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81. AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2025 - April 29, 2025 AHRQ Stats: Total Adult Outpatient Opioid Prescription Fills There were 68.6 million … outpatient prescription opioid fills between 2021 and 2022. … million fills), oxycodone (19.2 million fills) and tramadol (14.1 million fills) accounted for most prescriptions … Brief #559,  Average Annual Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription

82. Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    September 01, 2015 - Safety Person- and Family-Centered Care References Summary Tables Inappropriate Prescriptions … for Older Adults Adults age 65 and over with at least 1 prescription from 11 medications that should … Prescription medications received include all prescribed medications initially purchased or otherwise … From 2002 to 2012, the percentage of adults age 65 and over who received potentially inappropriate prescription

83. MEASURE SUMMARY (CHIPRA Core Set Candidate Measures) - Control #: CC-2 (pdf file)
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    December 14, 2010 - Numerator: Children 6–12 years of age (as of the index prescription start date) who in addition to the … Denominator: Children 6–12 years of age as of the index prescription date, with an ambulatory prescription

84. Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP) Development
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    June 01, 2021 - No notification of the daytime clinician of new prescription. … No notification of the daytime clinician of new prescription. 13 Decision To Prescribe Antibiotic … No notification of the daytime clinician of new prescription. … Tell the primary clinician about new antibiotic prescriptions. … by infectious disease–trained consultants 24 to 72 hours after the initial prescription Consultants

85. PowerPoint Presentation
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    June 01, 2021 - A Antibiotic prescription with dose, duration, and indication documented 27 of 42 (64%) 8 of 8 (100% … Antibiotic starts: Number of new antibiotic prescriptions per month or per 100 (or 1,000) resident days … Number of antibiotic prescriptions for duration >7 days per month Tracks efforts to reduce excessive … length of prescriptions. … released Residents and caregivers should be educated and involved in the care process with any new prescription

86. Final Progress Report: Preventing Opioid Misuse Through Safe Opioid Use Agreements Between Patients and Surgical Providers (PROMISE-ME) (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - SCOPE In 2017, 191 million opioid prescriptions were dispensed in the United States, of which a significant … Thus, surgical prescription and over-prescription of opioids can result in harm to patients themselves … It is not surprising that the increased number of opioid prescriptions in the U.S. is highly correlated … Wide Variation and Excessive Dosage of Opioid Prescriptions for Common General Surgical Procedures. … Prescription Opioid Analgesics Commonly Unused After Surgery: A Systematic Review.

87. Sustaining Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts – Slides
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    September 01, 2022 - Step four: Determine how to access antibiotic prescription data. … Step seven: Monitor and report back antibiotic prescription data to practice. … to focus on Approximate amount of time that will be spent on each condition Frequency of antibiotic prescription … Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care Sustaining 7 Hypothetical Proportion of Visits With an Antibiotic Prescription

88. Supplemental Measures of Care Affordability | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    June 01, 2018 - 1,421 1,474 1,523 1,572 1,575 1,628 1,636 1,634 1,677 1,709 1,739 1,799 Prescription … Expenditures on hospitals and physicians rose an average of 2% per year while expenditures on prescription … The five largest components of national health expenditures were hospital, physician and clinical, prescription

89. Using Reported Primary Care Errors to Develop and Implement Patient Safety Interventions: A Report from the ASIPS Collaborative (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2005 - Addressing prescription drug errors The Prescription Drug Learning Group reviewed the process flow … of prescription drug error reports. … • Include the “indication” on prescriptions. … The answer may be critical to avoiding prescription errors by empowering all involved in the prescription … process to determine whether the prescription or the interpretation of the prescription is correct

90. About AHRQ's Work on Opioids and Substance Use Disorders | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    August 01, 2021 - The rise in drug overdose deaths was initially driven by misuse of prescription opioids but is now also

91. Supplemental-Health-Literacy-Hpcahps-Adult-2157-3A (doc file)
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    June 02, 2025 - In the last 12 months, did you start a prescription medicine? … Did you find the information you needed about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines … Was the information about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines easy to understand … Was there too much information about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines? … Was the information about how much you would have to pay for prescription medicines confusing?

92. Investigating Interventions to Reduce Unsafe Use of Antibiotics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    November 01, 2024 - Unsafe antibiotic use includes using antibiotics without a prescription, which could mean using another … lack of transportation for medical appointments were primary reasons people used antibiotics without a prescription … on a 2-year AHRQ  grant in 2020 to study the prevalence and predictors of antibiotic use without a prescription

93. Section 2: Detailed Measure Specifications, Attachment 2: EHR Recommended Data Locations (pdf file)
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    June 02, 2025 - diagnosis or problem in initial evaluation report 9 ADHD-focused evidence-based behavior therapy prescription … to other provider), or patient determined to be at risk for harming themselves or others) Note Prescription

94. Variability in Statin Use After Hospitalization for Cardiovascular Events or Procedures Among Commercially Insured Beneficiaries Ages 45-64 (pdf file)
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    October 02, 2024 - The brief focuses on regional and state variability in prescription statin use among commercially insured … We examined any outpatient statin prescription use during the first 3 months after the hospitalization … This analysis was limited to events that occurred in a hospital setting and outpatient prescription … Statin Prescription Fills We examine the percentage of adults ages 45-64 with any outpatient statin … The database consists of a sample of inpatient, outpatient, and prescription drug claims, including

95. Statistical Briefs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2024 - This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly … This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly … This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly … MEPS Statistical Brief #529: Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription … MEPS Statistical Brief 505: Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription

96. AHRQ_Brand_NameOnly (xls file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T2-Antibiotic_Use_Tracking_Sheet_Final.xlsx
    October 01, 2016 - Nosocomial* Lab Results (Organism Identified) X Ray Other Contributing Factors Prescribing Clinician (PC) Prescription … Date Prescription Duration Antibiotic Name Dose Change of Antibiotic (If Needed) Followup With PC Followup

97. Outpatient Benzodiazepine Prescribing, Adverse Events, and Costs (pdf file)
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    April 27, 2004 - and for ZL prescriptions. … The ZL prescriptions were further analyzed by unique patients and by the average prescriptions per … Frequency of prescriptions and unique patients by drug, age 60+ Prescriptions n % Unique patients … Risk of traffic accident injury after a prescription for a benzodiazepine. … Risk of a new benzodiazepine prescription in relation to recent hospitalization.

98. Measures From the CAHPS Item Set for Children with Chronic Conditions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    April 01, 2022 - doctor understands how health conditions affected family's day-to-day life Parents’ Experiences with Prescription … Medicines CC23    Easy to get prescription medicines for child through health plan   1.

99. 057-Patient-Instructions-Mupirocin (doc file)
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    April 01, 2025 - bacteria in your nose, which lowers the chances of it spreading elsewhere.Do you have your mupirocin prescription … Mupirocin requires a prescription. … Make sure you have your mupirocin prescription before you leave the clinic and fill it at the pharmacy

100. Section 6-B, Table 6 (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2013 - Medical Records) for Antibiotic Prescriptions for Children with Sickle Cell Disease Antibiotic Prescription … in Medicaid Claims Data Antibiotic Prescription in Medical Record (n=34) Yes No Total Yes