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141. Best Practices in Medication Safety: Areas for Improvement in the Primary Care Physician’s Office (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Galt.pdf
     April 23, 2004 - orders required a pharmacist to resolve a prescription-related problem. … or renewal prescription to the pharmacy. … Similar patterns were observed for both new and renewal prescriptions. … The low number of medication indications included on written prescriptions or telephoned prescriptions … Patient counseling detects prescription errors.

142. Final Progress Report: Addressing Preventable Medication Use Variance in Mississippi (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/brown-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - The must have received a prescription during that encounter. … about errors in prescriptions; d) to understand people’s actions and expectations after a medication … A significant component of the follow-up questionnaire focused on filling of prescriptions, causes for … nonfilling of prescriptions, and continued understanding of medication directions. … and “real” examples of errors that occurred because of variances in prescription format.

143. Getting Ready (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/getting_ready.pdf
     May 01, 2017 - These instructions usually explain whether you need to stop medications or fill new prescriptions, … � Preventing infection: Your doctor may give you a prescription for an antibiotic to take before … Be sure to fill any prescriptions before surgery and follow directions as prescribed.

144. Getting Ready for Your Ambulatory Surgery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/ambulatory-surgery/sections/implementation/training-tools/getting-ready.html
     August 01, 2017 - These instructions usually explain whether you need to stop medications or fill new prescriptions, when … Preventing infection: Your doctor may give you a prescription for an antibiotic to take before your … Be sure to fill any prescriptions before surgery and follow directions as prescribed.

145. Final Progress Report: Epidemiology, Exploration, and Evaluation: Addressing potentially dangerous medications in children on Medicaid with a mental health diagnosis (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/kleinman-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Moving to prescription carve-out was associated with reduction of PD BMHRx use. … Of those, 1.6 million (72%) filled at least one prescription. … , 32.5%) and pimozide (2286 per 10,000 or 8/35 prescriptions, 22.9%). … per 10,000 prescriptions (518/1207, 42.9%). … (3/6, 50%), and pimozide had 4286 per 10,000 prescriptions (15/35, 42.9%).

146. Chapter 2. What is Care Coordination? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/care/coordination/atlas/chapter2.html
     June 01, 2014 - She submits the prescription directly to the pharmacy via a link from the EMR. … Andrews has prescriptions filled at the specialty clinic pharmacy after his appointments with Drs. … They went over several new prescriptions and details of a low-salt diet. … Andrews was very tired so his daughter picked up the prescriptions from a pharmacy near the hospital,

147. AHRQ CONFERENCE GRANT PROGRAMS (R13): Angela Smith (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/funding/fund-opps/smith-angela-r13-hs026679-01.pdf
     March 31, 2020 - With the vast majority of opioid prescriptions address the need for pain management following a surgical … Given the potential for such prescriptions to contribute to the broader opioid epidemic, there are … As such, over 280 million of the nearly 4 billion prescriptions dispensed in 2012 were for opioids, … make up a majority of prescriptions for the treatment of postoperative pain, 2 million people had … With the vast majority of opioid prescriptions originating in a need for pain management following a

148. Sickle Cell Anemia Preventive Care Key Driver Diagram (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/sca-key-drive-diagram.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Obtain transportation support for appointments or other medical needs (e .g., picking up prescriptions

149. Infographic - Opioid Prescription Fills Among Older Adults, 2020-2021 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioid-rx-older-adults-2020-21.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - Infographic - Opioid Prescription Fills Among Older Adults, 2020-2021 Opioid Prescription Fills Among … Older Adults, 2020-2021 � NHR& One Opioid Prescription During the Year 12.8% Adults Aged

150. Patient Safety | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/2014chartbooks/womenhealth/wm-ptsafety.html
     September 01, 2015 - Safety Person- and Family-Centered Care References Summary Tables Inappropriate Prescriptions … for Older Adults Adults age 65 and over with at least 1 prescription from 11 medications that should … Prescription medications received include all prescribed medications initially purchased or otherwise … From 2002 to 2012, the percentage of adults age 65 and over who received potentially inappropriate prescription

151. CHIPRA 136 Table 4 (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-136-table-4.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - J44.9 J44.0 J44.1 E84.1 J43.8 J43.0 J43.1 J43.2 J98.3 J68.4 J98.2 J98.2 P25.0 Filled prescriptions

152. My Medicines List (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/health-literacy/my-medicines-list.pdf
     June 02, 2025 - Contact Information: My medicines, vitamins, herbals, and supplements, as of Include all prescription … and non-prescription medicines. … Non-prescription medicines may include vitamins, herbals, supplements, cold or cough medicines, aspirin … and non-prescription medicines. … and non-prescription medicines.

153. S10: Enhancing a Mobile Health App for Patient Asthma Symptom Monitoring During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/reports/2024-annual-report/spotlight-s10-rudin.html
     May 01, 2024 - In addition, getting routine care and filling prescriptions to manage a chronic condition became more

154. Final Progress Report: Off-Label Prescribing: Comparative Evidence, Regulation, and Utilization (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/kesselheim-report.pdf
     January 01, 2024 - Scope: Off-label prescription of drugs is routine among physicians. … Off-label drug use thus involves prescriptions that may or may not be sound therapy, that may involve … These patients depend on off-label prescriptions for their care. … As in PACE, all marketed prescription drugs are covered. … In the REMS period, off-label prescriptions of eltrombopag were rare.

155. Medication Management | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/interventions/medmanage-slides.html
     May 01, 2017 - complete & accurate medication list Patients and family members bring all their medications – OTC and prescriptions … 2.3 billion prescriptions are prescribed by primary care clinicians each year (CDC).

156. Timeliness of Confirmatory Testing for Sickle Cell Disease: Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/chipra-1416-p007-1-ef.pdf
     November 01, 2015 - ● Measuring confirmatory testing and receipt of antibiotic prescriptions within the first 90 days … Caveats ● Some States may not currently track antibiotic prescriptions in conjunction with their newborn … Such advances will enable wider availability of electronic prescription results through increased use

157. AHRQ Releases Toolkit To Prevent MRSA and Hospital Surgical Site Infections | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/955.html
     April 01, 2025 - April 29, 2025 AHRQ Stats: Total Adult Outpatient Opioid Prescription Fills There were 68.6 million … outpatient prescription opioid fills between 2021 and 2022. … million fills), oxycodone (19.2 million fills) and tramadol (14.1 million fills) accounted for most prescriptions … Brief #559,  Average Annual Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription

158. Tool 9. Sample Prescription Pad | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/tools/obesity/obpcp-tool9.html
     May 01, 2014 - Sample Prescription Pad Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Integrating Primary … Sample Prescription Pad Tool 10. Sample Brochure Tool 11. Sample Poster Tool 12. 

159. Opioid Use Among Elderly and Non-Elderly Adults by Socioeconomic Characteristics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/online-resources/opioids-elderly-nonelderly.html
     February 01, 2024 - , and 4.4 percent had four or more prescription fills during the year. … , and 7.1 percent obtained four or more prescription fills during the year. … , and 1.8 percent had four or more prescription fills during the year. … During this period, women were more likely to fill at least one opioid prescription (7.7 percent) and … , and 3.1 percent had four or more prescription fills during the year.

160. Antibiotic Side Effects (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-side-effects.pdf
     June 01, 2021 - reasons for emergency department (ED) visits for drug-related adverse events • 1 in 1,000 antibiotic prescriptions