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441. What did the doctor say? Health literacy and recall of medical instructions. | PSNet
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     December 21, 2014 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Helping patients simplify and safely use complex prescription … August 4, 2021 Risk of unintentional overdose with non-prescription acetaminophen products … October 19, 2022 A patient-centered prescription drug label to promote appropriate medication

442. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46349/psn-pdf
     August 16, 2017 - Materials include health literacy assessments and guidance for prescription medicine instructions. … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/health-literacy https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/literacy-and-misunderstanding-prescription-drug-labels

443. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 24, 2011 - prescribing errors in four adult primary care practices where both handwritten and basic electronic prescription … Eight percent of prescriptions had an error.  … such as no or optional allergy and drug interaction checks) were no safer than those with handwritten prescriptions … More advanced decision support (i.e., requiring complete prescriptions and providing default dosing

444. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 21, 2016 - inconsistent and incomplete application of policies in US pharmacies contributes to risks and suggest prescription … lost-translation-medication-labeling-immigrant-families https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/literacy-and-misunderstanding-prescription-drug-labels

445. Simple strategies to avoid medication errors. | PSNet
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     April 22, 2017 - May 2, 2012 Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … February 28, 2011 Improving prescription drug warnings to promote patient comprehension … June 11, 2010 Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions

446. Standardizing Medication Labels: Confusing Patients Less, Workshop Summary. | PSNet
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     August 15, 2012 - July 5, 2016 Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. … May 24, 2015 To err is human: patient misinterpretations of prescription drug label instructions … January 5, 2012 Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English … December 15, 2010 Patient-centered approach for improving prescription drug warning labels

447. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 06, 2009 - substance prescribing errors in a pediatric teaching hospital: an analysis of the safety of analgesic prescription … substance prescribing errors in a pediatric teaching hospital: an analysis of the safety of analgesic prescription … This study evaluated the quality of analgesic prescriptions in patients being discharged from a pediatric … Most prescriptions contained at least one error, including frequent use of error-prone abbreviations … and failure to use weight-based dosing, and 3% of prescriptions were judged to have the potential for

448. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2003 - Related to drug ordering is prescription transcription, as accurately conveying the drug choice or dose … (Figure 1, Figure 2) The error in this case occurred independent of prescription legibility. … Long-term experience with a program to improve prescription-writing skills. … Plendil®, Confused With Isordil® This poorly written prescription for for Isordil® (isosorbide dinitrate … The patient suffered a myocardial infarction after only one day of taking the erroneous prescription

449. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2004 - However, because the patient's family had a copy of the original prescription from the oncologist, the … In one analysis of prescriptions requiring clarification, while faxed and written prescriptions required … Pharmacists should not dispense any drug based on a prescription without data that support its use in … Relationships between ambient sounds and the accuracy of pharmacists' prescription-filling performance … of the first five million prescriptions in 1999.

450. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 10, 2014 - incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription … incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription … This Swiss study found that the majority of handwritten prescriptions were considered "bad or unreadable

451. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 18, 2016 - Sections include guidelines, clinical decision support, electronic prescribing, and prescription drug … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/attacking-opioid-crisis-head-health-it https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-overdoses-prescription-opioid-pain-relievers-united-states

452. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 14, 2016 - medicare-letters-curb-overprescribing-controlled-substances-had-no-detectable-effect https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pain-management-and-prescription-opioid-related-harms-exploring-state-evidence-proceedings … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pain-management-and-prescription-opioid-related-harms-exploring-state-evidence-proceedings

453. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     November 19, 2016 - This finding is consistent with prior studies demonstrating the importance of clear prescription instructions … psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/simulation-training https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/literacy-and-misunderstanding-prescription-drug-labels

454. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 07, 2016 - This data analysis revealed a very high prevalence of new opioid prescriptions following low-risk surgical … opioids-prescribed-after-low-risk-surgical-procedures-united-states-2004-2012 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-overdoses-prescription-opioid-pain-relievers-united-states … -1999-2008 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/access-prescription-opioids-primum-non-nocere-teachable-moment

455. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 06, 2017 - The authors of this review conclude that the evidence regarding effective interventions to decrease prescription … interventions-reduction-prescribed-opioid-use-chronic-non-cancer-pain https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-opioid-misuse https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-long-acting-opioids-and-mortality-patients-chronic-noncancer-pain

456. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     March 31, 2021 - Work effort, readability and quality of pharmacy transcription of patient directions from electronic prescriptions … Work effort, readability and quality of pharmacy transcription of patient directions from electronic prescriptions … work-effort-readability-and-quality-pharmacy-transcription-patient-directions- electronic Clinicians commonly use free-text to generate electronic prescriptions … (e-prescriptions); however, these e- prescriptions often require double-checking and transcription … This retrospective study found that about half of the patient directions on e-prescriptions contained

457. Opioid-prescribing patterns of emergency physicians and risk of long-term use. | PSNet
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     August 15, 2018 - that patients often receive opioids following low-risk procedures, and they frequently receive opioid prescriptions … December 20, 2017 Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents … April 12, 2019 Emergency department contribution to the prescription opioid epidemic. … January 23, 2019 Incidence and predictors of opioid prescription at discharge after traumatic … April 22, 2015 National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency

458. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46276/psn-pdf
     August 02, 2017 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-changes-opioid-prescribing-united-states-2006-2015 This analysis of retail prescription … vital-signs-changes-opioid-prescribing-united-states-2006-2015 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characteristics-initial-prescription-episodes-and-likelihood-long-term-opioid-use-united

459. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43606/psn-pdf
     October 15, 2014 - to reduce the likelihood of adverse events involving these high-risk medications, such as improved prescription … opioids-chronic-noncancer-pain-position-paper-american-academy-neurology https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-overdoses-prescription-opioid-pain-relievers-united-states

460. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 27, 2019 - health-system-wide-initiative-decrease-opioid-related-morbidity-and-mortality https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-stewardship https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementation-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-associated-reductions-opioid-related … first-do-no-harm-marshaling-clinician-leadership-counter-opioid-epidemic https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-household-opioid-availability-and-prescription-opioid-initiation-among-household