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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47283/psn-pdf
January 27, 2019 - Association of the use of a mandatory prescription drug
monitoring program with prescribing practices … Association of the Use of a Mandatory Prescription Drug Monitoring
Program With Prescribing Practices … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-use-mandatory-prescription-drug-monitoring-program-prescribing … -
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Many states are implementing prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) in … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/four-states-robust-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-reduced-opioid-dosages
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-predictors-opioid-prescription-discharge-after-traumatic-injury
July 02, 2019 - Study
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Incidence and predictors of opioid prescription … Incidence and Predictors of Opioid Prescription at Discharge After Traumatic Injury. … Incidence and Predictors of Opioid Prescription at Discharge After Traumatic Injury. … prescribing for opioid-naive patients in emergency departments and other settings: characteristics of prescriptions … April 22, 2015
National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/new-persistent-opioid-use-after-minor-and-major-surgical-procedures-us-adults
April 18, 2019 - June 7, 2017
Association of hydrocodone schedule change with opioid prescriptions following … November 11, 2020
Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction … March 6, 2019
Prevention of prescription opioid misuse and projected overdose deaths … August 15, 2018
Pain Management and Prescription Opioid-related Harms: Exploring the … September 29, 2017
Prescription of long-acting opioids and mortality in patients with
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-concurrent-use-prescription-opioids-and-benzodiazepines-and-overdose
November 16, 2022 - Study
Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines … Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines and overdose: retrospective … June 8, 2022
Errors in electronic health record–based data query of statin prescriptions … March 6, 2019
Patient-centered prescription opioid tapering in community outpatients … Effect of a Veterans Health Administration mandate to case review patients with opioid prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46502/psn-pdf
July 02, 2019 - Defining optimal length of opioid pain medication
prescription after common surgical procedures. … Defining Optimal Length of Opioid Pain Medication Prescription
After Common Surgical Procedures. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/defining-optimal-length-opioid-pain-medication-prescription-after-common … surgical-procedures
This retrospective observational study found that the median duration of opioid prescription … A significant proportion of these prescriptions were
refilled, highlighting the risk of chronic use
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cure-scrawl-doctors-being-encouraged-switch-e-prescriptions
December 12, 2018 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
A cure for scrawl: doctors being encouraged to switch to e-prescriptions … Linkedin
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Handwritten-prescription ban puts pharmacists in awkward position as "enforcers … July 5, 2006
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867016/psn-pdf
October 23, 2024 - An automated, dynamic radiation oncology prescription
checking system. … An automated, dynamic radiation oncology prescription checking
system. … In this study, researchers reviewed over 24,000 radiation oncology
prescriptions and applied criteria … to identify clinically inappropriate prescriptions. … The trigger tool generated
241 alerts, 31% of which led to prescription changes.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72744/psn-pdf
February 17, 2021 - Association between in-clinic opioid administration and
discharge opioid prescription in urgent care … Association between in-clinic opioid administration and discharge
opioid prescription in urgent care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-clinic-opioid-administration-and-discharge-opioid-
prescription-urgent … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-clinic-opioid-administration-and-discharge-opioid-prescription-urgent … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-clinic-opioid-administration-and-discharge-opioid-prescription-urgent
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-adherence-long-term-opioid-therapy-guidelines-reduce-opioid-misuse-primary-care
January 23, 2019 - Adherence to prescribing guidelines may help mitigate misuse of prescription opioids. … July 2, 2019
Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when … June 19, 2019
Association of household opioid availability and prescription opioid initiation … April 12, 2019
Prevention of prescription opioid misuse and projected overdose deaths … August 16, 2017
Prescription of long-acting opioids and mortality in patients with chronic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/changes-early-high-risk-opioid-prescribing-practices-after-policy-interventions-washington
November 03, 2021 - opioid prescribing policy interventions implemented at different times (including dosing guidelines and prescription … policy intervention implementation timepoint was significantly associated with reductions in high-risk prescription … September 24, 2016
Prescribers' perspectives on including reason for use information on prescriptions … September 1, 2021
Influence of opioid prescription policy on overdoses and related adverse … February 6, 2019
Implementation of prescription drug monitoring programs associated with
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48060/psn-pdf
