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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-opioid-prescribing-guidelines-prescriptions-emergency-physicians-ohio
April 24, 2018 - Study
The effect of opioid prescribing guidelines on prescriptions by emergency physicians … The Effect of Opioid Prescribing Guidelines on Prescriptions by Emergency Physicians in Ohio. … The quantity of opioid prescriptions from emergency departments and the duration of opioid prescriptions … The Effect of Opioid Prescribing Guidelines on Prescriptions by Emergency Physicians in Ohio. … April 22, 2015
National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-hydrocodone-schedule-change-opioid-prescriptions-following-surgery
June 07, 2017 - Study
Association of hydrocodone schedule change with opioid prescriptions following … Association of Hydrocodone Schedule Change With Opioid Prescriptions Following Surgery. … for patients in Michigan who had undergone elective surgery , using a database that measured opioid prescriptions … Although prescription refill rates decreased, overall there was no significant difference in the total … Association of Hydrocodone Schedule Change With Opioid Prescriptions Following Surgery.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quality-and-variability-patient-directions-electronic-prescriptions-ambulatory-care-setting
May 08, 2017 - About 10% of prescriptions posed a potential safety hazard. … November 14, 2018
A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing safety. … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription … May 27, 2011
Patient-specific electronic decision support reduces prescription of excessive
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/long-term-outcomes-medication-intervention-using-screening-tool-older-persons-potentially
July 31, 2024 - 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 … The prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions remained lower in the group receiving the orally … Outcomes of Medication Intervention Using the Screening Tool of Older Persons Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions … Balancing safety, comfort, and fall risk: an intervention to limit opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-and-emergency-department-opioid-prescriptions-adolescents
December 21, 2022 - Study
Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents … Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents. … Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents. … September 1, 2021
Prescription opioid use, misuse, and use disorders in U.S. adults: … March 14, 2018
National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/americas-other-drug-problem-copious-prescriptions-hospitalized-elderly
May 12, 2021 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
'America's other drug problem': copious prescriptions … Citation Text:
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'America's other drug problem': copious prescriptions … July 21, 2021
Prescription drug overload: critics fighting to curb an epidemic of medication
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outpatient-opioid-prescriptions-children-and-opioid-related-adverse-events
July 31, 2017 - Study
Emerging Classic
Outpatient opioid prescriptions … Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions for Children and Opioid-Related Adverse Events. … Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions for Children and Opioid-Related Adverse Events. … RIS
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Prescription … June 6, 2018
Assessment of emergency department antibiotic discharge prescription dosing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/comparing-variability-ingredient-strength-and-dose-form-information-electronic-prescriptions
March 20, 2024 - Comparing the variability of ingredient, strength, and dose form information from electronic prescriptions … Comparing the variability of ingredient, strength, and dose form information from electronic prescriptions … Results show a wide variety in the way drug product descriptions are entered into e-prescription programs … Poor standardization of terminology in e-prescription programs can lead to incorrect medication order … Comparing the variability of ingredient, strength, and dose form information from electronic prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/including-reason-use-prescriptions-sent-pharmacists-scoping-review
March 10, 2021 - Review
Including the reason for use on prescriptions sent to pharmacists: scoping … Including the reason for use on prescriptions sent to pharmacists: scoping review. … This scoping review explored how including the indication on a prescription may impact prescribing practice … Including the reason for use on prescriptions sent to pharmacists: scoping review. … the Same Author(s)
Prescribers' perspectives on including reason for use information on prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospitalization-and-death-associated-potentially-inappropriate-medication-prescriptions-among
August 04, 2021 - Hospitalization and death associated with potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions … Hospitalization and death associated with potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions among elderly … , investigators reported greater odds of being hospitalized in the month following an inappropriate prescription … , an associated greater risk of death, and similar risk with even intermittent exposure to such prescriptions … Hospitalization and death associated with potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions among elderly
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60640/psn-pdf
July 01, 2020 - Standardizing opioid prescriptions to patients after
ambulatory oncologic surgery reduces overprescription … Standardizing Opioid Prescriptions to Patients After Ambulatory
