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181. Case 4. Suntown Hospital | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/systemdesign/leancasestudies/lean-case4.html
     November 01, 2014 - Return to Contents Redesigning the Outpatient Medication Prescribing Process Project Goals The … goal of the Redesigning the Outpatient Medication Prescribing Process (known as E‑Prescribe) was for … A tentative decision to purchase prescribing software had been made as part of project selection. … The central monitoring activity for this project is ensuring compliance with electronic prescribing. … For example, the E-Prescribe project removed several steps in prescribing that nurses formerly had to

182. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 10. Harms Due to Opioids (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/opioids-1.pdf
     March 01, 2020 - CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016. … No Shortcuts to Safer Opioid Prescribing. … Suboptimal Opioid Prescribing: A Practice Change Project. … There was no significant decline in opioid prescribing. … Task Force to develop safe prescribing • Opioid Stewardship Committee • Prescribing, addiction

183. Risk Reduction and Systematic Error Management: Standardization of the Pediatric Chemotherapy Process (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol2/Advances-David_13.pdf
     March 19, 2008 - Given this need, near-miss chemotherapy ordering errors, and research that identifies the prescribing … Prescribing errors occur far upstream in the medication management process and are more likely to be … If prescribing/ordering errors are not interrupted early, their effects may be propagated and often … For a vulnerable population of patients, such near-miss prescribing errors had the potential to cause … Reducing prescribing error: Competence, control and culture.

184. Prologue: Technology and Medication Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Prologue_Grady_Vol4.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - CPOE system that was designed to minimize unintended consequences and maximize the potential of e-prescribing … Medication prescribing is the most frequently used therapeutic intervention, and the majority of office … management and minimize adverse drug events, ranging from increased involvement of pharmacists, to e-prescribing

185. 152. Treatment Recommendations: Medications-Clonidine (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide152.html
     October 01, 2014 - Prescribing instructions Initiate— Initiate clonidine shortly before (up to 3 days), or on, the

186. The Association Between Pharmacist Support and Voluntary Reporting of Medication Errors: An Analysis of MEDMARX® Data (pdf file)
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     July 17, 2008 - Specifically, the CAHs reported a smaller proportion of prescribing errors than did the NFCHs (4 percent … Prescribing errors were more likely than any other error type to be reported as Category B across the … In NFCHs, 56.6 percent of errors discovered by pharmacy 12 personnel originated in prescribing, … Specifically, the proportions of errors originating in the prescribing and dispensing phases were much … Since prescribing and dispensing errors are under-represented in the voluntary reporting of CAHs, to

187. 2024 Network of Patient Safety Databases Chartbook (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/npsd/data/npsd-medication-chartbook-2024.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - events were reported to have originated in the administering stage and roughly 27 percent in the prescribing … Substance Near Misses involving Incorrect patient/family action, 3,747 (38.3%) originated in the Prescribing … Misses that Originate in the Dispensing Stage Frequent Patterns of Incorrect Actions for the Prescribing … Of the 10,561 reported Medication or Other Substance Near Misses originating in the Prescribing/Ordering … Figure 18: Frequent Patterns of Incorrect Actions for Near Misses that Originate in the Prescribing/

188. Six Building Blocks How-To-Implement Toolkit: Prepare and Launch Guide (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/6bb-toolkit-prepare.pdf
     February 18, 2021 - For example, are there any State regulations related to opioid prescribing, such as maximum dose, prior … • Building an opioid improvement team. • Model opioid prescribing policy. • Model patient agreement … Clinicians and staff consistently follow prescribing standards and practices. … Opioids for Chronic Pain or State-based opioid prescribing guidelines… …do not exist. … Adjustments to achieve safer opioid prescribing based on monitoring data… …are not being made.

