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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/case-not-closed-prescription-errors-12-years-after-computerized-physician-order-entry
April 08, 2011 - Study
Case not closed: prescription errors 12 years after computerized physician … Case Not Closed: Prescription Errors 12 Years after Computerized Physician Order Entry Implementation … This observational study found that prescription errors were less frequent in 2007, shortly after computerized … Case Not Closed: Prescription Errors 12 Years after Computerized Physician Order Entry Implementation … June 16, 2010
The effect of computerized physician order entry on medication prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ncpdp-recommendations-and-guidance-standardizing-dosing-designations-prescription-container
September 09, 2020 - NCPDP Recommendations and Guidance for Standardizing the Dosing Designations on Prescription … Citation Text:
NCPDP Recommendations and Guidance for Standardizing the Dosing Designations on Prescription … Scottsdale, AZ: National Council for Prescription Drug Programs; March 2014. … Scottsdale, AZ: National Council for Prescription Drug Programs; March 2014. … September 9, 2020
Implementation of prescription drug monitoring programs associated
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-failure-mode-effect-and-criticality-analysis-improve-safety-cancer-treatment
October 21, 2020 - Using Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis to improve safety in the cancer treatment prescription … Using Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis to improve safety in the cancer treatment prescription … calculated a Risk Priority Number (RPN), or criticality, for each possible failure mode in cancer treatment prescription … Using Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis to improve safety in the cancer treatment prescription … Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-electronic-medical-record-implementation-default-opioid-prescription
April 27, 2022 - Association between electronic medical record implementation of default opioid prescription … Association between Electronic Medical Record Implementation of Default Opioid Prescription Quantities … This pre–post study examined the effect of implementing a 10-tablet default prescription in the electronic … Association between Electronic Medical Record Implementation of Default Opioid Prescription Quantities … drug monitoring program cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physicians-perspectives-regarding-prescription-drug-monitoring-program-use-within-department
February 17, 2017 - Study
Physicians' perspectives regarding prescription drug monitoring program use … Physicians' Perspectives Regarding Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use Within the Department of … February 17, 2017
Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory … March 18, 2020
Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid … Related Resources
Discrepancies in written versus calculated durations in opioid prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addition-electronic-prescription-transmission-computerized-prescriber-order-entry-effect
March 13, 2019 - Study
Addition of electronic prescription transmission to computerized prescriber … Addition of electronic prescription transmission to computerized prescriber order entry: Effect on dispensing … Investigators captured more than 11,000 prescriptions written in the control clinics and nearly 30,000 … Addition of electronic prescription transmission to computerized prescriber order entry: Effect on dispensing … March 13, 2019
Adherence to black box warnings for prescription medications in outpatients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/err-human-patient-misinterpretations-prescription-drug-label-instructions
February 28, 2011 - Study
To err is human: patient misinterpretations of prescription drug label instructions … To err is human: patient misinterpretations of prescription drug label instructions. … To err is human: patient misinterpretations of prescription drug label instructions. … May 24, 2015
Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency … April 8, 2011
Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characteristics-initial-prescription-episodes-and-likelihood-long-term-opioid-use-united
April 24, 2018 - Study
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Characteristics of initial prescription episodes … Characteristics of Initial Prescription Episodes and Likelihood of Long-Term Opioid Use - United States … Patients started on higher doses (cumulative dose ≥ 700 mg morphine equivalent), provided prescriptions … with longer duration (more than 10 days), or given 3 or more prescriptions for opioids were most likely … Effect of a Veterans Health Administration mandate to case review patients with opioid prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/four-states-robust-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-reduced-opioid-dosages
June 21, 2016 - Study
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Four states with robust prescription drug … Four States With Robust Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Reduced Opioid Dosages. … Provider prescribing has come under increased scrutiny and several states have implemented prescription … One state demonstrated a decrease in the percentage of people who filled an opioid prescription. … Four States With Robust Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Reduced Opioid Dosages.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-evidence-based-practices-optimize-prescriber-use
September 19, 2018 - Book/Report
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Evidence-based Practices to Optimize … Citation Text:
