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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-extended-releaselong-acting-opioid-prescribing-risk-evaluation-and-mitigation
March 06, 2019 - September 30, 2020
Doctors and dentists still flooding U.S. with opioid prescriptions … May 27, 2020
Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid … April 1, 2020
Association of opioid prescriptions from dental clinicians for US adolescents
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outpatient-cpoe-orders-discontinued-due-erroneous-entry-prospective-survey-prescribers
October 13, 2018 - Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … May 11, 2019
Quality and variability of patient directions in electronic prescriptions … December 21, 2017
Physician satisfaction with transition from CPOE to paper-based prescription … July 12, 2017
Prescription errors related to the use of computerized provider order-entry … June 14, 2017
Differences of reasons for alert overrides on contraindicated co-prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49600/psn-pdf
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.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characterization-prescribing-errors-internal-medicine-clinic
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-factors-preventable-adverse-drug-events-pediatric-outpatients
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-and-potential-overdose-errors-among-children-0-36-months-old
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43323/psn-pdf
January 07, 2015 - To improve safety, the
authors recommend developing systems to track abandoned prescriptions, offering … electronic health record
and pharmacy computer systems to decrease manual entry, limit duplicated prescriptions … A past AHRQ WebM&M commentary describes how a nurse entered an outpatient
prescription for the wrong
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/family-conferences-facilitate-deprescribing-older-outpatients-frailty-and-polypharmacy
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/understanding-human-factors-patient-safety-when-prescribing
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.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-language-barriers-patient-care-pharmacy-perspective
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/patient-safety-and-opioid-medications
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-united-states-and-after-centers-disease-control-and-preventions-2016
November 17, 2021 - 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). … November 25, 2020
Prescription opioid use, misuse, and use disorders in U.S. adults: … June 25, 2018
Trends in medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids among US adolescents
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/computer-technology-and-clinical-work-still-waiting-godot
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/machine-learning-medication-prescription-systematic-review
October 16, 2013 - psnet
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quick-tips-when-getting-prescription
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47312/psn-pdf
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49396/psn-pdf
April 01, 2003 - 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.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/explicit-and-standardized-prescription-medicine-instructions
May 01, 2015 - Fact Sheet/FAQs
Explicit and Standardized Prescription Medicine Instructions. … Citation Text:
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-success-dont-bother-nurses
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/implementing-electronic-health-record-default-settings-reduce-opioid-overprescribing-pilot
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.