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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837663/psn-pdf
July 13, 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/47846/psn-pdf
March 06, 2019 - Analysis of claims data 5 years into the program revealed that anywhere
from 35% to 55% of patients were prescribed
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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/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/48108/psn-pdf
July 10, 2019 - This
retrospective cohort study found that people who were prescribed opioids in the hospital are more
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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/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/web-mm/pill-organizing-plight
June 19, 2018 - 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 … transition (e.g., hospital discharge)—presents an opportunity to reduce the total number of medications prescribed … Organizing medications in a pillbox as was done in this case facilitates adherence to the prescribed … Yes/No Has the patient been prescribed an anticoagulant?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/keeping-patients-safe-iatrogenic-methadone-overdoses
February 27, 2019 - This article describes errors that can occur when methadone is prescribed for pain and offers safe practice
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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/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/web-mm/medication-errors-retail-pharmacies-wrong-patient-wrong-instructions
March 19, 2019 - Case #2 : A 66-year-old woman was prescribed estradiol vaginal tablets (10 mcg) for post-menopausal symptoms … After five weeks of taking the prescribed medication according to the instructions provided by her pharmacy … that the prescription instructions were incorrectly transcribed as “1 tablet twice per day” versus the prescribed … to verify that the patient has sufficient knowledge of administration and indication for taking the prescribed … medications can aid in verifying patient understanding of administration, monitoring, and indication for prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48181/psn-pdf
August 07, 2019 - monitoring than warfarin, they are still associated with an increased
risk of patient harm if not prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46803/psn-pdf
April 12, 2019 - intervention changed prescribing habits but did not reduce the already low
overall number of tablets prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72568/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - Findings
indicate that these three approaches can decrease the amount of opioids prescribed in an acute
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841151/psn-pdf
December 07, 2022 - systems over a one-month period found that only one-third to one-half of discontinued
medications were e-prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73072/psn-pdf
March 24, 2021 - education-and-training-nurses-use-advanced-medical-technologies-home-care-related-patient
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/discrepancies-between-prescribed-and-actual-pediatric-home-parenteral-nutrition-solutions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851886/psn-pdf
August 02, 2023 - hospitalization-due-adverse-drug-events-older-adults-cancer-retrospective-
analysis
Older adults with cancer are typically prescribed