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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45763/psn-pdf
    December 19, 2017 - Expanded pharmacy technician roles: accepting verbal prescriptions and communicating prescription transfers … Expanded pharmacy technician roles: Accepting verbal prescriptions and communicating prescription transfers … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/expanded-pharmacy-technician-roles-accepting-verbal-prescriptions-and- … This commentary discusses the role of pharmacy technicians in managing verbal prescriptions and ensuring … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/expanded-pharmacy-technician-roles-accepting-verbal-prescriptions-and-communicating

  2. Statistical Brief #168: Trends in Outpatient Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures, 1997 and 2004 (pdf file)

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st168/stat168.pdf
    April 01, 2007 - 2 billion prescriptions (1.9 billion) to approximately 3 billion prescriptions (2.9 billion). … For those persons with a prescription medicine purchase in 1997 and 2004, the average number of prescriptions … for persons age 65 and older increased from 21.9 to 30.8 prescriptions, and the average number of … prescriptions for persons under age 65 increased from 8.8 to 12.6 prescriptions. … per person in 1997 (11.1 prescriptions) to 16.0 prescriptions in 2004.

  3. Antipsychotic and Antidepressant Use and Expenses in the United States Between 2013 and 2018 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/data/visualizations/prescription-antidepressants.html
    March 01, 2022 - Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Purchasing One or More Antidepressant or Antipsychotic Prescriptions … by Select Sociodemographic Characteristics, 2013 and 2018   Antidepressant and Antipsychotic Prescriptions … for antidepressants or antipsychotics, prescriptions filled, and amounts spent on antidepressants or … Select Total by Prescription or Antidepressants Deep Dive. … For Total by Prescription, select antidepressants or antipsychotics.

  4. The Impact of Personal Digital Assistant Devices on Medication Safety in Primary Care (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol3/Galt.pdf
    January 01, 2005 - Each control group physician was provided prescription pads with carbon copy prescription backs. … for each physician against the date the prescriptions were written. … prescriptions over time. … 0 0.3 Wrong route of drug administration on prescription * 43% of prescriptions were generated … • Prescription generation – the time need to write and print the prescription using the PDA.

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39692/psn-pdf
    July 21, 2010 - An unintended consequence of electronic prescriptions: prevalence and impact of internal discrepancies … An unintended consequence of electronic prescriptions: prevalence and impact of internal discrepancies … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unintended-consequence-electronic-prescriptions-prevalence-and-impact- … internal-discrepancies Electronic prescriptions offer significant safety advantages in the outpatient … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/unintended-consequence-electronic-prescriptions-prevalence-and-impact-internal-discrepancies

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43179/psn-pdf
    July 28, 2014 - The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements … The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-electronic-transmission-prescriptions-dispensing-errors-and-prescription … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-electronic-transmission-prescriptions-dispensing-errors-and-prescription-enhancements … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-electronic-transmission-prescriptions-dispensing-errors-and-prescription-enhancements

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42968/psn-pdf
    February 26, 2014 - label: prevalence and description of discrepancies from a cross-sectional evaluation of electronic prescriptions … In the outpatient setting, use of electronic prescriptions is growing thanks to studies demonstrating … This study analyzed the frequency of unintended discrepancies in e-prescriptions from three primary … care clinics by comparing the prescription information in the prescribing physician's note with the … and between e-prescriptions and the medication dispensed.

  8. Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: how common? | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacologically-inappropriate-prescriptions-elderly-patients-general-practice-how-common
    March 08, 2023 - Study Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general … Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: How common? … Baseline data from The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study. … Pharmacologically inappropriate prescriptions for elderly patients in general practice: How common? … Baseline data from The Prescription Peer Academic Detailing (Rx-PAD) study.

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38450/psn-pdf
    March 04, 2009 - Variability in pharmacy interpretations of physician prescriptions. … Variability in pharmacy interpretations of physician prescriptions. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/variability-pharmacy-interpretations-physician-prescriptions This study … discovered variability in pharmacists' interpretation of physician prescriptions, raising concerns … /issue/literacy-and-misunderstanding-prescription-drug-labels

  10. Incidence and variables associated with inconsistencies in opioid prescribing at hospital discharge and its associated adverse drug outcomes. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-variables-associated-inconsistencies-opioid-prescribing-hospital-discharge-and
    April 29, 2018 - Harms related to prescription opioid use are an ongoing patient safety challenge. … , and 80% of those prescriptions were among patients discharged from a surgical unit . … Opioid-related medication errors were more common in handwritten discharge prescriptions compared to … electronic prescriptions; electronic prescriptions were associated with a 69% lower risk of opioid-related … cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions.

