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281. Characterization of prescribing errors in an internal medicine clinic. | PSNet
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     March 04, 2011 - Prior to implementation of an electronic prescription system, the investigators retrospectively analyzed … handwritten prescriptions to identify prescribing errors and their characteristics. … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … May 27, 2011 Effect of computerisation on the quality and safety of chemotherapy prescription

282. Risk factors in preventable adverse drug events in pediatric outpatients.  | PSNet
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     December 15, 2011 - This study discovered that children with multiple prescriptions were at increased risk for suffering … doses of pediatric liquid medicines to parents/caregivers: a comparison of written dosing directions on prescriptions

283. Opioid prescribing and potential overdose errors among children 0 to 36 months old. | PSNet
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     March 23, 2016 - These results suggest that opioid prescriptions for pediatric patients often contain potential overdose … January 23, 2019 Outpatient opioid prescriptions for children and opioid-related adverse

284. Quick Tips—When Getting A Prescription. | PSNet
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     December 24, 2008 - Government Resource Quick Tips—When Getting A Prescription. … Citation Text: Quick Tips—When Getting A Prescription. … questions that all patients should ask a physician, nurse, and/or pharmacist when they receive a medication prescription … Cite Citation Citation Text: Quick Tips—When Getting A Prescription

285. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - RW: In the old days, when your doctor gave you a prescription on paper or the hospital faxed a prescription … And the numbers of prescriptions have gone up dramatically. … We're now into billions of prescriptions being filled, something like 4 billion prescriptions each year … on a spindle that were kept in a file somewhere, and you matched the prescription container prescription … number with the proper prescription.

286. Understanding human factors in patient safety when prescribing. | PSNet
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     June 15, 2022 - Prescription errors have the potential to cause harm to patients. … June 16, 2019 The fate of pediatric prescriptions in community pharmacies. … May 11, 2011 Pharmacy mixes up prescriptions.

287. The impact of language barriers on patient care: a pharmacy perspective. | PSNet
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     February 05, 2025 - May 27, 2020 Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring program … cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions. … May 24, 2015 Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency

288. The 2-Week Itch | PSNet
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     June 16, 2019 - She received a handwritten prescription for Zyrtec and Atarax. … With prescriptions for Zyprexa and Zyrtec there are many. … Therefore, including the purpose on prescriptions will reduce the likelihood of such name confusions. … Include purpose of medication on prescriptions. … Prescription errors. Legibility and drug name confusion.

289. Computer technology and clinical work: still waiting for Godot. | PSNet
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     October 19, 2022 - Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer July 31, 2023 Standardizing opioid prescriptions … February 13, 2019 A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing safety. … June 13, 2018 Pediatric emergency department discharge prescriptions requiring pharmacy

290. Family conferences to facilitate deprescribing in older outpatients with frailty and with polypharmacy: the COFRAIL cluster randomized trial. | PSNet
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     July 29, 2020 - The number of potentially inappropriate prescriptions decreased among patients randomized to family conferences … February 26, 2020 Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory

291. Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions. | PSNet
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     May 01, 2015 - Fact Sheet/FAQs Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions. … Citation Text: Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions. … Cite Citation Citation Text: Explicit and Standardized Prescription

292. Prescription for success: don't bother nurses. | PSNet
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     June 16, 2010 - Newspaper/Magazine Article Prescription for success: don't bother nurses. … Citation Text: Prescription for success: don't bother nurses. Colliver V.  … Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Prescription

293. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 13, 2018 - Perhaps the most notable finding is that the number of high-dose opioid prescriptions declined by nearly … 50% over the study period (from 683 to 356 prescriptions per 100,000 adults). … opioid-prescribing-united-states-and-after-centers-disease-control-and-preventions-2016 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/four-states-robust-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-reduced-opioid-dosages

294. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - Nonetheless, it is estimated that 21% of handwritten prescriptions contain at least one prescription-writing … research has focused on dispensing errors, and investigators estimate that between 1.7% and 24% of prescriptions … When prescriptions are electronically prescribed, they cannot always be transmitted directly to the … Pharmacists are accustomed to correctly interpreting handwritten prescriptions. … only, in the remainder for both new prescriptions and refills.

295. The Prescription Infrastructre: Are We Ready for ePrescribing? | PSNet
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     August 17, 2011 - Book/Report The Prescription Infrastructre: Are We Ready for ePrescribing? … Citation Text: The Prescription Infrastructre: Are We Ready for ePrescribing? … This report outlines the prescription process and the potential improvements in cost, efficiency, compliance … Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: The Prescription … March 6, 2019 A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing safety.

296. Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. | PSNet
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     August 15, 2012 - Book/Report Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. … Citation Text: Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. … URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Health Literacy: A Prescription

297. Patient Safety and Opioid Medications | PSNet
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     January 01, 2015 - Moreover, an analysis of new prescriptions of long-acting opioids for chronic noncancer pain showed … Because most opioids misused by patients originate from prescription medications, it is important, at … Similarly, the number of opioid prescriptions following low-risk surgical procedures increased between … The authors identified a steep decline in hydrocodone prescriptions and in overall dispensing of this … While a modest increase in other opioid medication prescriptions was seen, this effect did not approach

298. Some health workers suffering from addiction steal drugs meant for patients. | PSNet
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     October 28, 2020 - November 1, 2023 California doctors alarmed as state links their opioid prescriptions … February 6, 2019 Doctors and dentists still flooding U.S. with opioid prescriptions.

299. Implementing electronic health record default settings to reduce opioid overprescribing: a pilot study. | PSNet
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     April 24, 2018 - This initiative was feasible, not bothersome, and reduced high-dose prescriptions at one hospital. … March 8, 2023 Discrepancies in written versus calculated durations in opioid prescriptions … April 22, 2020 Physicians' perspectives regarding prescription drug monitoring program … January 29, 2018 Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Evolution and Evidence.

300. High risk prescribing in primary care patients particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events: cross sectional population database analysis in Scottish general practice. | PSNet
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     February 15, 2017 - 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 … label: prevalence and description of discrepancies from a cross-sectional evaluation of electronic prescriptions