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  1. AHRQ Report Identifies Strategies To Reduce Emergency Department Boarding | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/951.html
    March 01, 2025 - Opportunity for Improved Patient Safety and Cost Savings in Children Prescribed Multiple Medications … Opportunity for Improved Patient Safety and Cost Savings in Children Prescribed Multiple Medications … Researchers reviewed the records of 529,055 children prescribed one or more medications annually in the

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    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.

  3. Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents. | PSNet

    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.”

  4. Nonrandomized intervention study of naloxone coprescription for primary care patients receiving long-term opioid therapy for pain. | PSNet

    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

  5. Observational evidence of the prevalence and association of polypharmacy and drug administration errors in hospitalized adult patients. | PSNet

    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

  6. Overprescribing of opioids to adults by dentists in the U.S., 2011-2015. | PSNet

    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

  7. Personal formularies of primary care physicians across 4 health care systems. | PSNet

    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

  8. Tipping the balance: a systematic review and meta-ethnography to unfold the complexity of surgical antimicrobial prescribing behavior in hospital settings. | PSNet

    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

  9. Opioid prescribing decreases after learning of a patient's fatal overdose. | PSNet

    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

  10. Patient Self-Monitoring to Transfer Physical Therapy Exercise from Clinic to Home - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/patient-self-monitoring-transfer-physical-therapy-exercise-clinic-home/annual-summary/2012
    January 01, 2012 - in functional recovery, patients often fail to perform the exercises correctly or at the frequency prescribed … home, the IBEHR provides monitoring data that informs the PT whether the patient adhered poorly to the prescribed

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    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

  12. Chartbook #16: Outpatient Prescription Drug Expenses in the U.S. Community Population, 2003 (pdf file)

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/cb16/cb16.pdf
    December 31, 2003 - The uninsured made up 14% of the population but accounted for only 6% of total prescribed medicine … In 2003, on average, total prescribed drug expense for Medicare beneficiaries with an expense was not … This section presents information on the top five therapeutic classes of prescribed medicines (such … The top five therapeutic classes combined accounted for 65% of total prescribed drug expenses. … five therapeutic classes of prescribed drug What are the top five therapeutic classes of prescribed

  13. Final Progress Report: Risk-Informed Intervention to Improve Ambulatory Drug Monitoring and Safety (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/field-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - More than 275 providers prescribed the study drugs during the project. … Characteristics of providers who prescribed high-risk/study drugs in 2009 through 2012 2009 2010 2011 … Furthermore, infrequently prescribed medications are at higher risk for poor monitoring. … Qualitative interviews included a subset of show and no-show patients prescribed a cardiovascular, … Liver and thyroid monitoring in ambulatory patients prescribed amiodarone in 10 HMOs.

  14. 44-Sample-Pathway-Checklist (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/44-sample-pathway-checklist.docx
    June 01, 2023 - · Yes · No Medications prescribed/recommended for postdischarge pain management? … [Fill in medications that are prescribed/recommened for postdischarge pain management from your pathway … (e.g., acetaminophen, ibuprofen)] · Yes · No · N/A If opioids were prescribed for postdischarge

  15. FAQs (Staff): Nasal Iodophor for MRSA-Positive Patients With Devices (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/abate/faqs/faq-iodophor.docx
    March 01, 2022 - What if my patient has been prescribed other nasal medications? … If the patient’s doctor has prescribed or recommended other nasal medicines, the patient should continue … to use them as prescribed.

  16. Tamblyn R et al. 2003 "The medical office of the 21st century (MOXXI): effectiveness of computerized decision-making support in reducing inappropriate prescribing in primary care." | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/tamblyn-r-et-al-2003
    January 01, 2003 - These data were integrated into the patient's health record and categorized as having been prescribed … The health record software documented health problems and medications prescribed." … pharmacist's recommendation, because of concerns for patient resistance or discomfort in discontinuing therapy prescribed … Physicians in the CDS group expressed similar concerns, particularly in relation to drugs prescribed

  17. Methodology Report #36: Analyzing Medical Conditions in MEPS - User Guide (Part 1 of 2)

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr36/mr36ug.shtml
    February 24, 2023 - is to analyze treated conditions, which are conditions associated with a healthcare event or prescribed … will allow analysts to identify conditions that are associated with healthcare events or prescribed … Prescribed medicines A unique purchase or fill An EVNTIDX value on the CLNK can represent multiple … treated prevalence is defined as the number of people with at least one medical visit or prescribed … MUS011 -1 -1 Because multiple conditions can be attributed to the same medical event or prescribed

  18. Enhancing Fulfillment Data in Community Practices for Clinical Care and Research - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-fulfillment-data-community-practices-clinical-care-and-research/annual-summary/2012
    January 01, 2012 - Prescribing data represent what clinicians have prescribed for patients—ideally, the intended medication … fulfillment data has the potential to improve coordination of care by revealing what other clinicians have prescribed … help clinicians provide better-informed care by revealing whether a patient has been able to adhere to prescribed

  19. EHC Protocol: Making Healthcare Safer IV: Opioid Stewardship (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/mhs4-opioid-stewardship-protocol.pdf
    July 01, 2023 - patient safety measures or indicators have been used to examine the harms associated with opioids prescribed … stewardship patient safety practices (PSPs) have been used to prevent or mitigate the harms associated with prescribed … opioid stewardship practices that have been used to prevent or mitigate the harms associated with prescribed … Overview of the PSP Opioid stewardship can be defined as promoting the appropriate use of prescribed … o Clinical audits o Dashboards • Interventions focused on clinical accountability related to prescribed

  20. VisualDecisionLinc: Real-Time Decision Support for Behavioral Health - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/visualdecisionlinc-real-time-decision-support-behavioral-health/annual-summary/2012
    January 01, 2012 - The SSAs include demographics such as race, gender, and age, comorbid conditions, and prescribed medications … Aggregated evidence on prescribed medications was organized by medication class to facilitate the understanding … of medication combinations prescribed to the comparative population. … identified five predictors of the next CGI score: 1) CGI measured at the previous visit; 2) type of medicine prescribed
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