  11. The impact of electronic communication of medication discontinuation (CancelRx) on medication safety: a pilot study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-electronic-communication-medication-discontinuation-cancelrx-medication-safety-pilot
    December 07, 2022 - Researchers found that CancelRx did result in the unintentional cancellation of some prescriptions and … December 7, 2022 Impact of CancelRx on discontinuation of controlled substance prescriptions … November 2, 2022 View More Related Resources Pharmacy e-prescription … November 14, 2018 The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing … errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge

  12. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38745/psn-pdf
    July 01, 2009 - Errors and omissions in hospital prescriptions: a survey of prescription writing in a hospital. … Errors and omissions in hospital prescriptions: a survey of prescription writing in a hospital. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-and-omissions-hospital-prescriptions-survey-prescription-writing-hospital … In this study conducted at an Italian university hospital, nearly one in five prescriptions were either … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-and-omissions-hospital-prescriptions-survey-prescription-writing-hospital

  13. Table 19. Utilization of outpatient health services by health status. All project sites. Fiscal year 2010. | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/practiceimprovement/delivery-initiative/ihs/chap5tab19.html
    December 01, 2017 - visits 39,153 0.1 8,611 0.2 7,152 0.2 4,098 0.3 3,054 0.2 11,665 0.2 Prescriptions … d The number of prescriptions is the annual number of dispensed prescriptions for medications and supplies … The number of prescriptions and the number of prescriptions per person are based on active users in 12

  14. Impact of Office-Based E-Prescribing on Prescribing Processes and Outcomes - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/impact-office-based-e-prescribing-prescribing-processes-and-outcomes/annual-summary/2011
    January 01, 2011 - Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing), which allows prescribers to write prescriptions electronically … Ninety-seven percent of respondents reported that they were able to send prescriptions electronically … least half of physicians said that their use of e-prescribing made it easier for them to take care of prescription … refills themselves, have staff take care of refills, batch process refills, write an initial prescription … those using e-prescribing for more than three years averaged 33 e-prescriptions per week.

  15. Opioid prescribing and adverse events in opioid-naive patients treated by emergency physicians versus family physicians: a population-based cohort study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-and-adverse-events-opioid-naive-patients-treated-emergency-physicians
    July 18, 2018 - This Canadian study found that patients who received new opioid prescriptions in the emergency department … were more likely to have subsequent opioid complications compared to patients who received new opioid prescriptions … prescribing for opioid-naive patients in emergency departments and other settings: characteristics of prescriptions … December 5, 2018 Incidence and predictors of opioid prescription at discharge after traumatic … March 13, 2015 National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency

  16. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39305/psn-pdf
    April 01, 2010 - Primary medication non-adherence: analysis of 195,930 electronic prescriptions. … Primary medication non-adherence: analysis of 195,930 electronic prescriptions. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/primary-medication-non-adherence-analysis-195930-electronic-prescriptions … In this analysis of nearly 200,000 electronic prescriptions, more than 20% were not filled by the patient … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/primary-medication-non-adherence-analysis-195930-electronic-prescriptions

  17. Measures of Impact for BLUES project (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/Karen_Fox_IQHIT_Q4_Measures_of_Impact_for_BLUES_Project.pdf
    June 16, 2021 - (1) Appropriate drug prescriptions; (2) Formulary compliance; (3) Patient compliance with medication … Timely refills of medication -% of patients receiving appropriate care for medication therapy -% of prescriptions … complying with formulary -% of prescriptions filled** -% of prescriptions filled timely* **Limited … only (not prints, faxes) -% of patients receiving appropriate care for medication therapy -% of prescriptions … complying with formulary -% of prescriptions filled** -% of prescriptions filled timely*

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73449/psn-pdf
    June 30, 2021 - Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents. … Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-and-emergency-department-opioid-prescriptions-adolescents … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-and-emergency-department-opioid-prescriptions-adolescents

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60967/psn-pdf
    September 30, 2020 - In the 12 months after implementation, there was a decrease in the rate of opioid prescriptions overall … , prescriptions exceeding three days, prescriptions exceeding prespecified morphine equivalent doses … , and non-formulary prescriptions.

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73656/psn-pdf
    September 01, 2021 - of US retail pharmacy data, 3.5% of US children and young adults were dispensed at least one opioid prescription … prior research, dentists and surgeons were the most frequent prescribers, writing 61% of all opiate prescriptions … guidelines-opioid-prescribing-children-and-adolescents-after-surgery-expert-panel-opinion https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-and-emergency-department-opioid-prescriptions-adolescents … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-opioid-prescriptions-dental-clinicians-us-adolescents-and-young-adults-subsequent … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outpatient-opioid-prescriptions-children-and-opioid-related-adverse-events
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