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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851064/psn-pdf
June 28, 2023 - Common problems
include inappropriate continuation of newly-prescribed medications as well as discontinuation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49712/psn-pdf
June 01, 2014 - state
mandates to do so.(16) Furthermore, pharmacists may not be fully aware of why a patient was prescribed … Older patients also may be more likely to
lack sufficient knowledge to safely use prescribed medications … Therefore, all patients may be at risk of
confusion and inadequate understanding of prescribed medications … Communication, compliance, and concordance between
physicians and patients with prescribed medications … Intervention to enhance communication
about newly prescribed medications.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-mix-bad-worse
March 01, 2018 - , certainly, but even inpatients where possible—should know the name and purpose of each medication prescribed … Printing the list of prescribed medications for the patient can be useful, allowing patients to compare … the CPOE notifies the clinician that the patient's electronic problem list is inconsistent with the prescribed … medication (e.g., metformin prescribed for a patient not known to have diabetes). … Communicate medication names and purpose to the patient For outpatients, provide printed materials for prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42975/psn-pdf
February 26, 2014 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/state-wide-initiative-standardize-compounding-oral-liquids-pediatrics
Children are often prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45932/psn-pdf
May 18, 2017 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/polypharmacy
Older patients are likely to be prescribed multiple medications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/863213/psn-pdf
February 28, 2024 - Medication reconciliation at transition of care ensures patients are correctly receiving medications
prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866909/psn-pdf
October 09, 2024 - The analysis found that practitioners with higher risk literacy prescribed significantly fewer potentially
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867606/psn-pdf
February 10, 2025 - Making Healthcare Safer IV:
Opioid Stewardship explores the use of prescribed and ordered opioids, including
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.383_slideshow.ppt
September 01, 2016 - (2)
At a recent outpatient visit, she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer dementia for which she was prescribed … coronary artery disease, simvastatin for hyperlipidemia, escitalopram for depression, and the newly prescribed … medication—donepezil—was not in any of the pill slots because the patient's daughter was unaware that it had been prescribed … Presence of multiple comorbidities
Identified as "frail" by health care providers
Polypharmacy (i.e., prescribed … also been shown to decrease hospital admissions and reduce
Number of medications
Cost of medications prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-opioid-related-adverse-drug-events-clinical-and-cost-outcomes-among-surgical
March 12, 2014 - 23, 2018
Correlation between 24-hour predischarge opioid use and amount of opioids prescribed … July 19, 2017
Overdose risk in young children of women prescribed opioids.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42777/psn-pdf
December 11, 2013 - this
study standardized events per defined daily dose, which highlighted the risks of less frequently prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44232/psn-pdf
January 29, 2019 - care services are vulnerable to adverse events, as they are generally
chronically ill and take many prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60521/psn-pdf
May 27, 2020 - Patients without opioid tolerance who are prescribed medications
that are intended only for opioid-tolerant
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50882/psn-pdf
February 12, 2020 - record (EHR) for number of opioid tablets for
prescriptions could lower the number of pills actually prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60900/psn-pdf
September 09, 2020 - policies on opioid-related Emergency Department (ED) visits or inpatient
admissions among patients prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73239/psn-pdf
May 12, 2021 - heart disease, and have an increased
number of ambulatory visits were most at risk for being newly prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837502/psn-pdf
June 22, 2022 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-dose-tapering-overdose-or-mental-health-crisis-among-patients-prescribed-long
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838250/psn-pdf
October 06, 2022 - This study found that CancelRx implementation
eliminated the sale of electronically prescribed medications
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837631/psn-pdf
July 06, 2022 - following an alert for new
prescriptions of Low Molecular Weight Heparins (LMWHs) to patients currently prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48108/psn-pdf
July 10, 2019 - This
retrospective cohort study found that people who were prescribed opioids in the hospital are more