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41. Preparing for Ambulatory Computerized Prescriber Order Entry by Evaluating Preimplementation Medication Errors (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Devine.pdf
    July 01, 2003 - ,” was not included on the prescription. … Thus 1,500 prescriptions were evaluated in the preimplementation phase. … The method by which prescriptions were selected for evaluation was as follows. … Prescriptions transferred in from, or out to, outside pharmacies were excluded. … strips), prescriptions filled via medication vouchers or coupons, and voided prescriptions.

42. Statistical Briefs | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/stat-briefs.html
    February 01, 2024 - This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly … This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly … This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly … MEPS Statistical Brief #529: Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription … MEPS Statistical Brief 505: Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription

43. Choosing a Stewardship Intervention and Measuring Change (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/intervention-worksheet.pdf
    June 01, 2021 - interventions) and after antibiotics have been started (post-prescription interventions) … This would require the prescriber to reassess antibiotic prescriptions and verify the need to continue … • Formal review of “appropriateness” of antibiotic prescriptions by infectious diseases–trained … consultants 48–72 hours after the initial prescription. … • Comparison of the number, type, and duration of prescriptions by covering/on-call health care

44. Stewardship-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-facilitator-guide.docx
    June 01, 2021 - facility had especially high rates of fluoroquinolone prescriptions. … A documented this information for all of his prescriptions. … SAY: The antibiotic stewardship team sent out a newsletter showing the difference in prescription … Some facilities may only track prescriptions that have a duration of greater than 7 days. … training staff to discuss the risks and benefits of antibiotic therapy every time a new antibiotic prescription

45. Dental Opioid Prescriptions Associated With Adverse Outcomes | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/809.html
    April 01, 2022 - Dental Opioid Prescriptions Associated With Adverse Outcomes Issue Number 809 AHRQ News Now … Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report , D-27 [PDF, 8.1 MB]) Today's Headlines: Dental Opioid Prescriptions … Dental Opioid Prescriptions Associated With Adverse Outcomes When dentists prescribe opioid medications … records from more than 633,000 dental visits for patients with private insurance who filled opioid prescriptions … Trends in anticoagulation prescription spending among Medicare Part D and Medicaid beneficiaries between

46. Final Progress Report: Rural Trial of Clinic Order Entry With Decision Support (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/samore-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - Electronic prescription refills typically began with an “Rx Summary” page view, and new electronic prescriptions … of “new” prescriptions were “clinical staff involved.” … The overall duration of clinical staff- involved prescriptions was longer than for provider-only prescriptions … Figure 2: Baseline (paper prescriptions) Baseline (Paper prescriptions) Implementation of electronic … 2) prescription of an unfamiliar drug; 3) prescription at higher dose; 4) prescription for a controlled

47. Appendix C: Examples of Current State of Practice | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/chronic-care/clinical-community-relationships-eval-roadmap/ccre-roadmap-apc.html
    July 01, 2013 - In a third program to promote weight loss and physical activity, clinicians write "prescriptions" for … programs that community organizations have agreed to offer free of charge to patients who present these prescriptions … (go to https://innovations.ahrq.gov/profiles/recreation-prescriptions-increase-use-free-community-exercise-programs-low-income-patients

48. Non-Elderly Use of Opioids, 2015-2016 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/non-elderly-use-opioids.pdf
    September 01, 2018 - Non-Elderly Use of Opioids, 2015-2016 An average 26 million non-elderly adults filled an opioid prescription … Use Among Non-Elderly Adults 2015-2016 Filled at least 1 opioid prescription 13% 3% Filled 4 or … more prescriptions 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 3 6 9 12 15 45 % 6% For those inexcellent health For those … to Health Status Average Annual Opioid Prescription Use Among Non-Elderly Adults, 2015-2016: By … Urban and Rural Areas 17% 12%Filled any outpatient opioid prescription Filled 4 or more prescriptions

49. Using the AHRQ Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/pharmacy/pharmwebinar/sorraslides.pdf
    January 01, 2014 - Communication about prescriptions across shifts 7. Communication about mistakes 8. … 2 to 9 7 12% 10 to 24 0 0% 25 to 99 10 19% 100 or more 33 60% Total 55 100% • 56% had 1,500 prescriptions … Comments  Physical space and environment  Our pharmacy is way too small for the volume of prescriptions …  Telling multiple walk-in patients and drive thru customers that they can have their prescriptions … Pharmacy technicians 81%  Communication about prescriptions across shifts Pharmacists 87% vs.

