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41. Communicating Harms and Benefits of Prescription Drugs to Health Care Consumers | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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42. Evidence-based Practice Center Systematic Review Protocol (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/asthma-provider-adherence_research-protocol.pdf
    March 02, 2012 - study, and comparisons between interventions Outcomes • Health care process outcomes (including: prescriptions … Healthcare process outcomes are listed as: prescriptions for controller medicine, environmental control … self-management education and asthma action plans, documentation of level of asthma control/severity, prescription … providers Interventions Aimed at healthcare providers Healthcare Process Outcomes  Prescriptions … Outcomes Health care process outcomes  Prescriptions for controller medicine  Environmental control

43. medication-assisted-treatment-protocol-160224 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/opioid-use-disorder_research-protocol.pdf
    February 24, 2016 - the Department of Health & Human Services as a national crisis.1 OUD involves misuse or abuse of prescription … In 2014, approximately 1.9 million Americans 12 years or older were estimated to have OUD due to prescription … In 2013, an estimated 16,000 individuals died as a result of prescription opioid overdose (a 2.5-fold … America’s Addiction to Opioids: Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse. … Prescription Drug Abuse Subcommittee.

44. Improving Medication Safety in High Risk Medicare Beneficiaries Toolkit (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2012 - New prescriptions or changes to medications were forwarded to the pharmacy of the patient’s choice and … to Medications and Prescriber Communication Identified drug related problems requiring changes to prescriptions … New prescriptions or changes to medications were dispensed by the community pharmacy or forwarded to … o Include all pharmacies where the patient gets their prescriptions filled. … Do you have any other conditions for which you are not taking any prescription or non- prescription medications

45. Er r or Rate Reduction Regarding Lower Limb Prosthesis (pdf file)
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    March 16, 2017 - This systematic review may also identify areas where evidence gaps exist related to the prescription … What is the association between these pre-prescription assessment techniques and validated outcomes … (KQ 1 & 2) • Assessment techniques (that are used prior to prescription) (KQ 1) o Tests, scales, … , or § ≥1 year followup from time of amputation, if no data reported about time since prescription … that predict function after prescription and use of the prosthesis.

46. Disposition of Comments for Technical Brief 31 Mobile Applications for Self-Management of Diabetes (pdf file)
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    May 08, 2018 - )” • Removed “This app requires a “prescription” from a doctor to create an account. … In 2017, the FDA cleared BlueStar as non-prescription with a prescription required for the in-app insulin … ” • Removed “prescription required app” from “We were unable to log into and use the 50.9 MB, prescription … ” • We removed “This app requires a “prescription” from a doctor to create an account.” … A prescription was required for its in-app insulin calculation feature.

47. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - opioid overdose fatalities among patients who received their prescriptions from a Wilkes County prescriber … have Evzio available by summer 2014 through major retail pharmacies and via mail order, with valid prescriptions … auto-injectors and one trainer device.36 The manufacturer has indicated plans for a discount program for Evzio prescriptions … Vital signs: overdoses of prescription opioid pain relievers---United States, 1999--2008. … Project Lazarus: an innovative community response to prescription drug overdose.

48. Survey of Medicare Part D Plans’ Medication Therapy Management Programs (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2007 - i Effective Health Care Research Report Number 1 Abstract Purpose: The Medicare Prescription … The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. HR1. … Efficacy of a clinical medication review on the number of potentially inappropriate prescriptions prescribed … controlled trial of clinical medication review by a pharmacist of elderly patients receiving repeat prescriptions … Interventions to enhance patient adherence to medication prescriptions: scientific review.

49. Revised Protocol - Opioids 12 13 13[1] (pdf file)
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    December 19, 2013 - In addition, accumulating evidence indicates increasing rates of harms associated with prescription … In 2010, there were 16,651 fatal overdoses involving prescription opioids.13 Prescription opioid misuse … Prescription opioids for back pain and use of medications for erectile dysfunction. … Greater number of narcotic analgesic prescriptions for osteoarthritis is associated with falls and … Opioid prescriptions for chronic pain and overdose: a cohort study.

50. Diabetes-Drugs-Utilization Research (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2011 - the safety of rosiglitazone.11 A recent study showed up to a 54 percent decrease in rosiglit- azone prescription … Among diabetic beneficiaries who received at least one prescription for an antidiabetic medication, … Among diabetic beneficiaries who received at least one prescription claim for an antidi- abetic medication … Beneficiaries with prescription claims for sulfonylureas also frequently had prescription claims for … Among diabetic beneficiaries who received at least one prescription for an antidiabetic medication,

51. Medication-Therapy-Management Research-Protocol (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2014 - Background and Objectives for the Systematic Review The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, … Adult patients with multiple chronic conditions who take many different prescription or nonprescription … It is designed to improve patients’ knowledge of their prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, … Question 2 In adults with one or more chronic diseases who are taking prescription medication, is … Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. Public Law 108-173.

