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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription errors? | PSNet

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    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

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

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    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.

  5. California doctors alarmed as state links their opioid prescriptions to deaths. | PSNet

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    November 01, 2023 - Audiovisual California doctors alarmed as state links their opioid prescriptions … Citation Text: California doctors alarmed as state links their opioid prescriptions to deaths. … Citation Citation Text: California doctors alarmed as state links their opioid prescriptions

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. STATISTICAL BRIEF #372: Trends in Anticonvulsants Utilization and Expenditures for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 1999 and 2009

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    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

  9. 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.

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. CDC guideline for opioid prescribing associated with reduced dispensing to certain patients with chronic pain. | PSNet

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    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.

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73287/psn-pdf
    May 19, 2021 - Influence of opioid prescription policy on overdoses and related adverse effects in a primary care population … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/influence-opioid-prescription-policy-overdoses-and-related-adverse-effects … opioid overdose and adverse events, many states enacted policies limiting dose and duration of opioid prescriptions … there was a 78% decrease in adverse effects rates, particularly among patients with chronic opioid prescriptions … Statewide policies limiting dose and duration of opioid prescriptions may have positive results among

  14. 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

  15. Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency: a survey of pharmacies. | PSNet

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    September 23, 2020 - Study Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency … Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency: a survey of pharmacies … This study discovered that only half of surveyed pharmacies provide non-English prescription labels … Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency: a survey of pharmacies … May 24, 2015 The legibility of prescription medication labelling in Canada: moving from

  16. 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

  17. Understanding CancelRX: Impact on Clinical Workflows, Medication Safety Risks, and Patient Outcomes | Digital Healthcare Research

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    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.

  18. 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

  19. The (slowly) vanishing prescription pad. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/slowly-vanishing-prescription-pad
    April 08, 2019 - Commentary The (slowly) vanishing prescription pad. … The (slowly) vanishing prescription pad. … This perspective discusses the proliferation of electronic vs. paper-based prescriptions, as well as … The (slowly) vanishing prescription pad.

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45778/psn-pdf
    April 26, 2017 - outcomes of medication intervention using the screening tool of older persons potentially inappropriate prescriptions … Outcomes of Medication Intervention Using the Screening Tool of Older Persons Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions … medication recommendations based on the STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Persons potentially inappropriate Prescriptions … The prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescriptions remained lower in the group receiving the
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