicines

  11. ReliOn insulin syringes for use with U-100 insulin (Tyco Healthcare-Covidien). | PSNet

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    September 30, 2015 - FDA Safety Communication: use caution with implanted pumps for intrathecal administration of medicines … FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA requires labeling changes for prescription opioid cough and cold medicines

  12. WISH Patient Safety Forum | PSNet

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    June 24, 2015 - March 4, 2015 Addressing the Global Shortages of Medicines, and the Safety and Accessibility … September 29, 2017 Communicating Clearly About Medicines: Proceedings of a Workshop—in

  13. Selecting Safe and Easier to Use Products for Healthcare Using Human Factors Specification and Checklists. | PSNet

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    February 21, 2018 - September 15, 2021 Technical patient safety solutions for medicines reconciliation on … The Report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review.

  14. STATISTICAL BRIEF #277: Trends in Outpatient Prescription Gastrointestinal Agents Purchases and Expenditures for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 1997 and 2007

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    January 01, 2010 - Prescribed medicines are one of many treatments for digestive conditions. … Prescription medicines administered in an inpatient setting or in a clinic or physician's office are … File, MEPS HC-113: 2007 Full Year Consolidated Data File, and MEPS HC-110A: 2007 Prescribed Medicines … Therapeutic classifications Therapeutic class and subclass were assigned to MEPS prescribed medicines … MEPS prescribed medicines files were linked to the Multum Lexicon database to obtain therapeutic class

  15. STATISTICAL BRIEF #472: Top Five Most Costly Conditions among Children, Ages 0-17, 2012: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population

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    April 01, 2015 - treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma were on purchases of prescribed medicines … upper respiratory infections (8.7 percent) and infectious diseases (7.1 percent) was for prescribed medicines … Stays File (HC-152D), Home Health File (HC-152H), Emergency Room Visits File (HC-152E), and Prescribed Medicines … departments, paid care provided in the patient's home (home health), and the purchase of prescribed medicines … applicable Not applicable Not applicable Hospital stays 14.9% 21.4% 31.9% 6.2% 52.2% Prescribed medicines

  16. STATISTICAL BRIEF #254: Trends in Health Care Expenditures for Adults Ages 18-44: 2006 versus 1996

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    August 01, 2009 - Although the proportion of adults age 18-44 with expenses for prescribed medicines was lower in 2006 … Although the proportion with expenses for prescribed medicines in 2006 was lower than in 1996, this estimate … Prescribed medicines: Includes expenses for all prescribed medications that were initially purchased … adults ages 18-44 with expenses by type of service, 1996 and 2006 Year Office-based Prescribed medicines … Type of Service 1996 2006 Ambulatory 38.2% 41.5% Inpatient 37.4% 28.5% Prescribed medicines

  17. Highlights #11: Distribution of Health Care Expenses, 1996

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    May 01, 2000 - grouped into six broad types of service : hospital inpatient, ambulatory, prescribed medicines … Prescribed medicines accounted for 13 percent of the total. … mostly equipment and supplies), 54 percent; dental care, 52 percent; and prescribed medicines … "Other Medical" (mostly supplies and equipment), dental care, and prescribed medicines

  18. Statistical Brief #154: The Top Five Therapeutic Classes of Outpatient Prescription Drugs Ranked by Total Expense for Adults Age 18 and Older in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2004 (pdf file)

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    December 01, 2006 - Only prescribed medicines purchases in an outpatient setting are included in the estimates. … Insulin and diabetic supplies and equipment are included in MEPS prescribed medicines estimates. … Over-the-counter medicines are excluded from these estimates as are prescription medicines administered

  19. Apotex Corp. issues voluntary nationwide recall of Enoxaparin Sodium Injection, USP due to mislabeling of syringe barrel measurement markings. | PSNet

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    March 22, 2010 - health care professionals discuss naloxone with all patients when prescribing opioid pain relievers or medicines … FDA Safety Communication: use caution with implanted pumps for intrathecal administration of medicines

  20. The investigation and analysis of critical incidents and adverse events in healthcare. | PSNet

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    March 05, 2014 - April 24, 2018 Care homes' use of medicines study: prevalence, causes and potential harm … June 13, 2012 Using human error theory to explore the supply of non-prescription medicines
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