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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-drug-errors-far-uncommon
February 11, 2015 - May 2, 2018
Prescription for success: don't bother nurses.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/amc-pso-resource-center
November 17, 2021 - April 19, 2011
Using human error theory to explore the supply of non-prescription medicines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/first-do-no-harm-improving-health-quality-and-patient-safety
September 28, 2010 - May 25, 2022
Prescription opioid use, misuse, and use disorders in U.S. adults: 2015
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/over-top-risky-overuse-adc-overrides-removal-drugs-without-order-and-use-non-profiled
May 07, 2014 - Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-rphs-weigh-new-jcaho-patient-safety-goals
May 20, 2020 - September 7, 2022
Drug-drug interactions and prescription appropriateness at hospital
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/artificial-intelligence-will-improve-medical-treatments
February 06, 2019 - Preventing medication errors in hospitals through a systems approach and technological innovation: a prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-and-quality-improvement-final-rule
December 24, 2008 - January 13, 2021
Best Practices in Developing Proprietary Names for Human Prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unequal-treatment-confronting-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-health-care
June 15, 2011 - August 15, 2012
Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wrong-drug-and-wrong-dose-dispensing-errors-identified-pharmacist-professional-liability
August 31, 2016 - September 28, 2022
Association between in-clinic opioid administration and discharge opioid prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medications-transitions-and-clinical-handoffs-match-toolkit-medication-reconciliation
October 02, 2013 - Estimating the impact on patient safety of enabling the digital transfer of patients' prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-directed-can-cause-confusion-both-patients-and-practitioners
August 24, 2016 - February 1, 2011
Availability of Spanish prescription labels.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-quality-and-safety-initiatives
May 20, 2009 - September 24, 2017
Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/usa-today-news-series-clarifying-issues-and-embracing-community-pharmacy-safety
March 14, 2023 - September 25, 2008
Patient-centered approach for improving prescription drug warning
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ehealth-safety-impact-ict-patient-safety-and-risk-management
June 18, 2013 - June 10, 2020
Purchase of prescription medicines via social media: a survey-based study
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.107_slideshow.ppt
November 01, 2005 - than one half of medication errors occur at the interfaces of care
Up to 67% of cases had errors in prescription … medication histories
An average of 10 prescriptions needed to be changed weekly in the ICU as a result … manually complete form
At discharge, reformatting the medication profile from the pharmacy system onto a prescription … form can efficiently generate discharge prescriptions
Evaluate Reconciliation Success
Use a … local pharmacy
Complete medication reconciliation at each transition of care
At discharge, reconcile prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40579/psn-pdf
July 06, 2011 - of patients vulnerable to adverse drug events (based on age and comorbidities)
received a high-risk prescription … While many
prescriptions were not deemed inappropriate, differences in prescribing patterns were noted
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46353/psn-pdf
August 23, 2017 - Analyzing
data from 2006–2014, the authors found that lower ranked institutions wrote more opioid prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44886/psn-pdf
September 27, 2016 - Anticoagulants are high-alert medications that require regular monitoring and adjustments to ensure
prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44397/psn-pdf
September 30, 2015 - These results suggest that
measuring new potentially inappropriate prescriptions is a feasible strategy
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46869/psn-pdf
April 11, 2018 - The sharpest rise occurred among 11–18 year olds, and nearly one-
third of opioid prescriptions were