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81. A Patient Safety Program & Research Evaluation of U.S. Navy Pharmacy Refill Clinics (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Reige.pdf
    March 01, 2004 - Technicians are capable of checking prescriptions as well as pharmacists. … Each prescription change saves the hospital $360 per year. … over a data collection period of 18 days for an average of 16 prescriptions per day (Table 1). … Neither of these locations renews more than 4–5 prescriptions per week. … Number of prescriptions renewed per day at Naval Hospital Bremerton and Figure 1.

82. People Purchasing Antidepressants | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/antidepressant-purchasing.html
    August 01, 2021 - Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Purchasing One or More Antidepressant or Antipsychotic Prescriptions

83. CHIPRA 147: Antipsychotics Testing Summary (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-147-antipsychotics-testing-summary.pdf
    February 22, 2019 - year 1 or more psychosocial visits within 90 days prior to or 30 days after a new antipsychotic prescription … 4 months prior and 1 month following the new script 0 to 20 years with a new antipsychotic prescription … the measurement year 1 or more visits with a prescriber within 30 days after a new antipsychotic prescription … Medicare and those with inpatient behavioral health claims during the 30 days after the index prescription … 4 months prior and 1 month following the new script 0 to 20 years with a new antipsychotic prescription

84. CHIPRA 149: Antipsychotics Testing Summary (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-149-testing-summary.pdf
    February 22, 2019 - year 1 or more psychosocial visits within 90 days prior to or 30 days after a new antipsychotic prescription … 4 months prior and 1 month following the new script 0 to 20 years with a new antipsychotic prescription … the measurement year 1 or more visits with a prescriber within 30 days after a new antipsychotic prescription … Medicare and those with inpatient behavioral health claims during the 30 days after the index prescription … 4 months prior and 1 month following the new script 0 to 20 years with a new antipsychotic prescription

85. Measures To Assess the Safe and Judicious Use of Antipsychotics in Children and Adolescents Field Test Summary (pdf file)
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    February 22, 2019 - year 1 or more psychosocial visits within 90 days prior to or 30 days after a new antipsychotic prescription … 4 months prior and 1 month following the new script 0 to 20 years with a new antipsychotic prescription … the measurement year 1 or more visits with a prescriber within 30 days after a new antipsychotic prescription … Medicare and those with inpatient behavioral health claims during the 30 days after the index prescription … 4 months prior and 1 month following the new script 0 to 20 years with a new antipsychotic prescription

86. Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue
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    September 01, 2022 - treatment of common infectious disease syndromes seen in outpatient settings Identify sources of antibiotic prescription … Stewardship AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care Step 7: Monitor Antibiotic Prescription … You wrote 2 prescriptions out of 20 acute respiratory infection cases that did not warrant antibiotics … You wrote 5 prescriptions out of 20 acute respiratory infection cases that did not warrant antibiotics … Personalized prescription feedback using routinely collected data to reduce antibiotic use in primary

87. Physician Use of Hand-held Computers for Drug Information and Prescribing (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Galt.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - electronically in the future.5 The PDA also provides a convenient means of generating a legible printed prescription … Accessing evidence-based information to improve medical decisionmaking at the point of care and improving prescription … The learning of new technology (the PDA) and its applications (prescription writing and drug information … Each subject was given a verbal order for prescriptions, and he or she had to generate a printed prescription … Physicians believed that improved accuracy and completeness of prescription information are related

88. A Model-based Approach to Prioritizing Medical Safety Practices (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Marken.pdf
    January 01, 2004 - state of a prescription (S). … prescriptions) attributes the majority of the errors to incorrectly written drug doses. … Prescription fulfillment errors Other tests of the model were done using prescription-fulfillment error … Workload was measured in terms of the number of prescriptions filled per hour. … of different kinds of prescriptions that a physician might produce in a practice.

89. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/medlist.html
    October 01, 2022 - Studies show that 5 to 7 percent of prescriptions result in a medication error. … Almost half the people in the United States have used at least one prescription in the last 30 days, … unintentionally overdosing by taking both the generic and name brand medicines, are taking outdated prescriptions … , or are taking supplements that negatively interact with their prescription medicines.

90. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    Children with chronic conditions P-MH6 Difficulty in getting prescriptions … & Group Mental health care C-MH6 Difficulty in getting prescriptions … Clinician & Group Mental health care P-CR7 Patient took prescription … Coordination of care P-CR8 Personal doctor talked with patient about all prescription

91. CAHPS Supplemental Items | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    People with mobility impairments C-MH6 Difficulty in getting prescriptions … & Group Mental health care P-MH6 Difficulty in getting prescriptions … Plan Children with chronic conditions C-CR5 Child took prescription … Clinician & Group Coordination of care P-CR7 Child took prescription

92. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 9. Reducing Adverse Drug Events in Older Adults (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/making-healthcare-safer/mhs3/reducing-adverse-drug-1.pdf
    March 01, 2020 - percent of people age 65 years and older have at least two chronic diseases and take at least five prescription … were substituted for more appropriate medications, and for 10 percent, the patient received a new prescription … When two STOPP criteria, the prescription of benzodiazepines or of neuroleptic drugs to patients who … , one being an active benzodiazepine prescription, dispensed for at least 3 consecutive months … group participants Patient Population: Older adults, 65 years and older, taking at least five prescription

93. New Data Visualization Shows Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Use and Expenses in the United States | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2022 - Expenses in the United States A new data visualization shows that while the number of prescriptions

94. Final Report: Improving Drug Safety (pdf file)
    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/magid-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - In the second study, Lacroix et al examined the original prescriptions issued throughout the pregnancy … One point six percent of women in the Lacroix study received one or more prescriptions for drugs in … In the PAS projects, prescriptions are screened for potential errors using guideline-driven decision … The pharmacist cannot dispense these prescriptions without active intervention. … In the Renal Dosing project, we compared rates of dispensing prescriptions that were not adjusted for

95. Mortality Risk Reduced Among COPD Patients Who Use Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure Machines | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/698.html
    February 01, 2020 - Seniors The total percentage of adults age 65 and older who received at least one of 33 inappropriate prescription … Prescribing of Antibiotics Was Common for Medicaid Beneficiaries Twenty-eight percent of antibiotic prescriptions … The analysis also found that 17 percent of antibiotics prescriptions were given at a clinician visit  … study analyzed claims data from 53 million Medicaid beneficiaries who filled 298 million antibiotic prescriptions

96. Analysis Recommends Steps To Reduce Dentists’ Overprescribing of Opioids | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/701.html
    February 01, 2020 - Analysis Recommends Steps To Reduce Dentists’ Overprescribing of Opioids Twenty-nine percent of opioid prescriptions … In addition, 53 percent of the prescriptions exceeded the recommended days supplied, the analysis concluded … Interventions tailored to dentists, such as pharmacist-delivered audits of prescriptions and mandatory … queries of the state prescription drug monitoring program, are needed to help curtail excessive opioid

97. New AHRQ Reports Highlight Seniors’ Struggles with Opioids | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/seniors-struggles-with-opioids.html
    September 01, 2018 - AHRQ indicates that in 2015 and 2016, nearly 4 million seniors, on average, filled four or more opioid prescriptions … Nearly 10 million filled at least one opioid prescription in those years. … The new report measuring prescription opioid use among seniors in the noninstitutionalized population … , meanwhile, estimated that nearly 1 in 5 senior adults, on average, filled at least one opioid prescription … in 2015 and 2016 and that 7 percent of seniors filled 4 or more opioid prescriptions, which the report

98. Multiple Chronic Conditions Chartbook: 2010 MEPS Data
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    January 01, 2010 - Data Highlight People with multiple chronic conditions account for the majority of clinician visits, prescriptions … insurance companies. s, Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2010 Average Annual Number of Prescriptions … Chronic Conditions – 2010 Source: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, 2010 Average Annual Spending on Prescriptions

99. Figure 4: Medication Reconciliation Upon Discharge: High Level Process Map After Redesign (Text Description) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
    www.ahrq.gov/es/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/figure-4txt.html
    July 01, 2022 - Following that is: Prescription(s)/Home Medications (outpatient) with space to record current and … past prescriptions. … Physician updates prescription/home medications to reflect new discharge medication list. … Prescription/home medication information remains stored in the current folder and is available for review … provides reminders and section for physician to highlight changes to prior medications and document new prescription

100. Figure 4: Medication Reconciliation Upon Discharge: High Level Process Map After Redesign (Text Description) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/match/figure-4txt.html
     July 01, 2022 - Following that is: Prescription(s)/Home Medications (outpatient) with space to record current and … past prescriptions. … Physician updates prescription/home medications to reflect new discharge medication list. … Prescription/home medication information remains stored in the current folder and is available for review … provides reminders and section for physician to highlight changes to prior medications and document new prescription