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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    January 04, 2011 - This systematic review found several potentially effective strategies for withdrawing such prescriptions

  2. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 25, 2011 - prevalence-study-errors-opioid-prescribing-large-teaching-hospital This cross-sectional study found that more than one quarter of opioid prescriptions

  3. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 02, 2010 - dispensing—dispensing medications according to the time the patient takes the medication, rather than as individual prescriptions—was

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    March 10, 2011 - physicians to adjust drug dosages for patients with renal insufficiency failed to reduce inappropriate prescriptions

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    August 01, 2018 - Performing a visual inspection of the contents of the prescription vial prior to dispensing may also … at a rate between 1.7%–24%.(2-4) Extrapolating that number to the approximate rate of 3.9 billion prescriptions … to 4.2 per 100,000 prescriptions when these two processes were omitted.(10) Other strategies to reduce … National observational study of prescription dispensing accuracy and safety in 50 pharmacies. … Prescription Drug Trends. [Available at] 6.

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 12, 2020 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-default-electronic-medical-record-settings-health-care- professional-patterns Prescription … reducing the default settings in the electronic health record (EHR) for number of opioid tablets for prescriptions … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-electronic-medical-record-implementation-default-opioid-prescription

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    February 22, 2010 - dispensing-error-rate-highly-automated-mail-service-pharmacy-practice The authors found an error rate of less than 1 error per 1,000 prescriptions

  8. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    November 03, 2008 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-neonatal-intensive-care-unit-influence-observation-error-rate Review of prescriptions

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 15, 2011 - medication safety communication initiative that sent e-mail messages to patients regarding new or changed prescriptions

  10. Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions. | PSNet

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    April 16, 2010 - Study Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions. … Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions. … Improving patient understanding of prescription drug label instructions. … January 5, 2012 Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels. … July 26, 2011 Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels.

  11. Impact of a warning CPOE system on the inappropriate pill splitting of prescribed medications in outpatients. | PSNet

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    July 16, 2015 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Physicians failed to write flawless prescriptions … label: prevalence and description of discrepancies from a cross-sectional evaluation of electronic prescriptions … May 16, 2012 Computerized order entry with limited decision support to prevent prescription … April 8, 2011 The (slowly) vanishing prescription pad. … February 17, 2011 Patient-specific electronic decision support reduces prescription of

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 04, 2022 - analyzed hospital discharge orders (HDO) over a six-month period to evaluate the use rate of CPOE, prescription … concordance between CPOE-edited HDO, exit prescriptions transcribed in the discharge summary, and prescribing

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    June 29, 2011 - inappropriate-medications-elderly-icu-survivors-where-intervene This research letter reports on a study of potentially inappropriate prescriptions

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 25, 2018 - Assessment of emergency department antibiotic discharge prescription dosing errors for pediatric patients … Assessment of Emergency Department Antibiotic Discharge Prescription Dosing Errors for Pediatric Patients … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-emergency-department-antibiotic-discharge-prescription-dosing … This retrospective study found that 776 of 1934 antibiotic prescriptions written for pediatric patients … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-emergency-department-antibiotic-discharge-prescription-dosing-errors-pediatric

  15. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    May 02, 2012 - prevalence-error-prone-abbreviations-used-medication-prescribing- hospitalised-patients-multi Approximately 1 in 12 prescriptions

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    September 07, 2016 - standards are needed to ensure accuracy of electronic medication lists and reduce unnecessary or duplicate prescriptions

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

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    April 23, 2008 - Hong Kong found that dosing errors were most common, and more errors were associated with handwritten prescriptions

  18. Clinical decision support alert malfunctions: analysis and empirically derived taxonomy. | PSNet

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    December 04, 2016 - Communication failure: analysis of prescribers' use of an internal free-text field on electronic prescriptions … November 16, 2022 Reducing drug prescription errors and adverse drug events by application … September 1, 2016 Differences of reasons for alert overrides on contraindicated co-prescriptions

  19. Medication safety in mental health hospitals: a mixed-methods analysis of incidents reported to the National Reporting and Learning System. | PSNet

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    December 18, 2017 - 2022 Medication safety at the interface: evaluating risks associated with discharge prescriptions … 2016 Medication safety at the interface: evaluating risks associated with discharge prescriptions

  20. Effect of crew resource management training in a multidisciplinary obstetrical setting. | PSNet

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    March 06, 2005 - July 31, 2013 POPI (Pediatrics: Omission of Prescriptions and Inappropriate prescriptions
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