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201. Statistical Brief #35: Trends in Anitbiotic Use Among U.S. Children Aged 0 to 4 Years, 1996-2000 (pdf file)
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st35/stat35.pdf
     January 01, 2000 - • The average number of antibiotic prescriptions decreased from 1.42 prescriptions per child in … 1996 to 0.78 prescriptions per child in 2000 … The average number of antibiotic prescriptions also declined from 1.42 prescriptions per child in 1996 … prescriptions per child in 1996 to 2.06 prescriptions per child by 2000. … Source: Center for Financing, Access, one antibiotic prescription during the year, 1996 to 2000 47.9

202. E-Prescribing Impact on Patient Safety, Use, and Cost | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/e-prescribing-impact-patient-safety-use-and-cost
     January 01, 2023 - Approximately 7.4 million filled prescriptions, over 212,000 of which were e-prescriptions, were included … Over 35,000 clinicians and over 1.5 million patients were identified with a filled prescription claim … Of these 1,198 clinicians wrote one or more e-prescription that was filled by 64,749 patients. … Early results also indicated that patients getting e-prescriptions had less severe potential drug-drug … Primary medication non-adherence: analysis of 195,930 electronic prescriptions.

203. Pharmacist outpatient prescription review in the emergency department: a pediatric tertiary hospital experience. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacist-outpatient-prescription-review-emergency-department-pediatric-tertiary-hospital
     March 15, 2016 - Study Pharmacist outpatient prescription review in the emergency department: a pediatric … Pharmacist Outpatient Prescription Review in the Emergency Department: A Pediatric Tertiary Hospital … In this study, pharmacists in a pediatric emergency department (ED) reviewed all discharge prescriptions … Over a 1-year period, pharmacists intervened rarely (0.25% of prescriptions), averted 10 incidents of … November 22, 2017 Pediatric emergency department discharge prescriptions requiring pharmacy

204. Enabling Electronic Prescribing and Enhanced Management of Controlled Medications - 2012 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enabling-electronic-prescribing-and-enhanced-management-controlled-medications/annual-summary/2012
     January 01, 2012 - project developed and tested a data interface between the e-prescribing system and the Massachusetts Prescription … Develop and test the interfacing of this e-prescribing system with the Massachusetts PMP to monitor prescription … improved and in many cases the prescription was ready when the patient arrived at the pharmacy. … for controlled substances (e.g., incorrect drug or dose was prescribed, prescription altered, or reported … lost and required replacing), but not others (counterfeit prescription was discovered).

205. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44188/psn-pdf
     June 03, 2015 - The fate of pediatric prescriptions in community pharmacies. … The fate of pediatric prescriptions in community pharmacies. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fate-pediatric-prescriptions-community-pharmacies The need for weight-based … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/fate-pediatric-prescriptions-community-pharmacies https://psnet.ahrq.gov

206. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841773/psn-pdf
     December 21, 2022 - issue/inappropriate-prescribing-opioids-patients-undergoing-surgery Safe prescribing dictates that prescriptions … Using claims data, this analysis identified a high rate of opioid prescriptions written for and filled … by the spouses of patients undergoing outpatient surgery (who may be unable to fill prescriptions themselves

207. How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription errors? | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-do-community-pharmacies-recover-e-prescription-errors
     November 04, 2014 - How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription errors? … How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription errors? … September 1, 2021 Impact of CancelRx on discontinuation of controlled substance prescriptions … January 7, 2015 Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of … December 31, 2014 The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing

208. 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

209. 3 Tk2 T3-Sample Monthly Summary Reports Final (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T3-Sample_Monthly_Summary_Reports_Final.docx
     October 01, 2016 - Sample Monthly Summary Reports The monthly summary report can provide an overview of prescription rates … For example, a nursing home may wish to omit repeat prescriptions for the same infection, or to track … these prescriptions separately. … ] [Antibiotic Name] [Antibiotic Name] [Antibiotic Name] Jan In each cell, enter the number of prescriptions

210. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/853612/psn-pdf
     September 20, 2023 - Pharmacy e-prescription dispensing before and after CancelRx implementation. … Pharmacy e-prescription dispensing before and after CancelRx implementation. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacy-e-prescription-dispensing-and-after-cancelrx-implementation Previous … After CancelRx implementation, the proportion of e-prescriptions sold after discontinuation in the EHR … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-cancelrx-discontinuation-controlled-substance-prescriptions-interrupted-time-series

