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241. Medication Management Transactions and Errors in Family Medicine Offices: A Pilot Study (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Lynch_37.pdf
     March 21, 2008 - When post-visit interviews with patients who received prescriptions are combined with chart review data … example, receptionists take messages about medication refills; nurses and medical assistants call or fax prescriptions … Nurses, medical assistants (MAs), and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) do not help write any prescriptions … medication management transactions that occur in primary care practices using paper records and paper prescriptions … Improving the quality of the order-writing process for inpatient orders and outpatient prescriptions

242. 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.

243. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Last » Hansen JE , Brown DW , Hanke SP Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor prescription … ACEI prescriptions declined from 45% in the pre-2010 period to 36.8% from 2011 to 2016. … patients with the expectation that the patient will pick up or fill the prescription if he or she is … They discuss the drawbacks of delayed antibiotic prescriptions and the options for clinicians. … Delayed antibiotic prescriptions in ambulatory care: reconsidering a problematic practice.

244. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - , Infectious Diseases, Risk Mafi JN , May FP , Kahn KL Low-value proton pump inhibitor prescriptions … Researchers sought to characterize the prevalence of potentially low-value proton pump inhibitor (PPI) prescriptions … The researchers found that one in eight older adults were prescribed a PPI, and over one-third of prescriptions … Low-value proton pump inhibitor prescriptions among older adults at a large academic health system. … Patients discharged from the hospital often do not fill discharge prescriptions and are at risk for future

245. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Data on antibiotic prescriptions in 11 nursing homes were collected over 25 months and categorized as … Effect of antibiotic time-outs on modification of antibiotic prescriptions in nursing homes. … The cohort used was identified as patients aged 18 years or older who filled an initial 30-day prescription … “Persistence” was defined as at least one metformin prescription claim during the 6-12 month window after … the initial prescription.

246. 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%).

247. Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe. (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patients-consumers/diagnosis-treatment/treatments/safemeds/yourmeds.pdf
     April 01, 2011 - n Is it safe to take vitamins when I take a prescription medicine? … This includes: 4 Prescription medicines. 4 Medicines you can buy without a prescription, such as aspirin … Does this new prescription mean I should stop taking other medicines? … n Ask your doctor if your prescription needs to be refilled. … Never give your prescription medicine to anyone else or take prescription medicine that wasn’t prescribed

248. 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

249. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Adult Survey 3.0/3.1: Access to Mental Health Care Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2021 - In the last 6 months, how difficult was it for you to get your prescriptions for these mental health

250. Supplemental Items for the CAHPS Health Plan Adult Survey 5.0/5.1: Access to Mental Health Care Services | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     May 01, 2021 - In the last 6 months, how difficult was it for you to get your prescriptions for these mental health

251. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 12, 2024 - & Group Mental health care C-MH6 Difficulty in getting prescriptions

252. 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.

253. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Health Plan Mental health care P-MH6 Difficulty in getting prescriptions … policyholder P-SD1 Provider and respondent talked about starting or stopping a prescription … making P-SD1 Provider talked to patient about starting or stopping a prescription

254. Existing Measures for ADHD (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-88-measure-1-section-5-attachment-3.pdf
     January 12, 2017 - This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 6 to 12 years of age with an ambulatory prescription … This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 6 to 12 years of age with an ambulatory prescription … and Maintenance Phase) (Source: AHRQ) Numerator Statement: Children ages 6-12 as of the index prescription … start date, with an ambulatory prescription dispensed for ADHD medication, who remained on the medication … Continuous Enrollment ---120 days prior to the Index Prescription Start Date (IPSD) and 300 days after

255. Existing Measures for ADHD Prior to PQMP (pdf file)
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     February 02, 2017 - This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 6 to 12 years of age with an ambulatory prescription … This measure is used to assess the percentage of members 6 to 12 years of age with an ambulatory prescription … and Maintenance Phase) (Source: AHRQ) Numerator Statement: Children ages 6-12 as of the index prescription … start date, with an ambulatory prescription dispensed for ADHD medication, who remained on the medication … Continuous Enrollment ---120 days prior to the Index Prescription Start Date (IPSD) and 300 days after

256. 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

257. Timeliness of Confirmatory Testing for Sickle Cell Disease: Timeliness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia (pdf file)
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     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

258. 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).

259. Figure 3: Medication Reconciliation Upon Admission: High Level Process Map After Redesign (Text Description) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     August 01, 2012 - Following that is: Prescription(s)/Home Medications (outpatient) with space to record current and … past prescriptions.

260. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     Children with chronic conditions CC24 Providers' help getting prescription … Plan Children with chronic conditions CC23 Easy to get prescriptions