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261. AHRQ Views Blog: Asking the Hard Questions About Telehealth | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/770.html
     June 01, 2021 - Continued Use of Opioids The proportion of chronic pain patients who maintained an existing opioid prescription … While just under 35 percent of existing opioid users received tapered prescriptions prior to the CDC … guidance, nearly 54 percent were given tapered prescriptions afterward. … However, CDC guidance had no impact on the initiation of opioid prescriptions for new chronic pain patients … Inappropriate prescription of direct oral anticoagulant starter packs.

262. Stewardship-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - facility had especially high rates of fluoroquinolone prescriptions. … A documented this information for all of his prescriptions. … SAY: The antibiotic stewardship team sent out a newsletter showing the difference in prescription … Some facilities may only track prescriptions that have a duration of greater than 7 days. … training staff to discuss the risks and benefits of antibiotic therapy every time a new antibiotic prescription

263. 2018 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Executive Summary
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/patientsafety/2018qdr-patsaf-chartbook.pptx
     October 01, 2019 - Process Measures: Adults age 65 and over who received in the calendar year at least 1 of 11 prescription … Prescription medications received include all prescribed medications initially purchased or otherwise … Prescription medications received include all prescribed medications initially purchased or otherwise … Pace Physical Space and Environment Staff Training and Skills Response to Mistakes Communication About Prescriptions … Pace Physical Space and Environment Staff Training and Skills Response to Mistakes Communication About Prescriptions

264. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     descending Population Survey Topics CC24 Providers' help getting prescription … Health Plan Access to specialist care CC22 Refilled prescription

265. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Health Plan Health literacy C-HL14 Patient started a prescription … Clinician & Group Health literacy P-HL13 Patient started a prescription

266. Medication Management: Reminder Business Card (pdf file)
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     January 11, 2017 - � Prescription medicines. … � Medicines you buy without a prescription (like Tylenol® or cold medicine).

267. Supplemental-Sdm-Hp-Adult-2157-5A (doc file)
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     December 08, 2017 - In the last 12 months, did you and a health provider talk about starting or stopping a prescription medicine … When you talked about starting or stopping a prescription medicine, did the health provider ask what

268. The Importance of Investing in Care for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/mcc/mcc_infographic_printable.pdf
     August 26, 2013 - treatment is high and ongoing for patients with MCC and their families. 0 chronic conditions = 3.5 prescriptions … RX RX RX 3 chronic conditions = 23 prescriptions 5 chronic conditions = 50 prescriptions AVERAGE … NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTIONS PER YEAR (new + refilled) To address the growing problem of MCC, the US healthcare

269. The Importance of Investing in Care for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/mcc/mcc_infographic.pdf
     August 26, 2013 - MCC = $1,620 AVERAGE ANNUAL OUT OF POCKET EXPENDITURES RX 5 chronic conditions = 50 prescriptions … 3 chronic conditions = 23 prescriptions 0 chronic conditions = 3.5 prescriptions AVERAGE NUMBER … OF PRESCRIPTIONS PER YEAR (new + refilled) INVESTING IN CARE FOR PEOPLE WITH Multiple Chronic Conditions

270. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) Ultrasonography Screening for Children with SCD; and Appropriate Antibiotic Prophylaxis (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra-1416-p007-2-ef.pdf
     November 01, 2015 - ● Measuring TCD screening and receipt of antibiotic prescriptions are both feasible using existing … ● Sensitivity was high for identifying antibiotic prescription events using Medicaid administrative … administrative claim for an antibiotic within 1 month of the prescription date in the medical record … The positive predictive value of a Medicaid claim for an antibiotic prescription event was 100 percent … ● Between States, the rates of prescriptions for antibiotics varied from 5 percent to 33 percent

271. Prescribing Safety in Ambulatory Care: Physician Perspectives (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2003 - drug.3 The importance of outpatient prescriptions dispensed also increases with the introduction of … Concerns about drug allergies were mentioned specifically with respect to prescriptions for antibiotics … respondent said, “You probably haven’t seen a patient in a while and you just automatically refill prescriptions … of indomethacin for the elderly; (2) prescription of propoxyphene for the elderly; (3) prescription … A call to action: eliminate handwritten prescriptions within 3 years!

272. Decreasing Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing to Improve Patient Safety and Care | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2018 - Linder presented at Infectious Disease Week 2018, he analyzed more than 500,000 prescriptions from 514 … Smart Forms also showed promise for increasing diagnostic accuracy and reducing unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions … Linder’s more recent research has focused on the breadth and depth of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions … More recently, together with collaborators, he found that inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions given … The group found that certain interventions reduced the rate of inappropriate prescriptions from 20 percent

273. Healthlittoolkit2-Tool11B (doc file)
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     January 15, 2016 - Any medicines the child takes (prescription, herbal, over-the-counter pills, liquids, and creams). … Is your child taking any prescription medicines? ☐No. … My child does not take any prescription medicines. (If no, go to question #5.) … noon evening bedtime (Please use the back of this form if you have more prescription … ____________________________________________________) ☐ Prescription drugs (which ones?

274. AHRQ_Brand_NameOnly (xls file)
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     October 01, 2016 - Number of Negative Cultures Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec TOTAL Rx = prescription … name] [Antibiotic name] [Antibiotic name] [Antibiotic name] Jan In each cell, enter the number of prescriptions

275. Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     September 01, 2020 - Principles of Designing a Medication Label for Community and Mail Order Pharmacy Prescription Packages … Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. Ann Intern Med 2006;145(12):887-894. … Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients with low literacy.

276. Final Progress Report: Off-Label Prescribing: Comparative Evidence, Regulation, and Utilization (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/final-reports/18465-Kesselheim-draft-1.pdf
     January 01, 2015 - Scope: Off-label prescription of drugs is routine among physicians. … Off-label drug use thus involves prescriptions that may or may not be sound therapy, that may involve … These patients depend on off-label prescriptions for their care. … As in PACE, all marketed prescription drugs are covered. … In the REMS period, off-label prescriptions of eltrombopag were rare.

277. Prologue: Technology and Medication Safety (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Prologue_Grady_Vol4.pdf
     July 25, 2008 - the most frequently used therapeutic intervention, and the majority of office visits result in a prescription … Yet the use of medications— including prescription and generic drugs, as well as herbal supplements—is … ; the need for and role of pharmacists in emergency medicine; and the risks associated with using prescription

278. Opioid-Chronic-Pain (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioid-chronic-pain.pdf
     August 22, 2019 - U.S. adults with chronic pain Percentage of all opioid prescription fills U.S. adults who use

279. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Health Plan Mental health care P-MH6 Difficulty in getting prescriptions … policyholder P-SD1 Provider and respondent talked about starting or stopping a prescription … making P-SD1 Provider talked to patient about starting or stopping a prescription

280. Georgia QIO Uses AHRQ DVD, Brochure to Educate Patients About Blood Thinners | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     October 01, 2014 - distributed AHRQ's blood thinner DVD and brochure to 1,400 Medicare Part D beneficiaries who filled prescriptions … After the campaign ended, QIO staff measured differences in prescriptions written. … Results revealed a desired drop in prescriptions that interact with warfarin. … After the education initiative, there was a 14.5 percent reduction in warfarin prescriptions that were