211. STATISTICAL BRIEF #372: Trends in Anticonvulsants Utilization and Expenditures for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 1999 and 2009
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st372/stat372.shtml
     June 01, 2012 - From 1999 to 2009, utilization of outpatient prescription anticonvulsants increased from 54.2 million … prescriptions to 106.5 million prescriptions. … obtaining at least one prescription, total expenditures, and total number of prescriptions, as well … versus 40.0 million prescriptions. … Total number of prescriptions for anticonvulsants, 1999 and 2009 Total prescriptions (in millions

212. Closing the Communication Gap Between Prescribers and Pharmacists to Decrease Medication Safety Risks | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/closing-communication-gap-between-prescribers-and-pharmacists
     January 01, 2023 - orders between electronic health records and pharmacies, showed an immediate and persistent reduction in prescriptions … a patient’s medication, the prescription change is updated in the provider’s electronic health record … always reflected in a pharmacy’s medication list for the patient, which can lead to erroneously filling prescriptions … The tool allows pharmacists to have patients’ current prescription information and notifies them when … a provider discontinues a patient’s prescription.

213. 3 Tk2 T3-Sample Monthly Summary Reports Final (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T3-Sample_Monthly_Summary_Reports_Final.pdf
     October 01, 2016 - Sample Monthly Summary Reports The monthly summary report can provide an overview of prescription rates … For example, a nursing home may wish to omit repeat prescriptions for the same infection, or to track … these prescriptions separately. … Antibiotic Name] [Antibiotic Name] [Antibiotic Name] Jan In each cell, enter the number of prescriptions

214. MEPS_SB529_FINAL (pdf file)
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st529/stat529.pdf
     April 01, 2020 - Only prescriptions purchased or obtained in an outpatient setting (retail and mail-order prescribed … ), oxycodone (26.8 million prescriptions), tramadol (21.6 million prescriptions), codeine (6.1 million … prescriptions), and morphine (4.5 million prescriptions). … Refills, as well as original prescriptions, are included in expense and utilization estimates. … prescription opioids, U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized adult population, 2017 Outpatient Prescriptions

215. Understanding CancelRX: Impact on Clinical Workflows, Medication Safety Risks, and Patient Outcomes | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/understanding-cancelrx-impact-clinical-workflows-medication-safety-risks-and
     January 01, 2023 - Research Story The implementation of the CancelRx standard reduces the numbers of prescriptions … Thus, a gap remains when prescriptions are printed, when prescriptions are reconciled from outside sources … The use of CancelRx resulted in a statistically significant reduction in the number of prescriptions … Pharmacy e-prescription dispensing before and after CancelRx implementation. … a provider discontinues a patient’s prescription.

216. E-prescribing and adverse drug events: an observational study of the Medicare Part D population with diabetes. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/e-prescribing-and-adverse-drug-events-observational-study-medicare-part-d-population-diabetes
     September 30, 2015 - their medications were prescribed electronically, compared to those receiving fewer or no electronic prescriptions … August 1, 2018 Quality and variability of patient directions in electronic prescriptions … June 25, 2018 Analysis of prescribers' notes in electronic prescriptions in ambulatory … May 8, 2017 Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory

217. CDC guideline for opioid prescribing associated with reduced dispensing to certain patients with chronic pain. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-opioid-prescribing-associated-reduced-dispensing-certain-patients-chronic-pain
     October 13, 2018 - Misuse of prescription opioids represents a serious patient safety issue. … number of days supplied, and the percentage of patients receiving concurrent opioid/benzodiazepine prescriptions … April 27, 2022 Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents … September 30, 2020 Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring … program cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions.

218. 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

219. Prescribing Patterns of Preferred or Formulary Medications (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/prescribing-patterns-of-preferred-or-formulary-medications-quick-reference-guide.pdf
     April 01, 2009 - After implementation of this functionality, Zoloft® prescriptions decreased from 4.7 to 2.4 percent … of total selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) prescriptions (from 1,042 to 738 total Zoloft … ® prescriptions).4 Researchers in an urban academic medical center implemented decision support for … Compared with the control group, the prescription ratio for high­cost drug classes was 17.5 percent … The tier 2 prescription rate decreased by 5.2 percent (95% CI, −5.9 to −4.5 percent) in the intervention

220. Physicians failed to write flawless prescriptions when computerized physician order entry system crashed. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physicians-failed-write-flawless-prescriptions-when-computerized-physician-order-entry-system
     January 21, 2015 - Study Physicians failed to write flawless prescriptions when computerized physician … Physicians Failed to Write Flawless Prescriptions When Computerized Physician Order Entry System Crashed … The authors suggest implementation of standalone electronic prescription software so that back-up computerized … Physicians Failed to Write Flawless Prescriptions When Computerized Physician Order Entry System Crashed … January 31, 2018 Differences of reasons for alert overrides on contraindicated co-prescriptions