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221. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 10, 2014 - This newsletter article describes an incident involving a patient who noticed that the tablets in her prescription … patients to avoid medication errors include being familiar with how their medicines look and checking prescriptions … Practitioners can help prevent these errors by counting and labeling prescriptions one at a time and

222. The impact of an electronic alert to reduce the risk of co-prescription of low molecular weight heparins and direct oral anticoagulants. | PSNet
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     August 17, 2022 - Study The impact of an electronic alert to reduce the risk of co-prescription of … The impact of an electronic alert to reduce the risk of co-prescription of low molecular weight heparins … Researchers assessed prescribers’ actions following an alert for new prescriptions of Low Molecular Weight … December 1, 2021 Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring … program cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions.

223. Opioid Stewardship | PSNet
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     December 15, 2024 - 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 … by the spouses of patients undergoing outpatient surgery (who may be unable to fill prescriptions themselves … Study Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents

224. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 21, 2014 - of pediatric liquid medicines to parents/caregivers: a comparison of written dosing directions on prescriptions … of pediatric liquid medicines to parents/caregivers: a comparison of written dosing directions on prescriptions

225. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 11, 2015 - understanding-nature-medication-errors-icu-computerized-physician-order- entry-system This study reviewed prescriptions … More than half of examined prescriptions had medication errors, most often related to incorrect documentation

226. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2017 - responsible-e-prescribing-needs-e-discontinuation E-prescribing is a key strategy to improve medication safety by addressing illegible prescriptions … associated with this unintended consequence and suggests that enabling electronic cancellation of prescriptions

227. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     August 15, 2018 - In this academic health system, 5% of prescriptions were dispensed inadvertently—the providers had ordered … Most unintentionally dispensed prescriptions were high-risk medications, such as anticoagulants, insulin

228. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     January 13, 2016 - The FDA suggests that clinicians specify dosage form, strength, and frequency on prescriptions for this … evaluation-consistency-dosing-directions-and-measuring-devices-pediatric-nonprescription https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacy-clarification-prescriptions-ordered-primary-care-report-applied-strategies-improving

229. Designing human-centered AI to prevent medication dispensing errors: focus group study with pharmacists. | PSNet
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     August 31, 2022 - Comparing the variability of ingredient, strength, and dose form information from electronic prescriptions … Work effort, readability and quality of pharmacy transcription of patient directions from electronic prescriptions … 2018 Evaluation of drug utilization and prescribing errors in infants: a primary care prescription-based … November 16, 2022 Including the reason for use on prescriptions sent to pharmacists

230. Racial disparities in pain management of children with appendicitis in emergency departments. | PSNet
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     April 22, 2020 - 2021 Medication safety at the interface: evaluating risks associated with discharge prescriptions … January 12, 2022 Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents … April 22, 2020 National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency

231. Frequency and severity of harm of medication errors related to the parenteral nutrition process in a large university teaching hospital. | PSNet
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     January 16, 2019 - Approximately 1 in 60 prescriptions for parenteral nutrition resulted in a medication error, most of … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions.

232. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     December 22, 2018 - In this study, investigators used a trigger tool approach and reviewed all antibiotic prescriptions … They found that antibiotic prescriptions with overridden alerts were associated with dosing errors.

233. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 15, 2023 - retrospective longitudinal study explored changes in prescribing rates, supply and dose of opioid prescriptions … Further, new legislation to limit initial opioid prescriptions for acute and postsurgical pain led to

234. Availability of Spanish prescription labels. | PSNet
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     December 18, 2014 - Study Availability of Spanish prescription labels. … Availability of Spanish prescription labels. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2006;17(1):65-9. … The authors surveyed pharmacies in the Bronx, New York, and found that 69% could provide prescription … Availability of Spanish prescription labels. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2006;17(1):65-9.

235. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 08, 2020 - This cross- sectional study from Spain reviewed prescriptions for 593 older adults aged 65-75 years … The most frequently detected inappropriate prescriptions were for prolonged use of benzodiazepines (

236. Inappropriate opioid prescription after surgery. | PSNet
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     February 02, 2022 - Review Classic Inappropriate opioid prescription after … Inappropriate opioid prescription after surgery. … Inappropriate opioid prescription after surgery. … January 27, 2019 Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring … program cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions.

237. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     February 26, 2025 - At this time, the patient’s prescription for pain control was changed from hydrocodone-acetaminophen … oxycodone is the most frequently prescribed oral opioid.2 Current guidelines recommend that opioid prescriptions … A hospital that implemented such an alert for opioid prescriptions with oral morphine equivalent doses … 90 mg, concomitant benzodiazepine prescription, or history of opioid use disorder, reported a 28-fold … The CDC recommends that prescribers check state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data when

238. Opioids and Dentistry. | PSNet
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     November 12, 2014 - The articles explore prescribing behaviors , disparities present in opioid prescribing , prescription … October 28, 2020 A machine learning-based clinical decision support system to identify prescriptions … More Related Resources Doctors and dentists still flooding U.S. with opioid prescriptions … April 18, 2019 Association of opioid prescriptions from dental clinicians for US adolescents

239. Evaluation of the frequency of dispensing electronically discontinued medications and associated outcomes. | PSNet
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     March 03, 2019 - In this academic health system, 5% of prescriptions were dispensed inadvertently—the providers had … Most unintentionally dispensed prescriptions were high-risk medications, such as anticoagulants, insulin … June 29, 2011 Using human error theory to explore the supply of non-prescription medicines

240. A prevalence study of errors in opioid prescribing in a large teaching hospital. | PSNet
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     October 19, 2022 - This cross-sectional study found that more than one quarter of opioid prescriptions at a teaching hospital … March 5, 2010 Errors and omissions in hospital prescriptions: a survey of prescription