50. Study Finds Evidence of Intentional Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/846.html
    January 01, 2023 - Evidence of Intentional Inappropriate Painkiller Prescribing An AHRQ-funded review of painkiller prescriptions … suggests that some prescriptions are inappropriately written for patients’ spouses because patients … did not fill prescriptions prior to surgery and then are not able to fill the prescriptions themselves … at least one person was prescribed opioids after surgery, researchers found that the rate of opioid prescriptions … authors said the finding highlights the need for more comprehensive policies and regulations surrounding prescription

51. Opioids’ Impact on Seniors (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioids-impact-seniors.pdf
    September 01, 2018 - increase in the rate of opioid- related hospitalizations 2010 2015 Filled at least 1 opioid prescription … Filled 4 or more opioid prescriptions 10 million (19%) 4 million (7%) Opioids’ Impact on Seniors … insights into opioid use among seniors, including the average annual number of seniors who filled opioid prescriptions … Average Annual Opioid Prescription Use Among Seniors, 2015-2016 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 Increase in

52. AHRQ Views Blog Post: Implementing Screening and Treatment of Unhealthy Alcohol Use During COVID-19 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/760.html
    April 01, 2021 - Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions More Likely From Physicians . … Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescriptions More Likely From Physicians Physicians were more … They found 24.1 potentially inappropriate medication prescriptions per 1,000 visits overall, with 9.0 … prescriptions for initial visits and 15.1 for refills. … nurse practitioner was less likely to result in either an initial or refill potentially inappropriate prescription

53. Behavioral Health | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/topics/behavioral-health.html
    March 01, 2022 - Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2019 (MEPS Stat Brief #539) Average Expenditures per Prescription … Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Purchasing One or More Antidepressant or Antipsychotic Prescriptions … (MEPS Stat Brief #534) Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription … Determinants, and Opioid Utilization (April 2021)   Physician Networks and Potentially Inappropriate Opioid Prescriptions … (July 2020) The Impact of the Abuse-Deterrent Reformulation of Extended-Release OxyContin on Prescription

54. Newly Insured Medicaid Patients in Oregon Receive Fewer Opioid Prescriptions | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/669.html
    June 01, 2019 - Newly Insured Medicaid Patients in Oregon Receive Fewer Opioid Prescriptions Issue Number … 2010-2016 . ) Today's Headlines Newly Insured Medicaid Patients in Oregon Receive Fewer Opioid Prescriptions … Newly Insured Medicaid Patients in Oregon Receive Fewer Opioid Prescriptions Medicaid patients in Oregon … 225,000 adult Medicaid patients showed 52 percent of continuously insured patients received an opioid prescription

55. Recent Data Analyses | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/analyses.html
    November 01, 2022 - Physician Networks and Potentially Inappropriate Opioid Prescriptions . J Addict Dis . … The Impact of the Abuse-Deterrent Reformulation of Extended-Release OxyContin on Prescription Pain Reliever … December 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106268 Price elasticity of demand for buprenorphine/naloxone prescriptions

56. Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Day in the Life | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/chronic-care/decision/mcc/video/index.html
    December 01, 2018 - care provider after another, struggling to keep track of the various instructions, treatments, and prescriptions

57. CHIPRA 136 Section 2, Tables 1-3 (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-136-section-2-tables-1-3.pdf
    August 01, 2018 - Medications) HEDIS 2013 NDC List – Use of Appropriate Medications for People with Asthma (ASM) Description Prescriptions … beta-2 agonists Albuterol Levalbuterol Metaproterenol Pirbuterol Asthma Controller Medications Prescriptions

58. APPENDIX to TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Medication Reconciliation for Children: General Desirable Attributes (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/medication-reconciliation/chipra-0173-appendix.pdf
    January 22, 2020 - □ Short term prescriptions (such as antibiotics) □ Chronic prescription medications, unless there … Overall, to what extent are non-prescription medications included in these medication histories? … (Check all that apply) □ Other practice uses the same EHR and we are notified of the prescription by … □ Short term prescriptions (such as antibiotics) □ Chronic prescription medications, unless there … □ Third- party vendor □ Other practice uses the same EHR and we are notified of the prescription by

59. Medication Reconciliation in Pediatric Mental Health Settings: APPENDIX to TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/medication-reconciliation/chipra-0179-appendix.pdf
    January 21, 2020 - □ Short term prescriptions (such as antibiotics) □ Chronic prescription medications, unless there … Overall, to what extent are non-prescription medications included in these medication histories? … (Check all that apply) □ Other practice uses the same EHR and we are notified of the prescription by … □ Short term prescriptions (such as antibiotics) □ Chronic prescription medications, unless there … □ Third- party vendor □ Other practice uses the same EHR and we are notified of the prescription by

60. Opioid Prescribing Nearly 40 Times Higher Among U.S. vs. English Dentists | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/667.html
    June 01, 2019 - United States and England go to the dentist at similar rates, American dentists wrote 11.4 million prescriptions … for opioids in 2016, compared with about 28,000 prescriptions written by their British counterparts, … The study, published in JAMA Network Open , compared prescriptions by dentists in both countries for … They found that the proportion of prescriptions written by U.S. dentists was 37 times greater than those