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Evidence-based Practices to Optimize Prescriber … Drug monitoring systems can help track opioid prescription activity to mitigate the opioid crisis . … programs to reduce overprescribing , this report recommends eight practices to optimize the use of prescription … Linkedin
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-prescription-errors-patients-discharged-emergency-department
March 30, 2022 - Study
Incidence of prescription errors in patients discharged from the emergency … Incidence of prescription errors in patients discharged from the emergency department. … overall error rate of 16.5% was observed, including errors in directions, quantity prescribed, and prescriptions … Incidence of prescription errors in patients discharged from the emergency department. … March 10, 2021
Reducing pediatric emergency department prescription errors.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effects-resident-level-training-rate-pediatric-prescription-errors-academic-emergency
October 19, 2022 - Study
The effects of resident level of training on the rate of pediatric prescription … The effects of resident level of training on the rate of pediatric prescription errors in an academic … Less experienced resident physicians made fewer prescription dosing errors than senior residents and … The effects of resident level of training on the rate of pediatric prescription errors in an academic … September 27, 2016
Pediatric emergency department discharge prescriptions requiring pharmacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-often-do-prescribers-include-indications-drug-orders-analysis-4-million-outpatient
May 01, 2019 - Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … that only 7.4% of prescriptions included an indication. … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … May 29, 2019
A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing safety.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-centered-approach-improving-prescription-drug-warning-labels
January 05, 2012 - Study
Patient-centered approach for improving prescription drug warning labels. … Patient-centered approach for improving prescription drug warning labels. … Patient-centered approach for improving prescription drug warning labels. … July 5, 2017
Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … August 2, 2015
Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cvs-taps-design-legend-reinvent-prescription-label-next-stop-pharmacy
April 12, 2017 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
CVS taps a design legend to reinvent the prescription … Citation Text:
CVS taps a design legend to reinvent the prescription label. … Poor patient understanding of prescription labels and medication dispensing processes at retail pharmacies … color-coded labels and led to a retail pharmacy implementing redesigned pill bottles that provide an overall prescription … Cite
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CVS taps a design legend to reinvent the prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/discrepancies-written-versus-calculated-durations-opioid-prescriptions-pre-post-study
October 19, 2022 - Study
Discrepancies in written versus calculated durations in opioid prescriptions … Discrepancies in written versus calculated durations in opioid prescriptions: pre-post study. … This study examined differences in the treatment duration written in an opioid prescription versus … documented in the prescription. … Discrepancies in written versus calculated durations in opioid prescriptions: pre-post study.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-intent-pharmacy-label-prevalence-and-description-discrepancies-cross-sectional
July 22, 2020 - label: prevalence and description of discrepancies from a cross-sectional evaluation of electronic prescriptions … In the outpatient setting, use of electronic prescriptions is growing thanks to studies demonstrating … clinics by comparing the prescription information in the prescribing physician's note with the order … and between e-prescriptions and the medication dispensed. … errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46724/psn-pdf
April 12, 2019 - Association of household opioid availability and
prescription opioid initiation among household members … opioids are more likely to
initiate prescription opioids. … opioids and 6,359,639 to prescription nonsteroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). … 11.83% and 11.11% among those exposed to prescription NSAIDs. … The authors
suggest that living in a home with a prescription opioid user may increase the risk of prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trends-medical-and-nonmedical-use-prescription-opioids-among-us-adolescents-1976-2015
January 23, 2019 - Study
Trends in medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids among US adolescents … Trends in Medical and Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids Among US Adolescents: 1976-2015. … This survey of high school seniors in the United States found that prescription opioid use usually precedes … Trends in Medical and Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids Among US Adolescents: 1976-2015. … October 16, 2012
Prevention of prescription opioid misuse and projected overdose deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/defining-optimal-length-opioid-pain-medication-prescription-after-common-surgical-procedures
August 15, 2018 - Study
Defining optimal length of opioid pain medication prescription after common … Defining Optimal Length of Opioid Pain Medication Prescription After Common Surgical Procedures. … A significant proportion of these prescriptions were refilled, highlighting the risk of chronic use … Defining Optimal Length of Opioid Pain Medication Prescription After Common Surgical Procedures. … November 2, 2018
Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association