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81. Patient outcomes in dose reduction or discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy: a systematic review. | PSNet
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    April 08, 2019 - A previous study demonstrated that patients prescribed higher doses of opioid medications or longer … August 15, 2018 Interventions for the reduction of prescribed opioid use in chronic non-cancer

82. The Johns Hopkins Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Collaborative Studies and Implements Methods to Prevent Avoidable Cases of Hospital Associated VTE | PSNet
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    June 19, 2024 - and death among hospitalized patients by 50–80%. 19 However, these medications are not universally prescribed … appropriate VTE prophylaxis. 4 Of the hospitalized patients who were prescribed VTE prophylaxis, 12% … the time of the start of the initiative, the VTE Collaborative found that only 33% of patients were prescribed … Of the patients who received suboptimal care, 27% were not prescribed risk-appropriate prophylaxis and … 73% missed at least one dose of prescribed prophylaxis. 26 Results Clinical Decision Support Tool

83. Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk of overdose from benzodiazepine use in the United States. | PSNet
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    September 27, 2016 - Patients prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines concurrently may be at increased risk for adverse … Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to identify adults already using a benzodiazepine who were newly prescribed

84. Preventability of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism. | PSNet
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    December 21, 2014 - 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.

85. Less is more: a project to reduce the number of PIMs (potentially inappropriate medications) on an elderly care ward. | PSNet
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    September 27, 2017 - 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

86. Implementing electronic health record default settings to reduce opioid overprescribing: a pilot study. | PSNet
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    April 24, 2018 - Patients prescribed high doses of opioids for acute pain are at increased risk of developing long-term … April 17, 2019 An electronic intervention to improve safety for pain patients co-prescribed

87. Safer prescribing for hospitalized older adults with an electronic health records‐based prescribing context. | PSNet
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    March 09, 2022 - on potentially inappropriate medication doses in hospitalized elderly adults (age 75 and above) prescribed

88. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    June 24, 2020 - as opposed to the prescription label, the patient reported taking 15 mg twice daily for 19 days (as prescribed … White, MD  This patient was prescribed rivaroxaban to prevent arterial re-thrombosis following thrombolysis … The prescribed dosing of rivaroxaban was the package insert recommendation for the treatment of acute … For patients with a CrCl <15 ml/min, rivaroxaban should not be prescribed.1 Rivaroxaban does have an … When a DOAC is prescribed for initial VTE treatment, higher doses may be given initially (e.g., for the

89. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    April 22, 2021 - and death among hospitalized patients by 50–80%.19 However, these medications are not universally prescribed … A review of patient charts at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2005 found that only 33% of patients were prescribed … appropriate VTE prophylaxis.4 Of the hospitalized patients who were prescribed VTE prophylaxis, 12% … Of the patients who received suboptimal care, 27% were not prescribed risk- appropriate prophylaxis … and 73% missed at least one dose of prescribed prophylaxis.26 Results Clinical Decision Support Tool

90. Double Trouble | PSNet
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    August 01, 2012 - 2 ) [Go to related commentary] Despite its clear importance, the issue of patient adherence to a prescribed … patient and/or responsible family member previous medication lists alongside the list of medications prescribed … brown-bag check-up” ( 11 ) with their primary care physician, a dedicated time to review all current prescribed … patient and/or responsible family member previous medication lists alongside the list of medications prescribed … multifaceted clinical pharmacist intervention on medication safety after hospitalization in persons prescribed

91. Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescriptions with adverse drug events and health care expenditures. | PSNet
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    March 05, 2008 - 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

92. Indication-specific opioid prescribing for US patients with Medicaid or private Insurance, 2017 | PSNet
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    August 02, 2017 - patients with chronic non-cancer pain conditions undergoing long-term opioid therapy were commonly prescribed … 2022 Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed

93. Spotlight-Slides-Wright-Schiff (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - . 4 Case: Lost Start Date (2) At the time of his discharge home, the physician electronically prescribed … Surescripts network • Yet, there are many opportunities for losing information in the process 15 The Prescribed … Regimen in This Case • The regimen prescribed in this case was very complex • Entering such a regimen

94. A qualitative study of prescribing errors among multi-professional prescribers within an e-prescribing system. | PSNet
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    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…

95. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    December 15, 2024 - For many years, opioids were routinely prescribed for pain of any etiology, despite the fact that opioids … overprescribing has been documented in a wide range of patient populations, and disturbingly, patients often are prescribed … Even when opioids are prescribed appropriately, prescription of unnecessarily large quantities can lead … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-dose-tapering-overdose-or-mental-health-crisis-among-patients-prescribed-long

96. Outpatient prescribing errors and the impact of computerized prescribing. | PSNet
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    February 18, 2011 - Study Outpatient prescribing errors and the impact of computerized prescribing. Citation Text: Gandhi TK, Weingart SN, Seger AC, et al. Outpatient prescribing errors and the impact of computerized prescribing. J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20(9):837-841. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0194.x. …

97. Outpatient opioid prescriptions for children and opioid-related adverse events. | PSNet
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    July 31, 2017 - Dentists prescribed the largest share of more than 1 million opioid prescriptions, followed by surgeons … April 25, 2018 Overdose risk in young children of women prescribed opioids.

98. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50697/psn-pdf
    November 27, 2019 - Ebong, MBBS, MS This case highlights how commonly prescribed medications can lead to serious adverse … list to identify potential drug-drug interactions should have occurred before new medications were prescribed … In this case, pharmacy repeatedly verified the prescribed medications without checking for potential … care team be actively involved in the medication review process especially when new medications are prescribed

99. Good Night's Sleep Gone Wrong | PSNet
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    September 01, 2015 - That night, the patient was given her home medications at the prescribed doses: zolpidem 10 mg at 22: … general medicine patients complain of sleep disruptions.( 3 ) As a result, patients are frequently prescribed … patients who do not have a documented sleep disorder prior to hospitalization and were not previously prescribed … In this case, it is unclear whether the nephrologist who prescribed the hydroxyzine knew that the patient … new sleep aids in the hospital may not need them after discharge and so should not automatically be prescribed

100. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2015 - 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