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  1. Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescriptions with adverse drug events and health care expenditures. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-inappropriate-outpatient-pediatric-antibiotic-prescriptions-adverse-drug-events
    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

  2. Indication-specific opioid prescribing for US patients with Medicaid or private Insurance, 2017 | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/indication-specific-opioid-prescribing-us-patients-medicaid-or-private-insurance-2017
    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

  3. Smoking Cessation and Intervention (xls file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/chart-abstraction-template-smoking-cessation.xlsx
    June 02, 2025 - Cessation Medication Prescribed?

  4. S116 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/s116.pdf
    October 01, 2007 - Our multivariable model indicated that physicians who had most recently prescribed a conventional APM … If atypical APMs are thought to be generally safer, it is likely that they are selectively prescribed … On the other hand, patients prescribed conventional APMs were more likely to have a history of cancer … ‡Prevalence of risk factor among patients of physicians who most recently prescribed an atypical APM … minus prevalence among patients of physicians who most recently prescribed a conventional APM estimated

  5. Statin Therapy Measure Narative (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/cholesterol-narrative.pdf
    December 31, 2018 - years with a diagnosis of diabetes with a fasting or direct LDL-C level of 70-189 mg/dL; who were prescribed … number of patients with a statin medication (Statin RXNORM Value Set) current on the medication list or prescribed

  6. Decision Support System Design and Implementation for Outpatient Prescribing: The Safety in Prescribing Study (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Feldstein.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - decision support relevant to this project: (1) drug-specific alerts that appear when the target drug is prescribed … Their electronic medical record triggered an alert if the relevant drug was newly prescribed. … In the event that a medication requiring dose or drug modification was prescribed, an alert would present … A real-time alert was triggered if a drug was prescribed for patients who had an interacting drug already

  7. About the Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    November 01, 2024 - Antibiotics are one of the most commonly prescribed medications in nursing homes and overuse of antibiotics … Between 25 percent and 75 percent of antibiotics prescribed in nursing homes are unnecessary. 3 Because

  8. 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

  9. Outpatient opioid prescriptions for children and opioid-related adverse events. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outpatient-opioid-prescriptions-children-and-opioid-related-adverse-events
    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.

  10. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49728/psn-pdf
    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

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49489/psn-pdf
    September 01, 2005 - .(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 … congestive heart failure in a patient with severe left ventricular dysfunction for whom diltiazem was prescribed

  12. Good Night's Sleep Gone Wrong | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/good-nights-sleep-gone-wrong
    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

  13. VisualDecisionLinc: Real-Time Decision Support for Behavioral Health - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs019023-mane-final-report-2014.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - The algorithm we developed is designed to aggregate and summarize outcome data on the prescribed … medications; medications prescribed to a similar (or comparative) patient population; and predicted … To quickly show the treatment outcome (CGI values), we color-­‐coded individual prescribed medication … An interaction code was added to individual prescribed medication cells to trigger the display of the … time period(s) that the selected medication was prescribed. 5.15.

  14. STATISTICAL BRIEF #529: Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids in the U.S. Adult Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2017

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st529/stat529.shtml
    April 01, 2020 - Only prescriptions purchased or obtained in an outpatient setting (retail and mail-order prescribed medicines … 2017 MEPS Full Year Population Consolidated Data File (HC-201) and a non-public version of the 2017 Prescribed … The NSDUH estimates for any opioid use comprise both prescribed use and misuse. … In contrast, MEPS includes only prescribed medicines purchased in outpatient settings (that is, retail … Medicare Part D provides optional coverage for prescribed medicines.

  15. Principles of conservative prescribing. | PSNet

    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

  16. Association of hydrocodone schedule change with opioid prescriptions following surgery. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-hydrocodone-schedule-change-opioid-prescriptions-following-surgery
    June 07, 2017 - 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

  17. Concentration of Healthcare Expenditures and Selected Characteristics of People with High Expenses, United States Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2018-2022

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st560/stat560.shtml
    March 01, 2025 - Ambulatory events, inpatient stays, and prescribed medicines each accounted for about 30 percent of healthcare … were associated with ambulatory events (32.5 percent), inpatient stays (27.9 percent) and prescribed … their medical expenses were for ambulatory events (56.3 percent), and 11.2 percent were for prescribed … i.e., office-based, hospital outpatient or emergency room visits, hospital inpatient stays, prescribed … Prescribed medicines : Includes expenses for all prescribed medications that were initially purchased

  18. Medication Adherence | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/medication-adherence
    January 01, 2023 - medication adherence (or compliance with); defined as the extent to which patients take medications as prescribed … adherence information to providers and/or patients via health IT solutions impacts patient adherence to prescribed

  19. An Evaluation of the Spread and Scale of PatientToc™ From Primary Care to Community Pharmacy Practice for the Collection of Patient-Reported Outcomes | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/evaluation-spread-and-scale-patienttoc-primary-care-community-pharmacy
    March 31, 2024 - Medication Adherence Patient-Reported Outcomes Medication adherence--taking medications as prescribed … Fifty percent of individuals taking at least one regularly scheduled prescribed medication are non-adherent … filling a prescription does not necessarily mean that an individual is taking their medications as prescribed

  20. 6 Tk1 T2-Talking With Residents Family Members Final (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/6_TK1_T2-Talking_with_Residents_Family_Members_Final.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - If your family member is experiencing symptoms and bacteria are found, she or he will typically be prescribed … • If your family member is experiencing a bad cough and a fever, he/she will typically be prescribed … • It is crucial that your family member take the antibiotics as prescribed to ensure that the infection … Make sure the doctor and nurses know that an antibiotic should be prescribed for your family member … them with any of the following questions to ask a nurse or doctor: • Why is my family member being prescribed
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