52. Chicago-Area DEcIDE Center (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2009 - Drug use for indications not approved by the Food and Drug Administration exceeds 20% of outpatient prescriptions … Drug reporting reflects the physician’s best knowledge of new or continuing prescription or non-prescription … orders received by pharmacies, physical prescriptions dispensed by pharmacies, and mean cost per dispensed … This question is directly related to existing policy surrounding the writing of prescriptions. … d The Drug Cost Index value is the mean prescription cost of the drug divided by the maximum mean prescription

53. antibiotics-respiratory-infection-protocol-140922 (pdf file)
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    September 22, 2014 - guidelines recommending no antibiotic treatment for most acute RTIs, the majority of outpatient antibiotic prescriptions … an estimated 76 million ambulatory office visits for acute RTIs resulted in 41 million antibiotic prescriptions … healthy adults visiting outpatient offices and emergency departments for acute bronchitis revealed prescriptions … microorganisms is the principal public health concern motivating efforts to improve appropriate antibiotic prescriptions … prescription!of!antibiotics! ! Improved!appropriate!use! of!antibiotics! KQ#2:! ! Antibiotic!

54. PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS FOR A STUDY OF (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/antipsychotic-medicine-cardiovascular-elderly_research.pdf
    February 01, 2009 - clinical effectiveness, safety, and appropriateness of health care items and services, particularly prescription … verification and weekly updates by the Social Security Administration.20 We assembled data on all filled prescriptions … Study Population All individuals were >65 and filled a first recorded (index) prescription for an … To ensure a uniform 6-month eligibility period prior to filling the index APM prescription, all study … from conventional APMs.38-40 Non-differential exposure misclassification (e.g., not consuming filled prescriptions

55. S5 (pdf file)
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    October 01, 2007 - The advent of Medicare Part D for outpatient prescription drugs has drawn significant attention to the … Quality (AHRQ), trends in evidence-based practice and effective health care, together with Medicare Prescription … examining health insurance benefits, out-of-pocket outlays, and the con- tinuity of pharmaceutical prescription … central role in health care, and never more so than with the initiation of the Part D benefit for prescription … Studying prescription drug use and outcomes with Medicaid claims data: strengths, limitations, and strategies

56. Diagnosis and Treatment of Clinical Alzheimer’s-Type Dementia: Evidence Summary (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2020 - Finally, although only a few prescription drugs are approved by the U.S. … • Efficacy and harms of prescription drug treatment for CATD: – In adults with mild to moderate … – There was minimal evidence addressing whether efficacy of prescription drugs for CATD treatment … drugs (n=454), and five that compared prescription drugs with supplements (n=258). … Two trials compared different prescription drugs (n=414).

57. Treatments for Acute Pain: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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    August 08, 2019 - Non-prescription (OTC) oral analgesics for acute pain - an overview of Cochrane reviews. … Days' supply of initial opioid analgesic prescriptions and additional fills for acute pain conditions … Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective … Early opioid prescription and subsequent disability among workers with back injuries: the Disability … Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after surgery: a systematic review.

58. Insomnia_protocol-140403 (pdf file)
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    April 03, 2014 - Insomnia is often treated with prescription medication. … Several prescription medications are FDA approved for the treatment of insomnia (doxepin, triazolam, … Several other prescription medications from various drug classes (e.g., antidepressants, antipsychotics … Olanzapine Quetiapine Medications –Prescription hypnotics Benzodiazepines Alprazolam Clonazepam … Prescription of Chinese herbal medicine and selection of acupoints in pattern-based traditional Chinese

59. Insomnia_protocol-140403 (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/insomnia_protocol-140716.pdf
    April 03, 2014 - Insomnia is often treated with prescription medication. … Several prescription medications are FDA approved for the treatment of insomnia (doxepin, triazolam, … Several other prescription medications from various drug classes (e.g., antidepressants, antipsychotics … Olanzapine Quetiapine Medications –Prescription hypnotics Benzodiazepines Alprazolam Clonazepam … Prescription of Chinese herbal medicine and selection of acupoints in pattern-based traditional Chinese

60. Standardized Library of Asthma Outcome Measures (pdf file)
    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/white-paper-library-asthma.pdf
    April 01, 2019 - asthma-related hospitalization, ED visit, urgent care center visit, or unscheduled office visit requiring prescription … in asthma controller medication use Measured by patient/caregiver self-report, physician report, prescription … quick-relief asthma medication use Measured by patient/caregiver self-report, physician report, prescription … Events of Interest Systemic corticosteroids for asthma Defined as a prescription for systemic steroids … Patient Reported Medication adherence Measured by patient/caregiver self-report, physician report, prescription