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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    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
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/machine-learning-medication-prescription-systematic-review
    October 16, 2013 - psnet
  15. 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 Citation Citation Text: Quick Tips—When Getting A Prescription
  16. 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
  17. 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.
  18. psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/explicit-and-standardized-prescription-medicine-instructions
    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
  19. 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 Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Prescription
  20. 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.

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