Oncologic Surgery Reduces Overprescription … -
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Opioid prescriptions are associated with harm among postoperative patients. … Pre-
standardization, the median opioid prescription at discharge was 20 pills (up to 140 milligrams … morphine
equivalent, or MME); post-standardization, prescriptions were set to 7-10 pills (24-75 MME
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/expanded-pharmacy-technician-roles-accepting-verbal-prescriptions-and-communicating
October 05, 2011 - Commentary
Expanded pharmacy technician roles: accepting verbal prescriptions and … communicating prescription transfers. … Expanded pharmacy technician roles: Accepting verbal prescriptions and communicating prescription transfers … This commentary discusses the role of pharmacy technicians in managing verbal prescriptions and ensuring … Expanded pharmacy technician roles: Accepting verbal prescriptions and communicating prescription transfers
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/851350/psn-pdf
July 12, 2023 - A scoping review of legibility of hand-written
prescriptions and drug-orders: the writing on the wall … A scoping review of legibility of hand-written prescriptions and drug-
orders: the writing on the wall … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/scoping-review-legibility-hand-written-prescriptions-and-drug-orders-writing … -
wall
Illegible prescriptions can cause pharmacists to dispense incorrect medications resulting in … This review identified 15 studies on illegible prescriptions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cure-scrawl-doctors-being-encouraged-switch-e-prescriptions
December 12, 2018 - Newspaper/Magazine Article
A cure for scrawl: doctors being encouraged to switch to e-prescriptions … Linkedin
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A prescription … July 27, 2005
Handwritten-prescription ban puts pharmacists in awkward position as "enforcers … July 5, 2006
Rx for a better prescription.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-safety-interface-evaluating-risks-associated-discharge-prescriptions-mental-health
March 11, 2020 - Medication safety at the interface: evaluating risks associated with discharge prescriptions … Medication safety at the interface: evaluating risks associated with discharge prescriptions from mental … In this study, prospective pharmacist review of written prescriptions for adults discharged from mental … Medication safety at the interface: evaluating risks associated with discharge prescriptions from mental … June 13, 2012
Prescription errors in psychiatry - a multi-centre study.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-emergency-department-antibiotic-discharge-prescription-dosing-errors-pediatric
March 01, 2011 - Study
Assessment of emergency department antibiotic discharge prescription dosing … Assessment of Emergency Department Antibiotic Discharge Prescription Dosing Errors for Pediatric Patients … This retrospective study found that 776 of 1934 antibiotic prescriptions written for pediatric patients … Assessment of Emergency Department Antibiotic Discharge Prescription Dosing Errors for Pediatric Patients … January 7, 2015
POPI (Pediatrics: Omission of Prescriptions and Inappropriate prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-opioid-prescriptions-dental-clinicians-us-adolescents-and-young-adults-subsequent
May 18, 2022 - Study
Association of opioid prescriptions from dental clinicians for US adolescents … Association of Opioid Prescriptions From Dental Clinicians for US Adolescents and Young Adults With Subsequent … This retrospective cohort study found that opioid-naive adolescents who received an opioid prescription … from a dentist were more likely to receive a subsequent opioid prescription or be diagnosed with … an opioid use disorder compared to opioid-naive adolescents who did not receive an opioid prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47379/psn-pdf
November 14, 2018 - Analysis of medication therapy discontinuation orders in
new electronic prescriptions and opportunities … Analysis of medication therapy discontinuation orders in new
electronic prescriptions and opportunities … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/analysis-medication-therapy-discontinuation-orders-new-electronic-
prescriptions-and … In a nationally representative sample, nearly 1% of new prescriptions had discontinuation
instructions … for other prescriptions embedded within them, a workaround that creates inefficiencies and
new safety
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47699/psn-pdf
February 22, 2019 - Association of opioid prescriptions from dental clinicians
for US adolescents and young adults with … Association of Opioid Prescriptions From Dental Clinicians
for US Adolescents and Young Adults With … adults-subsequent
This retrospective cohort study found that opioid-naive adolescents who received an opioid prescription … from a dentist were more likely to receive a subsequent opioid prescription or be diagnosed with an … opioid
use disorder compared to opioid-naive adolescents who did not receive an opioid prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43347/psn-pdf
September 03, 2014 - POPI (Pediatrics: Omission of Prescriptions and
Inappropriate prescriptions): development of a tool … POPI (Pediatrics: Omission of Prescriptions and Inappropriate
prescriptions): development of a tool … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/popi-pediatrics-omission-prescriptions-and-inappropriate-prescriptions- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/popi-pediatrics-omission-prescriptions-and-inappropriate-prescriptions-development-tool … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/popi-pediatrics-omission-prescriptions-and-inappropriate-prescriptions-development-tool