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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacy-clarification-prescriptions-ordered-primary-care-report-applied-strategies-improving
March 28, 2011 - Commentary
Pharmacy clarification of prescriptions ordered in primary care: a report … Pharmacy clarification of prescriptions ordered in primary care: a report from the Applied Strategies … Pharmacy clarification of prescriptions ordered in primary care: a report from the Applied Strategies … June 16, 2019
A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing safety.
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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/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/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/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/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/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/preventing-iatrogenic-overdose-review-emergency-department-opioid-related-adverse-drug-events
August 12, 2020 - January 11, 2023
Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents … 2021
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 … September 29, 2017
National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency
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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/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/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/print/pdf/node/867658
January 26, 2022 - Safe prescribing dictates that prescriptions should only be written for the patients who are intended … Using claims data, this analysis identified a high rate of opioid
prescriptions written for and filled … Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents. … patient-safety-events-involving-opioid-dose-stacking
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-and-emergency-department-opioid-prescriptions-adolescents
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-quality-written-prescriptions-general-hospital-influence-10-years-serial-audits-and
August 24, 2022 - Study
Improving the quality of written prescriptions in a general hospital: the influence … Improving the quality of written prescriptions in a general hospital: the influence of 10 years of serial … Improving the quality of written prescriptions in a general hospital: the influence of 10 years of serial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/discrepancies-between-prescribed-and-actual-pediatric-home-parenteral-nutrition-solutions
November 11, 2009 - The authors recommend routine reconciliation of home parenteral nutrition compounds with prescriptions … October 19, 2022
Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory … 2018
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Machine learning in medication prescription … February 6, 2019
Assessment of emergency department antibiotic discharge prescription … April 25, 2018
The proportion of errors in medical prescriptions and their executions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/responsible-e-prescribing-needs-e-discontinuation
July 10, 2017 - E-prescribing is a key strategy to improve medication safety by addressing illegible prescriptions, … problems associated with this unintended consequence and suggests that enabling electronic cancellation of prescriptions … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38612/psn-pdf
May 06, 2009 - 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 for
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45636/psn-pdf
September 26, 2018 - Pharmacist outpatient prescription review in the
emergency department: a pediatric tertiary hospital … Pharmacist Outpatient Prescription Review in the Emergency Department: A Pediatric
Tertiary Hospital … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacist-outpatient-prescription-review-emergency-department-pediatric … 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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-opioid-use-disorder-after-nonfatal-opioid-overdose-and-association-mortality
October 03, 2018 - The editorial also notes the alarming number of patients who received prescriptions for short-acting … March 24, 2019
Prevention of prescription opioid misuse and projected overdose deaths … June 16, 2019
Outpatient opioid prescriptions for children and opioid-related adverse … January 11, 2017
National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60804/psn-pdf
August 12, 2020 - pharmacist, who is
responsible for obtaining the best possible medication history and preparing discharge prescriptions … surgical team improved
the accuracy of medication histories, inpatient prescribing, and discharge prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837426/psn-pdf
June 15, 2022 - 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