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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38886/psn-pdf
August 26, 2009 - Errors involving over-the-counter medications were more common than prescription medications, and the … Low health literacy is tied to misunderstanding
prescription drug instructions, and a prior study successfully … https://psnet.ahrq.gov//#healthliteracy
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/literacy-and-misunderstanding-prescription-drug-labels … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/literacy-and-misunderstanding-prescription-drug-labels
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46119/psn-pdf
August 15, 2018 - Incidence and predictors of opioid prescription at
discharge after traumatic injury. … Incidence and Predictors of Opioid Prescription at
Discharge After Traumatic Injury. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-predictors-opioid-prescription-discharge-after-traumatic-injury … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-predictors-opioid-prescription-discharge-after-traumatic-injury
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs025793-chui-final-report-2020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - If the
medication was originally ordered as an
electronic prescription, it contains an e-
prescription … If the prescription 1) cannot be matched to a prescription
in the pharmacy management software; or 2 … UW Health clinicians e-
prescribe over 1.5 million prescriptions annually. … UW Health Pharmacies fill approximately 500,000 prescriptions annually. … in the instance of an old/outdated prescription more than several years
old or if the prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.215_slideshow.ppt
April 01, 2010 - . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7790981
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Epidemiology
Estimated that 21% of handwritten prescriptions … contain at least one prescription-writing error
Between 2%–24% of prescriptions are dispensed erroneously … Pharmacist Counseling
States are required to establish standards governing patient counseling for prescriptions … Most states require the offer of pharmacist counseling for new prescriptions only
When offered, patients … may refuse counseling on new prescriptions
Interchange between pharmacist and
patient can provide
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37204/psn-pdf
September 26, 2007 - Enhancing Prescription Medicine Adherence: A National
Plan. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/enhancing-prescription-medicine-adherence-national-plan
This report discusses … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/enhancing-prescription-medicine-adherence-national-plan
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/electronic-prescribing-and-decision-support-improve-rural-primary-care-quality/annual-summary/2010
January 01, 2010 - certification process essentially certifies that pharmacy software is capable of receiving electronic prescriptions … SureScripts certification does not address how the pharmacy software processes electronic prescriptions … efficiency gain than those required to perform more data entry when processing new electronic prescriptions … the prescription data elements as they exist in the pharmacy software. … Also, telephone calls and facsimile interruptions have decreased as more prescriptions are delivered
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39095/psn-pdf
September 27, 2016 - Prescription for success: don't bother nurses.
September 27, 2016
Colliver V. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-success-dont-bother-nurses
This news story shares the results … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-success-dont-bother-nurses
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/operational-failures-and-interruptions-hospital-nursing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/36081/psn-pdf
July 05, 2006 - Handwritten-prescription ban puts pharmacists in
awkward position as "enforcers." … June 22, 2006
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/handwritten-prescription-ban-puts-pharmacists-awkward-position-enforcers … This article reports on a Washington state law that prevents pharmacists from accepting prescriptions … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/handwritten-prescription-ban-puts-pharmacists-awkward-position-enforcers
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/tamblyn-r-et-al-2003
January 01, 2003 - patients in the CDS group and 33.3% of those in the control group had at least 1 potentially inappropriate prescription … The alerts appeared when the electronic chart was opened, when prescription-record updates were downloaded … Workflow-Related Findings
"During the study, the rate of initiation of an inappropriate prescription … from study physicians and other physicians than for the other types of prescription problems." … Physicians in the CDS group downloaded prescription information in 81% of the study weeks; however, those
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preprinted-order-sets-safety-intervention-pediatric-sedation
April 16, 2010 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription … April 16, 2010
Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … February 28, 2011
Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients … September 17, 2010
Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions … January 21, 2009
To err is human: patient misinterpretations of prescription drug label
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.260_slideshow.ppt
February 01, 2012 - The physician reassured the patient that he didn’t need a paper prescription and could simply go to the … or prescription-related information from prescriber (physician, nurse practitioner, etc.) to pharmacy … , atenolol, a prescription intended for a different patient. … Brigham and Women’s safely dispenses prescriptions with SP Central Workflow. … Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of physician practices and pharmacies
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33968/psn-pdf
July 08, 2016 - Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-prescription-end-confusion
This report examines the emerging … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-prescription-end-confusion
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/kravitz_eccs2012.pdf
January 01, 2012 - • When
patients ask
for a prescription,
what
do they really want and need? … Slide 6: Direct-‐to-‐Consumer Advertising
of Prescription … Drugs
• Journalists
are
now in a difficult position with
regard
to
reporting on
prescription … • HealthNewsReview.org gives expert, independent review of media reports
on prescription drugs and … )
• When asked to write a prescription, physicians will be tempted to say yes or
no.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cognitive-versus-technical-debriefing-after-simulation-training
September 12, 2011 - September 12, 2011
Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels … April 16, 2010
To err is human: patient misinterpretations of prescription drug label … September 16, 2015
Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … February 28, 2011
Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients … September 17, 2010
Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49712/psn-pdf
June 01, 2014 - During his first visit
to the program, he was given a prescription for zolpidem. … Next, our patient leaves the sleep clinic with a prescription for zolpidem. … Furthermore, physicians need to consider the route used to write prescriptions. … Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. Institute of Medicine. … Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning
labels.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/guide-to-evaluating-hie-projects-appendix-d.pdf
June 16, 2021 - e-prescribing system in an outpatient practice, the office manager
believed they were making a large number of prescription … errors, maybe as high as one in
every four prescriptions, or 25 percent. … , you might observe the following:
Before After
Number of Errors in 100 Sampled Prescriptions 27 3 … Since the number of observed events (prescription errors) is so small both before and after
implementing … the e-prescribing system, the errors may have shown up in the sampled
prescriptions by chance.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/what-ring-tone-should-be-used-patient-safety-early-results-blackberry-based-telementoring
February 28, 2011 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Literacy and misunderstanding prescription … February 28, 2011
Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels … April 16, 2010
Misunderstanding of prescription drug warning labels among patients with … September 17, 2010
Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions … January 21, 2009
To err is human: patient misinterpretations of prescription drug label
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/viewpoint-patient-safety-primary-care-patients-are-not-just-beneficiary-critical-component
August 16, 2017 - February 19, 2014
Physicians' perspectives regarding prescription drug monitoring program … July 26, 2011
Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … February 28, 2011
Improving prescription drug warnings to promote patient comprehension … February 14, 2011
Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels … April 9, 2009
Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/may-i-have-another-medication-error
March 01, 2009 - During his first visit to the program, he was given a prescription for zolpidem. … Next, our patient leaves the sleep clinic with a prescription for zolpidem. … Furthermore, physicians need to consider the route used to write prescriptions. … Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. Institute of Medicine. … Low literacy impairs comprehension of prescription drug warning labels.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/lesson/10-0010-ef-medication-adherence.pdf
November 01, 2009 - If patients fill their prescriptions via this program, a claim is never filed with
the insurer and … the insurer will never receive dispensing information for the related
prescriptions to link with the … prescription data … Prescriptions that are sent and resent, because patients are
going to a different pharmacy, or the prescription … Prescriptions written for double dosage (where the patient splits the pill
and takes the medication