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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lot-pain-medications
September 23, 2020 - Herzig, MD, MPH Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School Division of General Medicine, Beth … Chou R, Fanciullo GJ, Fine PG, et al; American Pain Society-American Academy of Pain Medicine Opioids … Policy Impact: Prescription Painkiller Overdoses. … 23, 2020
Preventability and causes of readmissions in a national cohort of general medicine … View More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-improvement-and-safety-pediatric-emergency-medicine
March 12, 2025 - Review
Quality improvement and safety in pediatric emergency medicine. … Quality Improvement and Safety in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. … Quality Improvement and Safety in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. … December 16, 2020
Radiologic safety events within a pediatric emergency medicine network … August 5, 2015
Pediatric emergency department discharge prescriptions requiring pharmacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-surveillance-emergency-department-visits-outpatient-adverse-drug-events-children-and
March 24, 2021 - August 24, 2022
Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescriptions … April 6, 2022
Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring program … cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions. … August 24, 2022
Pharmacist outpatient prescription review in the emergency department … Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/decreasing-clinically-significant-adverse-events-using-feedback-emergency-physicians
January 21, 2015 - Impact of a clinical decision support system for high-alert medications on the prevention of prescription … November 5, 2015
Pediatric emergency department discharge prescriptions requiring pharmacy … August 5, 2015
The effects of resident level of training on the rate of pediatric prescription … February 27, 2009
The influence of the causes and contexts of medical errors on emergency medicine … See More About The Topic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lost-start-date-unknown-risk-e-prescribing
December 02, 2020 - The prescriptions were filled by the pharmacy. … Associate Director, Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice
Division of General Internal Medicine … , Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School
Quality and … Scottsdale, AZ: National Council for Prescription Drug Programs; June 2015. … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/flaw-medicine-addressing-racial-and-gender-disparities-critical-care
June 16, 2010 - Commentary
The flaw of medicine: addressing racial and gender disparities in critical … The flaw of medicine: addressing racial and gender disparities in critical care. … The flaw of medicine: addressing racial and gender disparities in critical care. … July 13, 2022
Association of the use of a mandatory prescription drug monitoring program … Understanding unwarranted variation in clinical practice: a focus on network effects, reflective medicine
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/five-steps-safer-health-care
July 21, 2021 - June 17, 2014
Pharmacist and prescriber responsibilities for avoiding prescription drug … February 4, 2018
Your Medicine, Be Smart, Be Safe. … November 21, 2016
Quick Tips—When Getting A Prescription.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fda-and-ismp-lists-look-alike-drug-names-recommended-tall-man-letters
November 16, 2022 - August 24, 2022
Consumer Safe Medicine. … April 22, 2017
Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions. … About The Topic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-sociotechnical-theory-understand-medication-safety-work-primary-care-and-prescribers
November 09, 2022 - Estimating the impact on patient safety of enabling the digital transfer of patients' prescription … December 23, 2020
Reducing drug prescription errors and adverse drug events by application … February 24, 2011
Addition of electronic prescription transmission to computerized prescriber … The Topic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-stewardship-program-and-postoperative-adverse-events-difference-differences-cohort
June 30, 2021 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions … June 30, 2021
Influence of opioid prescription policy on overdoses and related adverse … Training in safe opioid prescribing and treatment of opioid use disorder in internal medicine … March 10, 2021
Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring program … cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/opioid-overdose-patient-safety-problem
May 01, 2017 - Caleb Alexander, MD, MS Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine Co-Director, Johns Hopkins … Juurlink is professor of medicine, pediatrics, and health policy at the University of Toronto, where … I was a pharmacist from 1990 to 1995, and I probably filled about 100,000 prescriptions. … of opioids and he says, "Listen, addiction is rare and you can refer to the New England Journal of Medicine … More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/role-health-literacy-patient-safety
March 22, 2009 - Wolf, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine and Learning Sciences Director, Center for Communication … in HealthcareInstitute for Healthcare Studies Division of General Internal Medicine Feinberg School … Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine … Schillinger, MD
March 22, 2009
Editor's note: Dean Schillinger, MD, is a Professor of Medicine … So developing standards and verification tools for prescription labels or prescription labeling systems
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-electronic-communication-medication-discontinuation-cancelrx-medication-safety-pilot
December 07, 2022 - Researchers found that CancelRx did result in the unintentional cancellation of some prescriptions and … December 7, 2022
Impact of CancelRx on discontinuation of controlled substance prescriptions … November 2, 2022
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Pharmacy e-prescription … errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge … September 19, 2013
Accuracy of computer-generated, Spanish-language medicine labels.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/retrospective-evaluation-computerized-physician-order-entry-adaptation-prevent-prescribing
May 27, 2011 - Initial Treatment, Leading to Fewer Medical Errors
March 3, 2021
Electronic prescription … October 16, 2013
The effects of resident level of training on the rate of pediatric prescription … February 13, 2013
Using a preprinted order sheet to reduce prescription errors in a pediatric … Departments
Physicians
Quality and Safety Professionals
Information Professionals
Emergency Medicine
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/health-literacy-past-present-and-future-workshop-summary
December 17, 2014 - Washington, DC: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; 2015. … Washington, DC: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; 2015. … The Institute of Medicine highlighted health literacy as a safety concern in 2004. … Washington, DC: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; 2015. … September 29, 2017
Pain Management and Prescription Opioid-related Harms: Exploring the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inappropriate-prescriptions-direct-oral-anticoagulants-doacs-hospitalized-patients-narrative
November 21, 2018 - Review
Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized … Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized patients: a narrative … Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized patients: a narrative … September 24, 2010
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/role-patient-involvement-diagnostic-process-internal-medicine-cognitive-approach
April 25, 2012 - Commentary
The role of patient involvement in the diagnostic process in internal medicine … The role of patient involvement in the diagnostic process in internal medicine: a cognitive approach. … The role of patient involvement in the diagnostic process in internal medicine: a cognitive approach. … April 12, 2011
Knowledge translation in critical care: factors associated with prescription … View More
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72911/psn-pdf
March 15, 2021 - Some institutions recognize concomitant use of 5 or more prescription drugs
(excluding over-the-counter … In the case described previously, an old prescription on the patient’s medication list contributed to … “Prescription Drug
Use Among Adults Aged 40-79 in the United States and Canada.” … The American Journal of Medicine 95 (3): 315–28. … Journal of Family Medicine and Disease Prevention 1 (3): 1–7.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ismps-list-high-alert-medications-acute-care-settings
April 17, 2024 - May 4, 2015
Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions. … See More About The Topic
Health Care Providers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-chronic-noncancer-pain-position-paper-american-academy-neurology
November 19, 2018 - to reduce the likelihood of adverse events involving these high-risk medications , such as improved prescription … Transitions of Care Consensus Policy Statement American College of Physicians-Society of General Internal Medicine-Society … of Hospital Medicine-American Geriatrics Society-American College of Emergency Physicians-Society of … Academic Emergency Medicine. … November 13, 2024
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: telemedicine