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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/medication-management-elderly-slides-081811.pdf
August 18, 2011 - If You Can’t Read It, You Can’t
Heed It…
•~1/3rd of
patients do
not read
leaflets for
NEW
prescriptions … Literacy and Misunderstanding Prescription Drug Labels. … overwhelmingly believe that their primary care physician
is automatically and fully informed about prescriptions … ”
– “If you read all that printout from the pharmacy you wouldn’t take no medicine. … iRx: It's Your Medicine (cont'd.)
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/mat_for_oud_environmental_scan_volume_1_1.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Each year, an estimated 289 million opioid prescriptions are
dispensed in the United States, making … frequently prescribed
class of medications.6 One study found that, on average, more than half of these prescriptions … care providers (PCPs) are the main prescribers of opioid analgesics, with approximately 29
percent of prescriptions … as friends and family with prescriptions are often a
main source of access to these drugs.21 Also, … Characteristics of opioid prescriptions in 2009.
JAMA 2011 Apr 6;305(13):1299-301.
8.
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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
Emergency Departments
Physicians
Nurses
Emergency Medicine
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/appendix-c.html
May 01, 2024 - Patient Perspectives on Prescription Opioid Discontinuation: Understanding and Promoting Safe Transitions … Read Research Profile #13 Reducing Use of Antibiotics Without a Prescription Among Outpatients in a … The goal is to help reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions and the related costs and harms of … Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Integration in the Electronic Health Record (R21) PI: Daniel M … dispensing data (prescription drug monitoring program) into the EHR of primary care clinics impacts
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/arar-nh-et-al-2005
January 01, 2005 - Objective
To describe the effect of prescription data availability via an EMR on the content of patient-physician … Tools Used
Observation
Type Clinic
Primary care
Type Specific
Internal medicine … In this case, the EMR allowed for immediate renewal of a prescription and access to information regarding … In most cases, pharmacy procedures were discussed in conjunction with entering prescriptions." … and entering patients' new prescriptions and refills."
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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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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/cg/about/cg_3-0_overview.pdf
January 01, 2015 - [0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/89/10]
No change.
19
In the last 6 months, did you
take any prescription
medicine … Moved to general
set of CG-
CAHPS
supplemental
items
N/A PCMH6 N/A Patient started or stopped a
medicine … Notes
N/A PCMH8 N/A
Provider talked to patient
about reasons patient might
not want to take a medicine … medicine
Moved to core
survey
N/A PCMH15 N/A
Anyone in provider’s office
talked with patient … about all
prescriptions
Moved to core
survey
N/A PCMH16 N/A
Anyone in provider’s office
asked
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/dataspotlight-health-literacy.pdf
March 01, 2019 - Institute of Medicine. Health literacy: a prescription to end confusion. … Washington, DC: National
Academies Press; 2004. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883/health-literacy-a-prescription-to … www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/index.html
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883/health-literacy-a-prescription-to-end-confusion … https://www.nap.edu/catalog/10883/health-literacy-a-prescription-to-end-confusion
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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
Health Care Providers
Quality and Safety Professionals
Policy Makers
Medicine
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/Wolf_Q6_Med_List_1_27_09.pdf
June 16, 2021 - taking only as needed
None Need Refill
Cost Side Effects
Other
BILEVEL ST PRESCRIPTION … This includes
prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and other supplements. … Your Additional Medicines Are
Medicine Name Dose How you take it Concerns
Need Refill Cost
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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
Ambulatory Clinic or Office
Outpatient Pharmacy
Information Professionals
Medicine
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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
See More About The Topic
Hospitals
Facility and Group Administrators
Medicine
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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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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/infographics/flus-annual-impact.pdf
October 01, 2019 - for emergency
room visits
for prescription
medicine
Average Annual Flu-Related Expenses, 2016
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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
View More
Related Resources
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