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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/854375/psn-pdf
October 11, 2023 - medication-errors
Pharmacists are frequently involved in medication reviews for hospitalized patients prescribed … This randomized controlled study explored pharmacist involvement with patients
prescribed DOAC in ambulatory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/multiple-levels-involved-prescribing-wrong-medication
December 23, 2020 - Topamax™ had been accidentally selected by a nurse and pended to the physician who then prescribed the … The provider bypassed multiple opportunities to prevent the wrong medication being prescribed, which … SLICE 3: The Pharmacist Reviewing and Filling the Incorrectly Prescribed Medication The third category … Know the indication for which your medication is prescribed and have the prescriber include it in the … directions Know the dose and directions for the medication being prescribed Ask your doctor, nurse
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73449/psn-pdf
June 30, 2021 - risk for an opioid-related adverse outcome within one year when “adults” just over age 18 years were
prescribed … opioids that would not have been prescribed if they were under 18 years and considered
“children.”
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837145/psn-pdf
May 18, 2022 - among adult patients
(ages 21 and older) at one tertiary hospital, with almost half of inpatients prescribed … Findings indicate that medication administration errors increase as the number
of prescribed drugs increased
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72851/psn-pdf
March 17, 2021 - multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention
on medication safety after hospitalization in persons
prescribed … multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on
medication safety after hospitalization in persons prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837329/psn-pdf
June 08, 2022 - This analysis of antibiotics prescribed to more than 2.8 million children
showed more than 30% of children … with bacterial infection, and 4%-70% of children with viral infection were
inappropriately prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61079/psn-pdf
October 28, 2020 - She was prescribed thioridazine (brand name Mellaril) 10 mg twice daily for the
hiccups. … When questioned by the pharmacist, the resident
physician confirmed that thioridazine had been prescribed … By Kathy Ton, PharmD
Approach to Improving Safety & Patient Safety Target
Medications that are prescribed … label indication for hiccups nor any documentation for use in hiccups.8 Additionally, it is
rarely prescribed … patient did not have any baseline cardiac
comorbidities that may have precipitation harm, and the prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/opioid-stewardship
December 15, 2024 - Updated: August 11, 2025
Description
Opioid stewardship is the appropriate use of prescribed … prescribing dictates that prescriptions should only be written for the patients who are intended to use the prescribed … risk for an opioid-related adverse outcome within one year when “adults” just over age 18 years were prescribed … opioids that would not have been prescribed if they were under 18 years and considered “children.”
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potentially-inappropriate-medication-combination-opioids-among-older-dental-patients
March 18, 2020 - This study analyzed the association between potentially inappropriate prescribing involving opioids prescribed … Results indicated that a significant proportion of older patients prescribed opioids by their dentist
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-warning-cpoe-system-inappropriate-pill-splitting-prescribed-medications-outpatients
July 16, 2015 - Study
Impact of a warning CPOE system on the inappropriate pill splitting of prescribed … Impact of a warning CPOE system on the inappropriate pill splitting of prescribed medications in outpatients … Impact of a warning CPOE system on the inappropriate pill splitting of prescribed medications in outpatients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/pain-relief-risk-case-suspected-opioid-overdose-pediatric-patient
October 04, 2023 - For pain control, the patient was initially prescribed a 5-day course of hydrocodone-acetaminophen 7.5 … Naloxone was not prescribed on either occasion. … Upon discharge, oxycodone is the most frequently prescribed oral opioid. 2 Current guidelines recommend … The prescribed oxycodone dose was in the upper end of the dose range for an opioid naive patient, at … An alert may display as a best practice advisory (BPA) when an opioid is prescribed, prompting providers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49690/psn-pdf
September 01, 2013 - Outline appropriate monitoring for patients prescribed opioids for non-cancer pain. … As neither the benzodiazepines nor the methadone
were prescribed medications, the hospitalist confronted … the patient who admitted selling his prescribed
opiates and buying diazepam and methadone on the street … The patient in this case was prescribed opioids for his low back pain. … In contrast, among the remaining 20% of overdose
patients, the 10% prescribed high doses (greater than
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47073/psn-pdf
July 02, 2019 - physician-prescribing-opioids-patients-increased-risk-overdose-
benzodiazepine-use-united
Patients prescribed … Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to identify adults already using a benzodiazepine who were
newly prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.173_slideshow.ppt
April 01, 2008 - She was prescribed Augmentin [amoxicillin- clavulanate]. … She was then prescribed azithromycin. … Over-treatment with Antibiotics
Despite guidelines, over-treatment with antibiotics is common
Prescribed … Patient was prescribed amoxicillin-clavulanate
This drug is second most common prescribed for acute … sinusitis, but is generally not considered as first-line therapy
Azithromycin was then prescribed
A
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845278/psn-pdf
March 01, 2023 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-dose-tapering-overdose-or-mental-health-crisis-among-patients-prescribed-long … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-dose-tapering-overdose-or-mental-health-crisis-among-patients-prescribed-long
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/nonrandomized-intervention-study-naloxone-coprescription-primary-care-patients-receiving-long
July 15, 2020 - This observational study found that patients prescribed naloxone to treat overdose in home and community … settings were less likely to have opioid-related emergency department visits compared to those not prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47134/psn-pdf
March 04, 2019 - hydrocodone to a schedule II agent, which restricted
hydrocodone to a 90-day supply that could not be prescribed … refill rates decreased, overall there was no significant difference in the total amount of
opioids prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45288/psn-pdf
September 04, 2016 - This observational study found that
patients prescribed naloxone to treat overdose in home and community … settings were less likely to have
opioid-related emergency department visits compared to those not prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44403/psn-pdf
June 21, 2016 - VTE at one tertiary care hospital found that many
patients who developed VTE while hospitalized were prescribed … appropriate prophylaxis but did not receive
all of the prescribed doses.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49611/psn-pdf
October 01, 2010 - Further history obtained from the paramedics revealed that the patient had been prescribed amitriptyline … Specifically, a primary care physician prescribed psychiatric medications for a patient with depression … According to one study, antidepressants were prescribed in 2.6% of all primary care visits (~6
million … Antidepressants Prescribed by Medical Doctors in Office Based and Outpatient Settings by
Specialty for … CDC: Antidepressants most prescribed drugs in U.S. CNNhealth.com. July 9, 2007.