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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45636/psn-pdf
    September 26, 2018 - Pharmacist outpatient prescription review in the emergency department: a pediatric tertiary hospital … Pharmacist Outpatient Prescription Review in the Emergency Department: A Pediatric Tertiary Hospital … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacist-outpatient-prescription-review-emergency-department-pediatric … In this study, pharmacists in a pediatric emergency department (ED) reviewed all discharge prescriptions … Over a 1-year period, pharmacists intervened rarely (0.25% of prescriptions), averted 10 incidents of

  2. The Pains of Chronic Opioid Usage | PSNet

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    April 04, 2018 - Nonmedical use, defined as use without prescription or outside the limits of prescription, occurs in … All providers should follow appropriate guidelines to provide proper prescriptions. … There is also fair evidence that prescription drug monitoring programs may decrease prescription drug … Office visits and analgesic prescriptions for musculoskeletal pain in US: 1980 vs. 2000. … October 19, 2022 Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory

  3. Bad Writing, Wrong Medication | PSNet

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    March 01, 2015 - Nonetheless, it is estimated that 21% of handwritten prescriptions contain at least one prescription-writing … research has focused on dispensing errors, and investigators estimate that between 1.7% and 24% of prescriptions … When prescriptions are electronically prescribed, they cannot always be transmitted directly to the pharmacy … Pharmacists are accustomed to correctly interpreting handwritten prescriptions. … only, in the remainder for both new prescriptions and refills.

  4. Understanding CancelRX: Impact on Clinical Workflows, Medication Safety Risks, and Patient Outcomes | Digital Healthcare Research

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    January 01, 2023 - Research Story The implementation of the CancelRx standard reduces the numbers of prescriptions … Thus, a gap remains when prescriptions are printed, when prescriptions are reconciled from outside sources … The use of CancelRx resulted in a statistically significant reduction in the number of prescriptions … Pharmacy e-prescription dispensing before and after CancelRx implementation. … a provider discontinues a patient’s prescription.

  5. Support and Advice From Your Clinician | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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    October 01, 2014 - your health care provider about which medication will work best for you: Bupropion SR—available by prescription … Nicotine inhaler—available by prescription. Nicotine nasal spray—available by prescription. … Varenicline—available by prescription. . 5.

  6. Tear Sheet. You Can Quit Smoking: Support and Advice from Your Clinician (pdf file)

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    September 01, 2008 - your health care provider about which medication will work best for you: Bupropion SR—available by prescription … Nicotine inhaler—available by prescription. Nicotine nasal spray—available by prescription. … Varenicline—available by prescription. 5. BE PREPARED FOR RELAPSE OR DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    July 28, 2014 - The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements … The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-electronic-transmission-prescriptions-dispensing-errors-and-prescription … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-electronic-transmission-prescriptions-dispensing-errors-and-prescription-enhancements … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-electronic-transmission-prescriptions-dispensing-errors-and-prescription-enhancements

  8. Case Study: Developing an Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program: Lessons Learned from New York Medicaid (pdf file)

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    July 01, 2010 - , which includes the decrease in medication errors and costs of printing official New York paper prescriptions … The total cost savings were estimated based on the total volume of prescriptions dispensed. … Pharmacies and prescribing clinicians also receive an additional incentive for refill prescriptions. … , but faxed prescriptions do not qualify for incentive payments. … how a prescription was transmitted.2 In order to receive the incentive payment, the prescription origin

  9. Case Study: Developing an Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program: Lessons Learned from New York Medicaid (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medicaid/NY_CaseStudy.pdf
    July 01, 2010 - , which includes the decrease in medication errors and costs of printing official New York paper prescriptions … The total cost savings were estimated based on the total volume of prescriptions dispensed. … Pharmacies and prescribing clinicians also receive an additional incentive for refill prescriptions. … , but faxed prescriptions do not qualify for incentive payments. … how a prescription was transmitted.2 In order to receive the incentive payment, the prescription origin

