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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-veterans-health-administration-mandate-case-review-patients-opioid-prescriptions
May 18, 2022 - Effect of a Veterans Health Administration mandate to case review patients with opioid prescriptions … Effect of a Veterans Health Administration mandate to case review patients with opioid prescriptions … Effect of a Veterans Health Administration mandate to case review patients with opioid prescriptions … April 7, 2019
Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines
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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/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/consumers-filling-us-prescriptions-abroad-may-get-wrong-active-ingredient-because-confusing
July 10, 2015 - Prescriptions Abroad May Get the Wrong Active Ingredient Because of Confusing Drug Names. … Food and Drug Administration advisory alerts clinicians and consumers to potential mistakes in prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47579/psn-pdf
December 12, 2018 - A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing
safety. … A Prescription For Enhancing Electronic Prescribing Safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-enhancing-electronic-prescribing-safety
Although electronic … interaction alerts and inclusion of free-text notes that
contain inaccurate information within electronic prescriptions … They suggest including drug indications on prescriptions, ensuring a readily available
and accurate
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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/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/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/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
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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/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
Related Resources
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/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/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/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/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/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/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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45482/psn-pdf
September 14, 2016 - 'America's other drug problem': copious prescriptions for
hospitalized elderly. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/americas-other-drug-problem-copious-prescriptions-hospitalized-elderly … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/americas-other-drug-problem-copious-prescriptions-hospitalized-elderly
https
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867016/psn-pdf
October 23, 2024 - An automated, dynamic radiation oncology prescription
checking system. … An automated, dynamic radiation oncology prescription checking
system. … In this study, researchers reviewed over 24,000 radiation oncology
prescriptions and applied criteria … to identify clinically inappropriate prescriptions. … The trigger tool generated
241 alerts, 31% of which led to prescription changes.