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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacist-outpatient-prescription-review-emergency-department-pediatric-tertiary-hospital
March 15, 2016 - Study
Pharmacist outpatient prescription review in the emergency department: a pediatric … Pharmacist Outpatient Prescription Review in the Emergency Department: A Pediatric Tertiary Hospital … 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 … November 22, 2017
Pediatric emergency department discharge prescriptions requiring pharmacy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacologically-inappropriate-prescriptions-elderly-patients-general-practice-how-common
March 08, 2023 - Study
Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general … Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: How common? … Baseline data from The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study. … Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: How common? … Baseline data from The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44188/psn-pdf
June 03, 2015 - The fate of pediatric prescriptions in community
pharmacies. … The fate of pediatric prescriptions in community pharmacies. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fate-pediatric-prescriptions-community-pharmacies
The need for weight-based … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fate-pediatric-prescriptions-community-pharmacies
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841773/psn-pdf
December 21, 2022 - issue/inappropriate-prescribing-opioids-patients-undergoing-surgery
Safe prescribing dictates that prescriptions … Using claims data, this analysis identified a high rate of opioid prescriptions
written for and filled … by the spouses of patients undergoing outpatient surgery (who may be unable to fill
prescriptions themselves
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-do-community-pharmacies-recover-e-prescription-errors
November 04, 2014 - How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription errors? … How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription errors? … September 1, 2021
Impact of CancelRx on discontinuation of controlled substance prescriptions … January 7, 2015
Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of … December 31, 2014
The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853612/psn-pdf
September 20, 2023 - Pharmacy e-prescription dispensing before and after
CancelRx implementation. … Pharmacy e-prescription dispensing before and after CancelRx
implementation. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacy-e-prescription-dispensing-and-after-cancelrx-implementation
Previous … After CancelRx
implementation, the proportion of e-prescriptions sold after discontinuation in the EHR … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-cancelrx-discontinuation-controlled-substance-prescriptions-interrupted-time-series
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-opioid-prescribing-associated-reduced-dispensing-certain-patients-chronic-pain
October 13, 2018 - Misuse of prescription opioids represents a serious patient safety issue. … number of days supplied, and the percentage of patients receiving concurrent opioid/benzodiazepine prescriptions … April 27, 2022
Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents … September 30, 2020
Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring … program cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/e-prescribing-and-adverse-drug-events-observational-study-medicare-part-d-population-diabetes
September 30, 2015 - their medications were prescribed electronically, compared to those receiving fewer or no electronic prescriptions … August 1, 2018
Quality and variability of patient directions in electronic prescriptions … June 25, 2018
Analysis of prescribers' notes in electronic prescriptions in ambulatory … May 8, 2017
Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47759/psn-pdf
February 06, 2019 - California doctors alarmed as state links their opioid
prescriptions to deaths. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/california-doctors-alarmed-state-links-their-opioid-prescriptions-deaths … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/california-doctors-alarmed-state-links-their-opioid-prescriptions-deaths
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/language-barriers-prescriptions-patients-limited-english-proficiency-survey-pharmacies
September 23, 2020 - Study
Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency … Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency: a survey of pharmacies … This study discovered that only half of surveyed pharmacies provide non-English prescription labels … Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency: a survey of pharmacies … May 24, 2015
The legibility of prescription medication labelling in Canada: moving from
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physicians-failed-write-flawless-prescriptions-when-computerized-physician-order-entry-system
January 21, 2015 - Study
Physicians failed to write flawless prescriptions when computerized physician … Physicians Failed to Write Flawless Prescriptions When Computerized Physician Order Entry System Crashed … The authors suggest implementation of standalone electronic prescription software so that back-up computerized … Physicians Failed to Write Flawless Prescriptions When Computerized Physician Order Entry System Crashed … January 31, 2018
Differences of reasons for alert overrides on contraindicated co-prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73287/psn-pdf
May 19, 2021 - Influence of opioid prescription policy on overdoses and
related adverse effects in a primary care population … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influence-opioid-prescription-policy-overdoses-and-related-adverse-effects … opioid overdose and adverse events, many states enacted policies limiting dose and
duration of opioid prescriptions … there was a 78% decrease in adverse
effects rates, particularly among patients with chronic opioid prescriptions … Statewide policies limiting dose and duration of opioid prescriptions may have positive results among
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-opioid-prescribing-patterns-and-abuse-ophthalmology
April 12, 2019 - Analyzing Medicare data, this study found that most ophthalmologists wrote fewer than 10 opioid prescriptions … per year, but a small group, concentrated in the Southern states, wrote more than 100 prescriptions … View More
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Association of household opioid availability and prescription … August 15, 2018
Outpatient opioid prescriptions for children and opioid-related adverse
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/frequency-and-nature-prescribing-problems-general-practitioners-training-revisit
December 16, 2020 - This retrospective review of prescriptions from ten general practitioners in training in the United Kingdom … identified a high rate of prescribing errors (8.9% of prescriptions reviewed) and suboptimal prescribing … label: prevalence and description of discrepancies from a cross-sectional evaluation of electronic prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-pharmacist-led-educational-intervention-inappropriate-medication-prescriptions-older
February 14, 2017 - Classic
Effect of a pharmacist-led educational intervention on inappropriate medication prescriptions … Effect of a Pharmacist-Led Educational Intervention on Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions in Older … Effect of a Pharmacist-Led Educational Intervention on Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions in Older … March 16, 2022
Prescribers' perspectives on including reason for use information on prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unrealized-potential-and-residual-consequences-electronic-prescribing-pharmacy-workflow
December 31, 2014 - To improve safety, the authors recommend developing systems to track abandoned prescriptions, offering … between electronic health record and pharmacy computer systems to decrease manual entry, limit duplicated prescriptions … A past AHRQ WebM&M commentary describes how a nurse entered an outpatient prescription for the wrong … January 7, 2015
How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription errors? … December 31, 2014
Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45778/psn-pdf
April 26, 2017 - outcomes of medication intervention using the
screening tool of older persons potentially inappropriate
prescriptions … Outcomes of Medication Intervention Using the
Screening Tool of Older Persons Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions … medication recommendations based
on the STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons potentially inappropriate Prescriptions … The prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions remained lower in the group receiving the
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-associated-outpatient-computerized-prescribing-systems
June 28, 2010 - This retrospective cohort study analyzed nearly 4000 computer-generated prescriptions over a 4-week period … January 7, 2015
How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription errors? … January 7, 2015
Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of … December 31, 2014
The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing … errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/postsurgical-prescriptions-opioid-naive-patients-and-association-overdose-and-misuse
October 19, 2022 - Study
Classic
Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive … Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective … Longer duration of postoperative opioid prescription was also associated with higher odds of future diagnosis … Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective … August 16, 2017
Prescription of long-acting opioids and mortality in patients with chronic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/communicating-doses-pediatric-liquid-medicines-parentscaregivers-comparison-written-dosing
July 10, 2024 - doses of pediatric liquid medicines to parents/caregivers: a comparison of written dosing directions on prescriptions … doses of pediatric liquid medicines to parents/caregivers: a comparison of written dosing directions on prescriptions … doses of pediatric liquid medicines to parents/caregivers: a comparison of written dosing directions on prescriptions