189. Antibiotic-Patient-Safety-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/antibiotic-patient-safety-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - Slide 8 Social Factors Influence Antibiotic Prescribing SAY: A number of social factors influence … antibiotic prescribing decisions. … · Of course, residents themselves and family members also influence antibiotic prescribing. … As a group, when a problem related to antibiotic prescribing occurs, ask— What happened? … An independent check would be the reassessment at 48 to 72 hours after the first prescribing event to

190. Improving Patient Safety in Community Pharmacies: A Resource List for Users of the AHRQ Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/surveys/community-pharmacy/pharmacy-resources.pdf
     May 01, 2023 - /implementation-toolsets-e- prescribing/toolset-e-prescribing-0 This toolset is designed to assist pharmacies … in adopting e-prescribing. … /toolset-e-prescribing-0 http://healthit.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/implementation-toolsets-e-prescribing … /toolset-e-prescribing-0 https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241501958 VI. … A Toolset for E-Prescribing Implementation in Independent Pharmacies 10.WHO Multi-Professional Patient

191. State at a Glance: Wyoming | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     March 01, 2019 - Identifying psychotropic prescribing practices for 100 percent of youth who may be served through the … Ensuring psychotropic prescribing practices for 100 percent of youth served by the CME. … assessments and screenings in order to ensure best practices and adhere to Wyoming State standards in prescribing

192. 4 Tk3 T1-Sample Policy Final (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/4_TK3_T1-Sample_Policy_final.docx
     October 01, 2016 - percent and 75 percent of antibiotic prescriptions in nursing homes do not meet clinical guidelines for prescribing … Unnecessary prescribing practices by prescribing clinicians and overuse of newer, broad-spectrum antibiotics … Minimum Criteria for Common Infections toolkit (“Minimum Criteria toolkit”) aims to reduce unnecessary prescribing

193. Final Progress Report: Individualized Performance Feedback on Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Practice (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/haut-report.pdf
     January 01, 2025 - i.e., interns/residents), physician assistants (PAs), and nurse practitioners (NPs) are charged with prescribing … interns and residents), physician assistants (PAs), and nurse practitioners (NPs) are charged with prescribing … They have also assisted us in the development of reports to follow the practices of prophylaxis prescribing … Audit and Feedback to Surgery Interns and Residents on Prescribing Risk-Appropriate Venous Thromboembolism … Audit and Feedback to Surgery Interns and Residents on Prescribing Risk-Appropriate Venous Thromboembolism

194. 155. Treatment Recommendations: Medications-Nortriptyline (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide155.html
     October 01, 2014 - Prescribing instructions Initiate— Therapy is initiated 10-28 days before the quit date to allow

195. AHRQ's Quality & Patient Safety Programs by Setting: Long-Term Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2021 - and Family Members helps nursing homes encourage an open and respectful dialogue between nurses and prescribing … Antibiotic Use in Long-Term Care helps nursing homes improve antibiotic stewardship and promote safer prescribing

196. 5 Tk2 T1-Concise Antibiogram Toolkit Background (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T1-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Background.pdf
     May 01, 2014 -  Antibiograms are important tools for health care professionals involved in prescribing empiric antibiotics … Prescribing clinicians—physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants—can consult these

197. 5 Tk2 T1-Concise Antibiogram Toolkit Background (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/5_TK2_T1-Concise_Antibiogram_Toolkit_Background.doc
     May 01, 2014 - · Antibiograms are important tools for health care professionals involved in prescribing empiric antibiotics … Prescribing clinicians—physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants—can consult these tools

198. Methodological Challenges in Describing Medication Dosing Errors in Children (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/McPhillips.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - These barriers include prescribing medication that is not labeled for use in children, discrepancies … Errors of medication use are among the most common types of medical errors and include mistakes of prescribing … Advances in Patient Safety: Vol. 2 216 Barriers to safe pediatric prescribing Off-label use of … a medication off-label or not prescribing. … Factors related to errors in medication prescribing. JAMA 1997;277(4):312–7. 9.

199. Urinary Incontinence EHR Materials (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/mui/ui-ehr-materials.docx
     June 02, 2025 - Estradiol insert Estradiol ring Additional Patient Information Resources for Clinicians Dot phrases for prescribing … medicines:  If prescribing anticholinergic:  You have decided to start a medication called an “anti-cholinergic … If prescribing vaginal estrogen:  Using estrogen in the vagina can help with incontinence, bladder infections

200. 126. Treatment Recommendations: Medications (Continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/prevention/guidelines/tobacco/clinicians/presentations/2008update-full/slide126.html
     October 01, 2014 - Clinical guidelines for prescribing medication for treating tobacco use and dependence (continued)