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41. Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe. (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2011 - n Is it safe to take vitamins when I take a prescription medicine? … This includes: 4 Prescription medicines. 4 Medicines you can buy without a prescription, such as aspirin … Does this new prescription mean I should stop taking other medicines? … n Ask your doctor if your prescription needs to be refilled. … Never give your prescription medicine to anyone else or take prescription medicine that wasn’t prescribed

42. Opioids and Substance Use Disorders: What's New | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2023 - November 2023 Prescription opioid use continues to decline AHRQ has released two opioid-related MEPS … brief finds that 6.4 percent of adults aged 18-64, on average, filled at least one outpatient opioid prescription … , and 1.8 percent had four or more prescription fills during the year. … , and 4.4 percent obtained four or more prescription fills during the year.  … This represents a continuing decrease in rates of filled prescriptions for both age groups compared to

43. Existing Measures for ADHD Prior to PQMP (pdf file)
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    February 02, 2017 - This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 6 to 12 years of age with an ambulatory prescription … This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 6 to 12 years of age with an ambulatory prescription … and Maintenance Phase) (Source: AHRQ) Numerator Statement: Children ages 6-12 as of the index prescription … start date, with an ambulatory prescription dispensed for ADHD medication, who remained on the medication … Continuous Enrollment ---120 days prior to the Index Prescription Start Date (IPSD) and 300 days after

44. Existing Measures for ADHD (pdf file)
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    January 12, 2017 - This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 6 to 12 years of age with an ambulatory prescription … This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 6 to 12 years of age with an ambulatory prescription … and Maintenance Phase) (Source: AHRQ) Numerator Statement: Children ages 6-12 as of the index prescription … start date, with an ambulatory prescription dispensed for ADHD medication, who remained on the medication … Continuous Enrollment ---120 days prior to the Index Prescription Start Date (IPSD) and 300 days after

45. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - data using the metric of number of antibiotic prescriptions over number of clinic visits. … specific antibiotic prescription data should be in place. … The Iterative Nature of Stewardship SAY: This slide represents hypothetical changes in antibiotic prescriptions … approach to managing influenza, or delays in receiving influenza testing results leading to antibiotic prescriptions … Measuring antibiotic prescriptions by agent, provider, and condition can inform infectious condition

46. Appendix 4: Samples Tables and Analyses for Pharmacy Staff Survey | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - Our pharmacy is doing this well. 30 60% N/A 3 6% Missing * 2 4% Prescription … Our pharmacy is doing this well. 23 46% N/A 3 6% Missing * 6 12% Prescription … Used to Advertise Services in Different Parts of the Hospital or Clinic 20 10 60 6 4 Prescription … Bottle Labels are Written in Simple and Clear Language 16 20 46 6 12 Prescription Warning … example, a weakness that stands out in this sample table is that the pharmacy staff does not feel that prescription

47. A Model-based Approach to Prioritizing Medical Safety Practices (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2004 - state of a prescription (S). … prescriptions) attributes the majority of the errors to incorrectly written drug doses. … Prescription fulfillment errors Other tests of the model were done using prescription-fulfillment error … Workload was measured in terms of the number of prescriptions filled per hour. … of different kinds of prescriptions that a physician might produce in a practice.

48. Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Clinicians (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2008 - Side Effects Dosage Duration Availability Nicotine Patch Local skin reaction 21 mg/24 hours 4 weeks Prescription … cigs/day-4 mg gum (up to 24 pcs/day) Nicotine Nasal Spray Nasal irritation 8-40 doses/day 3-6 months Prescription … only Nicotine Inhaler Local irritation of 6-16 cartridges/day Up to 6 months Prescription only mouth … mg (up to 20 pcs/day) Bupropion SR History of seizure Insomnia 150 mg every morning for 7-12 weeks Prescription … 6 months Varenicline Monitor for changes in mood, Nausea 0.5 mg once daily for days 5-7 3 months, Prescription

49. Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2023 - Newsletter AHRQ News Now Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription … Now Events Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription … Today's Headlines: Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access … Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription Opioid Access An AHRQ-funded study … August 2023 Internet Citation: Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Inequities in End-of-Life Prescription

50. Final Report: Improving Drug Safety (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - In the second study, Lacroix et al examined the original prescriptions issued throughout the pregnancy … One point six percent of women in the Lacroix study received one or more prescriptions for drugs in … In the PAS projects, prescriptions are screened for potential errors using guideline-driven decision … The pharmacist cannot dispense these prescriptions without active intervention. … In the Renal Dosing project, we compared rates of dispensing prescriptions that were not adjusted for

