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221. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 05, 2021 - incidence-and-variables-associated-inconsistencies-opioid-prescribing- hospital-discharge-and Harms related to prescription … 2016, this cohort study found that nearly 50% of hospitalized patients were discharged with an opioid prescription … , 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

222. Comparison of the Total Number of People in the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Purchasing One or More Antidepressant or Antipsychotic Prescriptions by Select Sociodemographic Characteristics, 2013 and 2018 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2021 - Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Purchasing One or More Antidepressant or Antipsychotic Prescriptions … Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population Purchasing One or More Antidepressant or Antipsychotic Prescriptions … Only prescriptions obtained in an outpatient setting (retail and mail-order prescribed medicines) are … Refills as well as original prescriptions are included in utilization estimates. … Number of people obtaining one or more prescriptions for antidepressants, by age, 2013 and 2018

223. Determinants of physician use of an ambulatory prescription expert system | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
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     September 01, 2005 - Determinants of physician use of an ambulatory prescription expert system Authors:  Schectman … whether MD experience with and attitude towards computers is associated with adoption of ambulatory prescription … Intervention:  Installation of an electronic prescription writing system Evaluation Method:  Attitude … Description:  Commercially available prescription expert system called Practice Partner version 7.5 enabled … Some felt their patients preferred hand-written prescriptions.

224. Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory care visits, 2010–2011. | PSNet
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     November 12, 2014 - Study Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory care … Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among US Ambulatory Care Visits, 2010-2011. … More than 12% of all outpatient visits in the United States in 2010–2011 resulted in an antibiotic prescription … WebM&M commentary discusses catastrophic complications resulting from an inappropriate antibiotic prescription … January 15, 2025 Physicians' perspectives regarding prescription drug monitoring program

225. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     July 16, 2015 - Physicians failed to write flawless prescriptions when computerized physician order entry system crashed … Physicians Failed to Write Flawless Prescriptions When Computerized Physician Order Entry System Crashed … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physicians-failed-write-flawless-prescriptions-when-computerized-physician … The authors suggest implementation of standalone electronic prescription software so that back-up computerized … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physicians-failed-write-flawless-prescriptions-when-computerized-physician-order-entry-system

226. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 02, 2018 - Errors in electronic health record–based data query of statin prescriptions in patients with coronary … Errors in Electronic Health Record-Based Data Query of Statin Prescriptions in Patients With Coronary … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-electronic-health-record-based-data-query-statin-prescriptions-patients … The authors evaluated how their institution's EHR measured a common quality metric—statin prescription … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/errors-electronic-health-record-based-data-query-statin-prescriptions-patients-coronary

227. Christakis DA et al. 2001 "A randomized controlled trial of point-of-care evidence to improve the antibiotic prescribing practices for otitis media in children." | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - antibiotics for otitis media decreases the duration of therapy from 10 days and decreases the frequency of prescriptions … Proportion of prescriptions for otitis media that were for <10 days and frequency with which antibiotics … antibiotics for otitis media decreases the duration of therapy from 10 days and decreases the frequency of prescriptions … The system prints out a copy of the prescription, which providers sign." … which are entered by Workflow-Related Findings "During the baseline period, 50.7% of all prescriptions

228. Opioid Outpatient Prescriptions Expenses Among Adults, 2017 | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     June 01, 2020 - Home Data & Analytics Data Infographics Opioid Outpatient Prescriptions … Information Knowledgebase Data Sources Available from AHRQ Opioid Outpatient Prescriptions … Expenses Among Adults, 2017 Opioid Outpatient Prescriptions Expenses Among Adults, 2017 ( … Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids in the … https://www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/opioid-prescription-expenses.html  

229. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 07, 2016 - Potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions among cancer patients. … Potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions among cancer patients. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potential-drug-interactions-and-duplicate-prescriptions-among-cancer-patients … In a small number of cases, patients received duplicate prescriptions. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potential-drug-interactions-and-duplicate-prescriptions-among-cancer-patients

230. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 13, 2017 - The proportion of errors in medical prescriptions and their executions among hospitalized children before … The proportion of errors in medical prescriptions and their executions among hospitalized children before … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/proportion-errors-medical-prescriptions-and-their-executions-among- hospitalized-children-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/proportion-errors-medical-prescriptions-and-their-executions-among-hospitalized-children-and … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/proportion-errors-medical-prescriptions-and-their-executions-among-hospitalized-children-and

231. Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery. | PSNet
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     June 30, 2021 - Safe prescribing dictates that prescriptions should only be written for the patients who are intended … 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 … Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions … May 30, 2019 Inappropriate opioid prescription after surgery.

232. Errors in electronic health record–based data query of statin prescriptions in patients with coronary artery disease in a large, academic, multispecialty clinic practice. | PSNet
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     March 12, 2025 - Study Errors in electronic health record–based data query of statin prescriptions … Errors in Electronic Health Record-Based Data Query of Statin Prescriptions in Patients With Coronary … The authors evaluated how their institution's EHR measured a common quality metric—statin prescription … August 28, 2019 Physicians' perspectives regarding prescription drug monitoring program … 2015 Computerized physician order entry in the cardiac intensive care unit: effects on prescription

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

234. STATISTICAL BRIEF #529: Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids in the U.S. Adult Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2017
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     April 01, 2020 - The average annual total and out-of-pocket expense per person for all outpatient prescriptions among … ), 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

235. E-prescribing Impact on Patient Safety, Use and Cost (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - relative to a written prescription). … Any prescriptions filled during that time were matched with the original prescription to form a “co-exposure … received an e-prescription • Patients receiving e-prescriptions were slightly more likely to be … Patient characteristics Intervention Control Total Patients Ever got e-prescription Never got e-prescription … relative to before the first e-prescription.

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

237. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 09, 2017 - Analysis of prescribers' notes in electronic prescriptions in ambulatory practice. … Analysis of Prescribers' Notes in Electronic Prescriptions in Ambulatory Practice. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/analysis-prescribers-notes-electronic-prescriptions-ambulatory-practice … In this large cross-sectional study, researchers analyzed more than 26,000 electronic prescriptions … The authors outline recommended solutions based on the information most commonly included in prescription

238. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     May 15, 2013 - Clinical pharmacy interventions in paediatric electronic prescriptions. … Clinical pharmacy interventions in paediatric electronic prescriptions. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-pharmacy-interventions-paediatric-electronic-prescriptions Pharmacists … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-pharmacy-interventions-paediatric-electronic-prescriptions https

239. Study of Privately Insured Patients Shows Nearly One in Four Antibiotic Prescriptions Were Unnecessary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2019 - Study of Privately Insured Patients Shows Nearly One in Four Antibiotic Prescriptions Were Unnecessary … Today's Headlines Study of Privately Insured Patients Shows Nearly One in Four Antibiotic Prescriptions … Study of Privately Insured Patients Shows Nearly One in Four Antibiotic Prescriptions Were Unnecessary … Nearly one-quarter of the 15.5 million antibiotic prescriptions filled in 2016 by a population of … US national trends in pediatric deaths from prescription and illicit opioids, 1999–2016 .

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