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281. 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

282. 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

283. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     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.

284. Outpatient CPOE orders discontinued due to 'erroneous entry': prospective survey of prescribers' explanations for errors. | PSNet
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     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

285. Classification of medication incidents associated with information technology. | PSNet
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     November 23, 2012 - December 31, 2014 Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of … December 31, 2014 The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing … errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge … label: prevalence and description of discrepancies from a cross-sectional evaluation of electronic prescriptions

286. Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. | PSNet
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     September 17, 2010 - Study Classic Literacy and misunderstanding prescription … Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145(12):887-94. … Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145(12):887-94. … April 16, 2010 Improving prescription drug warnings to promote patient comprehension. … label: prevalence and description of discrepancies from a cross-sectional evaluation of electronic prescriptions

287. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     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

288. 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

289. 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.

290. 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

291. 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

292. Opioid prescribing in the United States before and after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2016 opioid guideline. | PSNet
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     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

293. 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

294. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     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.

295. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     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

296. Implementing electronic health record default settings to reduce opioid overprescribing: a pilot study. | PSNet
     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.

297. Opioid prescribing practices from 2010 through 2015 among dentists in the United States: what do claims data tell us? | PSNet
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     December 20, 2017 - The sharpest rise occurred among 11–18 year olds, and nearly one-third of opioid prescriptions were not … April 18, 2019 Association of opioid prescriptions from dental clinicians for US adolescents

298. 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

299. Overrides of medication-related clinical decision support alerts in outpatients. | PSNet
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     September 01, 2016 - observational study of outpatient clinical decision support found that approximately 53% of alerts in prescriptions … May 10, 2017 Adherence to black box warnings for prescription medications in outpatients … September 1, 2016 Differences of reasons for alert overrides on contraindicated co-prescriptions

300. Bad Writing, Wrong Medication | PSNet
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     March 01, 2015 - 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 pharmacy … Pharmacists are accustomed to correctly interpreting handwritten prescriptions. … only, in the remainder for both new prescriptions and refills.