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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/principles-conservative-prescribing
April 22, 2017 - about new drugs, work with patients for a shared agenda, and consider long-term impacts of medications prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45137/psn-pdf
May 18, 2016 - studies have found that older patients experience high rates of adverse drug events and are often
prescribed … a checklist, and plan-do-study-act
methods to help identify potentially inappropriate medications prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safer-prescribing-hospitalized-older-adults-electronic-health-records-based-prescribing
March 09, 2022 - on potentially inappropriate medication doses in hospitalized elderly adults (age 75 and above) prescribed
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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/issue/tipping-balance-systematic-review-and-meta-ethnography-unfold-complexity-surgical
August 04, 2021 - Prophylactic antimicrobials are frequently prescribed for surgical patients despite the risks of antimicrobial … This review summarizes how and why antimicrobials continue to be prescribed in surgical settings despite
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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.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46119/psn-pdf
August 15, 2018 - Recent studies have shown that opioids are frequently prescribed in situations where
there is little … Investigators found that
patients with more severe injuries were more likely to be prescribed opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-decreases-after-learning-patients-fatal-overdose
January 18, 2023 - Researchers found that milligram morphine equivalents prescribed to the patients of providers who received … May 1, 2019
An electronic intervention to improve safety for pain patients co-prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-and-emergency-department-opioid-prescriptions-adolescents
December 21, 2022 - 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/overprescribing-opioids-adults-dentists-us-2011-2015
October 07, 2020 - period (2011-2015) examined prescribing practices prior to the recommendations and found that 29% of prescribed … 2021
Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/personal-formularies-primary-care-physicians-across-4-health-care-systems
July 10, 2019 - One element of conservative prescribing is minimizing the number of medications prescribed. … This study compared the number of unique, newly prescribed medications (personal formularies) of primary
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/observational-evidence-prevalence-and-association-polypharmacy-and-drug-administration-errors
August 11, 2021 - common 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/issue/effect-pharmacist-email-alerts-concurrent-prescribing-opioids-and-benzodiazepines-prescribers
September 07, 2022 - This randomized study found that pharmacist email alerts to clinicians caring for patients recently co-prescribed … multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on medication safety after hospitalization in persons prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45097/psn-pdf
May 09, 2017 - Since older patients
are typically prescribed more medications, they are at higher risk for adverse … the use of over-the-counter medications declined over time, the number of dietary supplements and
prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47266/psn-pdf
August 08, 2018 - Dentists
prescribed the largest share of more than 1 million opioid prescriptions, followed by surgeons … cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states-2016
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overdose-risk-young-children-women-prescribed-opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/qualitative-study-prescribing-errors-among-multi-professional-prescribers-within-e
December 02, 2020 - Study
A qualitative study of prescribing errors among multi-professional prescribers within an e-prescribing system.
Citation Text:
Alshahrani F, Marriott JF, Cox AR. A qualitative study of prescribing errors among multi-professional prescribers within an e-prescribing system. Int J Clin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-predictors-opioid-prescription-discharge-after-traumatic-injury
July 02, 2019 - Recent studies have shown that opioids are frequently prescribed in situations where there is little … Investigators found that patients with more severe injuries were more likely to be prescribed opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/changes-prescription-and-over-counter-medication-and-dietary-supplement-use-among-older
May 06, 2020 - Since older patients are typically prescribed more medications, they are at higher risk for adverse … while the use of over-the-counter medications declined over time, the number of dietary supplements and prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/development-and-pilot-testing-guidelines-monitor-high-risk-medications-ambulatory-setting
December 06, 2013 - testing revealed that the developed guidelines were not being consistently followed, with infrequently prescribed … multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on medication safety after hospitalization in persons prescribed
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/dementia-and-risk-adverse-warfarin-related-events-nursing-home-setting
February 23, 2011 - independent risk factor for medication errors among a cohort of geriatric nursing home patients who were prescribed … multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on medication safety after hospitalization in persons prescribed