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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836776/psn-pdf
March 23, 2022 - PIMs
identified by section K of the Screening Tool of Older Persons' Prescriptions (STOPP) had the strongest
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73863/psn-pdf
September 22, 2021 - A related commentary discusses the challenges associated with attempting to
discontinue prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49728/psn-pdf
March 01, 2015 - know the percentage of medication errors associated with LASA drugs, a rate of at
least 1 per 1000 prescriptions … the inpatient setting.(2) Given that the average 1000-
bed hospital will have approximately 300,000 prescription … These strategies involve using both the brand and generic names on prescriptions and
patient labels; … including the indication or purpose of the medication on prescriptions and medication orders;
and configuring … Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Medication Errors
For Written
Order
Add both brand and generic names to prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/its-all-syringe
February 01, 2013 - Altogether, clinicians wrote more than 1.6 billion prescriptions in the United States in 2004.( 1 ) This … amounts to 5.4 prescriptions for every U.S. resident.( 2 ) Patients leave the doctor's office with a … prescription in hand in 7 out of 10 visits.( 1 ) An increasing number of prescriptions are written electronically … Although most prescription medications are dispensed by the pharmacy for patients to self-administer … A call to action: eliminate handwritten prescriptions within 3 years!
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/35504/psn-pdf
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38028/psn-pdf
November 03, 2008 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-errors-neonatal-intensive-care-unit-influence-observation-error-rate
Review of prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/37014/psn-pdf
September 15, 2011 - medication safety communication initiative that sent e-mail messages to patients
regarding new or changed prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pediatric-adhd-medication-exposures-reported-us-poison-control-centers
November 28, 2018 - November 28, 2018
Prescription opioid exposures among children and adolescents in the … November 2, 2018
Outpatient opioid prescriptions for children and opioid-related adverse … August 10, 2016
Potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions among cancer … 2016
Evaluation of drug utilization and prescribing errors in infants: a primary care prescription-based
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prospective-evaluation-medication-related-clinical-decision-support-over-rides-intensive-care
April 07, 2019 - Communication failure: analysis of prescribers' use of an internal free-text field on electronic prescriptions … September 1, 2016
Computerized order entry with limited decision support to prevent prescription … December 1, 2010
An unintended consequence of electronic prescriptions: prevalence and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-safety-mental-health-hospitals-mixed-methods-analysis-incidents-reported-national
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-related-emergency-department-visits-pediatrics-prospective-observational-study
October 16, 2013 - August 8, 2018
Pediatric emergency department discharge prescriptions requiring pharmacy … January 28, 2015
National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency … October 8, 2013
Using a preprinted order sheet to reduce prescription errors in a pediatric
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-decision-support-alert-malfunctions-analysis-and-empirically-derived-taxonomy
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/analysis-variations-display-drug-names-computerized-prescriber-order-entry-systems
October 13, 2018 - Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … September 27, 2017
Physician satisfaction with transition from CPOE to paper-based prescription … July 12, 2017
Differences of reasons for alert overrides on contraindicated co-prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-crew-resource-management-training-multidisciplinary-obstetrical-setting
March 06, 2005 - July 31, 2013
POPI (Pediatrics: Omission of Prescriptions and Inappropriate prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-prescribing-errors-teaching-hospital-9-year-experience
February 10, 2011 - Related Resources
Quality and variability of patient directions in electronic prescriptions … July 11, 2018
Errors in electronic health record–based data query of statin prescriptions … May 2, 2018
Assessment of emergency department antibiotic discharge prescription dosing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33834/psn-pdf
May 22, 2017 - recent review of overdose deaths in North Carolina found that half of
the victims had active opioid prescriptions … Approximately 249 million
opioid prescriptions were issued in the US in 2013 alone, enough for every … to the epidemic (9) by providing large quantities of opioids to patients who do not complete their
prescriptions … storage of opioids; take-back programs that facilitate the efficient disposal of
unused and unneeded prescriptions … The Prescription Opioid Epidemic: An Evidence-Based
Approach.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40569/psn-pdf
June 29, 2011 - inappropriate-medications-elderly-icu-survivors-where-intervene
This research letter reports on a study of potentially inappropriate prescriptions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46983/psn-pdf
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/machine-learning-medication-prescription-systematic-review
October 16, 2013 - Study
Machine learning in medication prescription: a systematic review. … Machine learning in medication prescription: a systematic review. … Machine learning in medication prescription: a systematic review.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45334/psn-pdf
September 07, 2016 - standards are needed to ensure accuracy of
electronic medication lists and reduce unnecessary or duplicate prescriptions