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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60200/psn-pdf
April 08, 2020 - retrospective
Using data from a large, national private insurance provider including 134 million opioid prescription … In 2017, the top 1% of opioid providers
prescribed 27% of all opioid prescriptions and accounted for … A large
proportion of prescriptions written by high prescribing opioid providers exceeded guidelines … In contrast, the majority of prescriptions for the bottom 99% of
prescribers met prescribing guidelines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/61035/psn-pdf
October 21, 2020 - More than 3% of children ages 1 to 17 years had
at least one opioid prescription filled annually; 76.6 … Black and urban children were less likely to fill opioid prescriptions or
experience adverse events, … children-and-opioid-epidemic-age-stratified-exposures-and-harms
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outpatient-opioid-prescriptions-children-and-opioid-related-adverse-events … opioid-related-critical-care-resource-use-us-childrens-hospitals
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-opioid-prescriptions-dental-clinicians-us-adolescents-and-young-adults-subsequent
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40229/psn-pdf
January 01, 2017 - Pharmacy mixes up prescriptions.
February 20, 2011
Brushwood DB. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacy-mixes-prescriptions
This article reports on a court case of a … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacy-mixes-prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessing-controlled-substance-prescribing-errors-pediatric-teaching-hospital-analysis-safety
August 02, 2010 - substance prescribing errors in a pediatric teaching hospital: an analysis of the safety of analgesic prescription … substance prescribing errors in a pediatric teaching hospital: an analysis of the safety of analgesic prescription … This study evaluated the quality of analgesic prescriptions in patients being discharged from a pediatric … Most prescriptions contained at least one error, including frequent use of error-prone abbreviations … and failure to use weight-based dosing , and 3% of prescriptions were judged to have the potential
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characteristics-initial-prescription-episodes-and-likelihood-long-term-opioid-use-united
April 24, 2018 - Study
Classic
Characteristics of initial prescription episodes … Characteristics of Initial Prescription Episodes and Likelihood of Long-Term Opioid Use - United States … Patients started on higher doses (cumulative dose ≥ 700 mg morphine equivalent), provided prescriptions … with longer duration (more than 10 days), or given 3 or more prescriptions for opioids were most likely … Effect of a Veterans Health Administration mandate to case review patients with opioid prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/safety-retail-pharmacy
May 11, 2016 - Many pharmacies also have a drive-through window for prescription drop-off and pick-up. … prior to the prescription being dispensed. … National observational study of prescription dispensing accuracy and safety in 50 pharmacies. … State Health Facts: Number of Retail Prescription Drugs Filled at Pharmacies by Payer. … March 23, 2022
How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription errors?
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-us-children-and-young-adults-2019
September 30, 2020 - of US retail pharmacy data, 3.5% of US children and young adults were dispensed at least one opioid prescription … prior research, dentists and surgeons were the most frequent prescribers, writing 61% of all opiate prescriptions … October 27, 2021
Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents … June 30, 2021
Prescription opioid use, misuse, and use disorders in U.S. adults: 2015 … March 18, 2020
Association of opioid prescriptions from dental clinicians for US adolescents
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50611/psn-pdf
October 30, 2019 - Discuss standards for the transmission of electronic prescriptions to pharmacies. … The prescriptions were filled by the
pharmacy. … The committee realized that every patient
discharged from the hospital with an electronic prescription … We also
don't know if the prescription was electronically transmitted through Surescripts or another … Scottsdale, AZ: National Council for Prescription Drug
Programs; June 2015.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-opioid-naive-patients-emergency-departments-and-other-settings
August 29, 2018 - prescribing for opioid-naive patients in emergency departments and other settings: characteristics of prescriptions … Resources
Association between electronic medical record implementation of default opioid prescription … April 12, 2019
Emergency department contribution to the prescription opioid epidemic. … January 23, 2019
Incidence and predictors of opioid prescription at discharge after traumatic … April 22, 2015
National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-cancelrx-discontinuation-controlled-substance-prescriptions-interrupted-time-series
September 01, 2021 - Study
Impact of CancelRx on discontinuation of controlled substance prescriptions … Impact of CancelRx on discontinuation of controlled substance prescriptions: an interrupted time series … Impact of CancelRx on discontinuation of controlled substance prescriptions: an interrupted time series
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-frequency-paediatric-oral-liquid-medication-dosing-errors-caregivers-amoxicillin
May 31, 2023 - June 30, 2011
POPI (Pediatrics: Omission of Prescriptions and Inappropriate prescriptions … December 15, 2014
POPI (Pediatrics: Omission of Prescriptions and Inappropriate prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-inappropriate-outpatient-pediatric-antibiotic-prescriptions-adverse-drug-events
March 05, 2008 - Review
Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescriptions … Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescriptions with adverse drug events and … Association of inappropriate outpatient pediatric antibiotic prescriptions with adverse drug events and … May 20, 2020
Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring program … cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inappropriateness-medication-prescriptions-elderly-patients-primary-care-setting-systematic
February 14, 2024 - Review
Inappropriateness of medication prescriptions to elderly patients in the primary … Inappropriateness of medication prescriptions to elderly patients in the primary care setting: a systematic … Inappropriateness of medication prescriptions to elderly patients in the primary care setting: a systematic
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33868/psn-pdf
October 01, 2018 - To overcome this barrier, community pharmacists must rely on very limited information on
the prescription … Many pharmacies also have a drive-through window for prescription drop-off and pick-up. … prior to the prescription being dispensed. … National observational study of prescription dispensing accuracy
and safety in 50 pharmacies. … State Health Facts: Number of Retail Prescription Drugs Filled at Pharmacies by Payer.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/associations-between-stopping-prescriptions-opioids-length-opioid-treatment-and-overdose-or
April 05, 2017 - Study
Classic
Associations between stopping prescriptions … Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid treatment, and overdose or … Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid treatment, and overdose or … November 4, 2020
Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring … program cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/children-and-opioid-epidemic-age-stratified-exposures-and-harms
February 13, 2019 - More than 3% of children ages 1 to 17 years had at least one opioid prescription filled annually; 76.6 … Black and urban children were less likely to fill opioid prescriptions or experience adverse events, … June 22, 2022
Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents … January 22, 2020
Association of opioid prescriptions from dental clinicians for US adolescents
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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/issue/medication-reconciliation-geriatric-unit-impact-maintenance-post-hospitalization
December 01, 2021 - Medication reconciliation in the geriatric unit: impact on the maintenance of post-hospitalization prescriptions … Medication reconciliation in the geriatric unit: impact on the maintenance of post-hospitalization prescriptions … Medication reconciliation in the geriatric unit: impact on the maintenance of post-hospitalization prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescriptions-analysis-clinical-pharmacists-post-operative-period-4-year-prospective-study
August 04, 2021 - Study
Prescriptions analysis by clinical pharmacists in the post-operative period … Prescriptions analysis by clinical pharmacists in the post-operative period: a 4-year prospective study … Prescriptions analysis by clinical pharmacists in the post-operative period: a 4-year prospective study
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35286/psn-pdf
February 24, 2011 - prescribing errors in four adult primary care practices where both
handwritten and basic electronic prescription … Eight percent of prescriptions had an
error. … such as no or optional allergy and drug interaction
checks) were no safer than those with handwritten prescriptions … More advanced decision support (i.e.,
requiring complete prescriptions and providing default dosing