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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-severity-prescribing-errors-parenteral-nutrition-pediatric-inpatients-neonatal
June 23, 2021 - May 11, 2019
Case not closed: prescription errors 12 years after computerized physician … incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription … July 26, 2011
Computerized order entry with limited decision support to prevent prescription … April 8, 2011
The effect of computerized physician order entry on medication prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/antibiotic-prescribing-errors-patients-discharged-pediatric-emergency-department
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-after-nonfatal-overdose-and-association-repeated-overdose-cohort-study
January 23, 2019 - Citation
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37893/psn-pdf
July 09, 2008 - Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly
patients in general practice: how common? … Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients
in general practice: How common? … Baseline data from The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD)
study. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacologically-inappropriate-prescriptions-elderly-patients-general- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacologically-inappropriate-prescriptions-elderly-patients-general-practice-how-common
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46820/psn-pdf
August 20, 2018 - Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and
association with overdose and misuse: retrospective … Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with
overdose and misuse: retrospective … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/postsurgical-prescriptions-opioid-naive-patients-and-association-overdose … Longer duration of postoperative opioid prescription was also associated with
higher odds of future … This study adds to evidence demonstrating the potential
harms associated with even short-term opioid prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/scoping-review-legibility-hand-written-prescriptions-and-drug-orders-writing-wall
January 12, 2022 - Review
A scoping review of legibility of hand-written prescriptions and drug-orders … A scoping review of legibility of hand-written prescriptions and drug-orders: the writing on the wall … Illegible prescriptions can cause pharmacists to dispense incorrect medications resulting in patient … This review identified 15 studies on illegible prescriptions. … A scoping review of legibility of hand-written prescriptions and drug-orders: the writing on the wall
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49712/psn-pdf
June 01, 2014 - During his first visit
to the program, he was given a prescription for zolpidem. … Next, our patient leaves the sleep clinic with a prescription for zolpidem. … Furthermore, physicians need to consider the route used to write prescriptions. … Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. Institute of Medicine. … Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning
labels.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/opioid-safety
December 15, 2024 - Deaths from prescription opioid use began to rise shortly thereafter, and as prescribing continued to … As discussed in a 2017 PSNet perspective , the US now consumes 80% of the world's prescription opioids—enough … Even when opioids are prescribed appropriately, prescription of unnecessarily large quantities can lead … Policy interventions to reduce opioid prescribing include measures such as state-level prescription drug … March 6, 2019
Prevention of prescription opioid misuse and projected overdose deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/may-i-have-another-medication-error
March 01, 2009 - During his first visit to the program, he was given a prescription for zolpidem. … Next, our patient leaves the sleep clinic with a prescription for zolpidem. … Furthermore, physicians need to consider the route used to write prescriptions. … Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. Institute of Medicine. … Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46911/psn-pdf
May 02, 2018 - Errors in electronic health record–based data query of
statin prescriptions in patients with coronary … Errors in Electronic Health Record-Based Data Query of Statin
Prescriptions in Patients With Coronary … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-electronic-health-record-based-data-query-statin-prescriptions-patients … The authors evaluated how their institution's EHR measured
a common quality metric—statin prescription … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-electronic-health-record-based-data-query-statin-prescriptions-patients-coronary
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/differences-reasons-alert-overrides-contraindicated-co-prescriptions-admitting-department
January 23, 2017 - Study
Differences of reasons for alert overrides on contraindicated co-prescriptions … Differences of Reasons for Alert Overrides on Contraindicated Co-prescriptions by Admitting Department … Differences of Reasons for Alert Overrides on Contraindicated Co-prescriptions by Admitting Department … July 29, 2020
Reducing drug prescription errors and adverse drug events by application … Impact of a clinical decision support system for high-alert medications on the prevention of prescription
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November 13, 2019 - investigation-electronic-prescribing-and-medicines-administration-systems-
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Design flaws and improper use of technologies that transfer medication and prescription … investigation-electronic-prescribing-and-medicines-administration-systems-and-safe-discharge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-drug-time-guarantees-and-their-impact-patient-safety-community-pharmacies
June 10, 2018 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
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July 16, 2015 - Physicians failed to write flawless prescriptions when
computerized physician order entry system crashed … Physicians Failed to Write Flawless Prescriptions When Computerized
Physician Order Entry System Crashed … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physicians-failed-write-flawless-prescriptions-when-computerized-physician … The authors suggest implementation of
standalone electronic prescription software so that back-up computerized … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physicians-failed-write-flawless-prescriptions-when-computerized-physician-order-entry-system
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47097/psn-pdf
June 26, 2018 - These results provide insight on how best to use data from prescription drug
monitoring programs, which … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/triggers-and-trigger-tools
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-associated-reductions-opioid-related … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-associated-reductions-opioid-related
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33824/psn-pdf
January 01, 2016 - Moreover, an analysis of new
prescriptions of long-acting opioids for chronic noncancer pain showed … such as less addiction potential or being tamper-resistant) may
also have contributed to more liberal prescriptions … Similarly, the number of opioid prescriptions following
low-risk surgical procedures increased between … The authors identified a steep decline
in hydrocodone prescriptions and in overall dispensing of this … While a modest increase in
other opioid medication prescriptions was seen, this effect did not approach
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48166/psn-pdf
August 28, 2019 - doctors-can-change-opioid-prescribing-habits-progress-comes-small-doses
Efforts to reduce misuse of prescription … reports on an analysis of surgical pain management practice changes
used in 43 hospitals in response to prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851350/psn-pdf
July 12, 2023 - A scoping review of legibility of hand-written
prescriptions and drug-orders: the writing on the wall … A scoping review of legibility of hand-written prescriptions and drug-
orders: the writing on the wall … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/scoping-review-legibility-hand-written-prescriptions-and-drug-orders-writing … -
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Illegible prescriptions can cause pharmacists to dispense incorrect medications resulting in … This review identified 15 studies on illegible prescriptions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44970/psn-pdf
May 09, 2017 - Analysis of prescribers' notes in electronic prescriptions
in ambulatory practice. … Analysis of Prescribers' Notes in Electronic Prescriptions in
Ambulatory Practice. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/analysis-prescribers-notes-electronic-prescriptions-ambulatory-practice … In this large cross-sectional study, researchers analyzed more than 26,000
electronic prescriptions … The authors outline recommended solutions
based on the information most commonly included in prescription