June 19, 2019 - Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid
addiction when initiating opioids for pain … Strategies to Identify Patient Risks of Prescription Opioid Addiction
When Initiating Opioids for Pain … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-identify-patient-risks-prescription-opioid-addiction-when-initiating … Researchers found that a prior history of substance use disorder, prescription of psychiatric
medications … , certain mental health diagnoses, higher daily opioid doses, and prescription of opioids for 30
days
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospitalization-and-death-associated-potentially-inappropriate-medication-prescriptions-among
August 04, 2021 - Hospitalization and death associated with potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions … Hospitalization and death associated with potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions among elderly … , investigators reported greater odds of being hospitalized in the month following an inappropriate prescription … , an associated greater risk of death, and similar risk with even intermittent exposure to such prescriptions … Hospitalization and death associated with potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions among elderly
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73159/psn-pdf
April 21, 2021 - Drug-drug interactions and prescription appropriateness
at hospital discharge: experience with COVID … Drug-drug interactions and prescription appropriateness at
hospital discharge: experience with COVID … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/drug-drug-interactions-and-prescription-appropriateness-hospital-discharge … There was a significant increase in prescription of proton pump
inhibitors and heparins from admission … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/drug-drug-interactions-and-prescription-appropriateness-hospital-discharge-experience-covid
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74010/psn-pdf
October 27, 2021 - Purchase of prescription medicines via social media: a
survey-based study of prevalence, risk perceptions … Purchase of prescription medicines via social media: a survey-based
study of prevalence, risk perceptions … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/purchase-prescription-medicines-social-media-survey-based-study-
prevalence-risk-perceptions … how social media users assess,
interact and engage with information related to the illegal sales of prescription … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/purchase-prescription-medicines-social-media-survey-based-study-prevalence-risk-perceptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-errors-related-use-computerized-provider-order-entry-system-pediatric-patients
November 07, 2018 - Study
Prescription errors related to the use of computerized provider order-entry … Prescription errors related to the use of computerized provider order-entry system for pediatric patients … Prescription errors related to the use of computerized provider order-entry system for pediatric patients … Mistake
March 1, 2013
Patient-specific electronic decision support reduces prescription … September 2, 2009
Antimicrobial prescription errors in hospitalized children: role of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/associations-physicians-prescribing-experience-work-hours-and-workload-prescription-errors
July 21, 2021 - Associations of physicians’ prescribing experience, work hours, and workload with prescription … Associations of physicians’ prescribing experience, work hours, and workload with prescription errors … Associations of physicians’ prescribing experience, work hours, and workload with prescription errors … cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions. … April 26, 2017
Differences of reasons for alert overrides on contraindicated co-prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/transmitting-and-processing-electronic-prescriptions-experiences-physician-practices-and
July 02, 2019 - Study
Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of physician … Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of physician practices and pharmacies … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … January 7, 2015
How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription errors? … errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/handwritten-prescription-ban-puts-pharmacists-awkward-position-enforcers
September 21, 2005 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
Handwritten-prescription ban puts pharmacists in awkward … Citation Text:
Handwritten-prescription ban puts pharmacists in awkward position as "enforcers." … This article reports on a Washington state law that prevents pharmacists from accepting prescriptions … Copy URL
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-patterns-among-medical-providers-united-states-2003-17-retrospective
May 11, 2016 - Using data from a large, national private insurance provider including 134 million opioid prescription … In 2017, the top 1% of opioid providers prescribed 27% of all opioid prescriptions and accounted for … A large proportion of prescriptions written by high prescribing opioid providers exceeded guidelines … In contrast, the majority of prescriptions for the bottom 99% of prescribers met prescribing guidelines … May 17, 2017
Our other prescription drug problem.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845069/psn-pdf
February 22, 2023 - How would final-year medical students perform if their
skill-based prescription assessment was real … based
prescription assessment was real life? Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2022;88(12):5202-5217. … cohort study
conducted at one medical center in the Netherlands identified a high rate of errors in prescriptions … written
by medical students (40% of all prescriptions). … The most common type of error was inadequate information
in the prescription – such as not indicating