51. The “Never Antibiotic” Diagnoses: Acute Bronchitis – Facilitator Guide (doc file)
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    September 01, 2022 - Patients represented by the orange line did not receive an antibiotic prescription, patients represented … better in 3-4 days, and patients represented by the green line were given an antibiotic prescription … , but only 20 percent of patients who were instructed to fill the prescription if they were not feeling … Additionally, 16 percent of patients who were not given an antibiotic prescription obtained and took … Here is a graph showing antibiotic prescriptions for acute bronchitis over time.

52. Is Our Pharmacy Meeting Patients' Needs? A Pharmacy Health Literacy Assessment Tool User's Guide (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - are adults—age 18 and older, • are not new patients to the pharmacy—have filled most/all of their prescriptions … time (years and months) as a patient of that particular pharmacy, as well as the average number of prescriptions … Prescription bottle labels b. Prescription warning labels 7. … Prescription bottle labels b. Prescription warning labels c. … The patient has many new prescriptions. d. There are many changes in dosage. e.

53. Program-Dev-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
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    June 01, 2021 - The second is to notify the primary clinician of any new antibiotic prescriptions ordered by an on-call … After reviewing the charts, they find that the regular clinicians reviewed all of the antibiotic prescriptions … This would require the prescriber to reassess antibiotic prescriptions and verify the need to continue … make sure antibiotics are necessary and effective · Formal review of “appropriateness” of antibiotic prescriptions … Second, schedule meetings and identify problems that may lead to inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions

54. How To Create a My Medicines List | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    October 01, 2022 - Return to Contents Step 3: Gather and Sort Your Medicines Gather up all your prescription and non-prescription … Non-prescription medicines may include vitamins, herbals, supplements, cold or cough medicines, aspirin … relievers, allergy relief medicines, antacids, laxatives, diet pills, and others that you do not need a prescription … Look at My Medicines List every time you take prescription or non-prescription medicine.

55. Reducing the Use of Short-acting Nifedipine by Hypertensives Using a Pharmaceutical Database (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2005 - an audit for each prescription on the indication, and any required intervention. … These data were compared with the total number of prescriptions and 30-day equivalent prescription data … Of these 1,648 prescriptions, the most common indication for use was hypertension (737 prescriptions … ) to 2004 (2,723 prescriptions). … As expected, by reviewing the prescription data, a number of prescriptions were found to be for the

56. Appendix 5: Health Literacy Assessment Facilitator's Guide for Patient Focus Groups | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2020 - your prescription? … Information on when to refill your prescription. … Information on how to refill your prescription. … A few days after you've gotten your prescription? … Prescription information inserts.

57. Acute Care ASP Development
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    November 01, 2019 - Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 2 Options for Primary ASP Interventions1 Approach Definition Pros Cons Pre-prescription … Antibiotic Use – Acute Care 3 Options for Primary ASP Interventions1 Approach Definition Pros Cons Pre-prescription … restricted agents only Addresses empiric use more than downstream use Is real-time resource intensive Post-prescription … meropenem, ceftolozane/tazobactam) IV to PO conversion 6 Approach Pro Con Prior approval or post-prescription … approval, post-prescription review and feedback, or a combination of these.

58. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Health Plan Children with chronic conditions CC22 Refilled prescription … Plan Children with chronic conditions CC23 Easy to get prescriptions … Children with chronic conditions CC25 Child needs or uses prescription … Plan Children with chronic conditions CC26 Child needs prescription … Plan Children with chronic conditions CC27 Child needs prescription

59. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Plan Children with chronic conditions CC27 Child needs prescription … Plan Children with chronic conditions CC26 Child needs prescription … Children with chronic conditions CC25 Child needs or uses prescription … Plan Children with chronic conditions CC23 Easy to get prescriptions … Health Plan Children with chronic conditions CC22 Refilled prescription

60. Community Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2019 User Database Report (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2019 - We have clear expectations about exchanging important prescription information across shifts. … We have standard procedures for communicating prescription information across shifts. … We have standard procedures for communicating prescription information across shifts. … We have standard procedures for communicating prescription information across shifts. … We have standard procedures for communicating prescription information across shifts.