  10. Rural Trial of Clinic Order Entry with Decision Support (pdf file)

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    January 01, 2008 - The mean response to a corresponding statement about new prescriptions was 4.25. … Electronic prescription refills typically began with an “Rx Summary” page-view and new electronic prescriptions … of “new” prescriptions were “clinical-staff involved”. … The overall duration of clinical staff-involved prescriptions was longer than for provider-only prescriptions … 2) prescription of an unfamiliar drug; 3) prescription at higher dose; 4) prescription for a controlled

  11. Tall Man lettering and potential prescription errors: a time series analysis of 42 children's hospitals in the USA over 9 years. | PSNet

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    January 12, 2012 - Study Tall Man lettering and potential prescription errors: a time series analysis … Tall Man lettering and potential prescription errors: a time series analysis of 42 children's hospitals … Tall Man lettering and potential prescription errors: a time series analysis of 42 children's hospitals … April 12, 2019 Pharmacist outpatient prescription review in the emergency department: … March 3, 2011 Prescription errors in psychiatry - a multi-centre study.

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 16, 2010 - Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels. … Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/low-literacy-impairs-comprehension-prescription-drug-warning-labels This … study addresses the relationship between low health literacy and comprehension of common prescription … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/low-literacy-impairs-comprehension-prescription-drug-warning-labels https

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41465/psn-pdf
    January 31, 2013 - Emergency department discharge prescription interventions by emergency medicine pharmacists. … Emergency department discharge prescription interventions by emergency medicine pharmacists. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/emergency-department-discharge-prescription-interventions-emergency- medicine-pharmacists … This cohort study found that ED pharmacists intervened in 10.1% of prescriptions written for patients … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/emergency-department-discharge-prescription-interventions-emergency-medicine-pharmacists

  14. Root cause analysis of cases involving diagnosis. | PSNet

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    August 28, 2019 - July 2, 2014 Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels. … April 16, 2010 Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions … January 21, 2009 Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … January 15, 2009 To err is human: patient misinterpretations of prescription drug label … January 5, 2012 Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients with

  15. Doctors and dentists still flooding U.S. with opioid prescriptions. | PSNet

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    October 13, 2018 - Doctors and dentists still flooding U.S. with opioid prescriptions. … Doctors and dentists still flooding U.S. with opioid prescriptions. … RIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Prescription … October 13, 2018 Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring … April 5, 2017 State policies for prescription drug monitoring programs and adverse opioid-related

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49690/psn-pdf
    September 01, 2013 - Nonmedical use, defined as use without prescription or outside the limits of prescription, occurs in … All providers should follow appropriate guidelines to provide proper prescriptions. … There is good evidence that prescription drug monitoring programs provide data on patterns of prescription … There is also fair evidence that prescription drug monitoring programs may decrease prescription drug … Office visits and analgesic prescriptions for musculoskeletal pain in US: 1980 vs. 2000.

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 01, 2016 - Quick Tips—When Getting A Prescription. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quick-tips-when-getting-prescription This Web site suggests questions that … all patients should ask a physician, nurse, and/or pharmacist when they receive a medication prescription … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quick-tips-when-getting-prescription

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35580/psn-pdf
    May 27, 2011 - Using a preprinted order sheet to reduce prescription errors in a pediatric emergency department: a … Using a preprinted order sheet to reduce prescription errors in a pediatric emergency department: a … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-preprinted-order-sheet-reduce-prescription-errors-pediatric-emergency … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-preprinted-order-sheet-reduce-prescription-errors-pediatric-emergency-department … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-preprinted-order-sheet-reduce-prescription-errors-pediatric-emergency-department

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45674/psn-pdf
    September 29, 2017 - Pain Management and Prescription Opioid-related Harms: Exploring the State of the Evidence: Proceedings … September 29, 2017 Forstag EH; Committee on Pain Management and Regulatory Strategies to Address Prescription … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pain-management-and-prescription-opioid-related-harms-exploring-state- … 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

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39704/psn-pdf
    July 21, 2010 - Identifying medication errors in surgical prescription charts. July 21, 2010 Simons J. … Identifying medication errors in surgical prescription charts. Paediatr Nurs. 2010;22(5):20-4. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-medication-errors-surgical-prescription-charts This study used … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/identifying-medication-errors-surgical-prescription-charts
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