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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st551/stat551.shtml
September 01, 2023 - The estimates only include prescriptions purchased or obtained in an outpatient
setting. … Average annual percentage of adults aged 65 and older who filled outpatient opioid 1 prescriptions in … Average annual percentage of adults aged 65 and older who filled outpatient opioid 1 prescriptions in … Average annual percentage of adults aged 65 and older who filled outpatient opioid 1 prescriptions in … Average annual percentage of adults aged 65 and older who filled outpatient opioid 1 prescriptions in
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/preventing-iatrogenic-overdose-review-emergency-department-opioid-related-adverse-drug-events
August 12, 2020 - January 11, 2023
Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents … 2021
Association between electronic medical record implementation of default opioid prescription … April 12, 2019
Emergency department contribution to the prescription opioid epidemic. … January 23, 2019
Incidence and predictors of opioid prescription at discharge after traumatic … September 29, 2017
National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.260_slideshow.ppt
February 01, 2012 - The physician reassured the patient that he didn’t need a paper prescription and could simply go to the … or prescription-related information from prescriber (physician, nurse practitioner, etc.) to pharmacy … , atenolol, a prescription intended for a different patient. … Brigham and Women’s safely dispenses prescriptions with SP Central Workflow. … Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of physician practices and pharmacies
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47579/psn-pdf
December 12, 2018 - A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing
safety. … A Prescription For Enhancing Electronic Prescribing Safety. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-enhancing-electronic-prescribing-safety
Although electronic … interaction alerts and inclusion of free-text notes that
contain inaccurate information within electronic prescriptions … They suggest including drug indications on prescriptions, ensuring a readily available
and accurate
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/AHRQ_Webinar_Aug_2009_Med_Mgmt.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Source: Alliance of States with Prescription Monitoring Programs, 1999
Challenges Unique to EPCS … 3,700M U.S. prescriptions2
• Prevalence of non-medical use of prescription
psychotherapeutics in … U.S. estimated at 7M
current users3
• Incidence of non-medical use of prescription
psychotherapeutics … of project is to develop and
test interfacing of the e-prescribing system with
the Massachusetts Prescription … allowing EPCS
– CA, MA, NY: laws allow for EPCS pending
DEA regulations
– FL law requires written prescription
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-reconciliation-geriatric-unit-impact-maintenance-post-hospitalization
December 01, 2021 - Medication reconciliation in the geriatric unit: impact on the maintenance of post-hospitalization prescriptions … Medication reconciliation in the geriatric unit: impact on the maintenance of post-hospitalization prescriptions … Medication reconciliation in the geriatric unit: impact on the maintenance of post-hospitalization prescriptions
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/NJ-EPAC%20Pilot%20Testing%20of%20Electronic%20Prescribing%20Standards_0.pdf
April 01, 2008 - The
deterministic simulation model considered four variants of basic prescription processes: new prescriptions … with traditional prescribing, new prescriptions with electronic prescribing, renewal prescriptions … and/or prescription renewals. … and 8% for renewal prescriptions. … with the other two,
which found matches for 9236 prescriptions (94.4%) and 9270 prescriptions (94.7%
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inappropriateness-medication-prescriptions-elderly-patients-primary-care-setting-systematic
February 14, 2024 - Review
Inappropriateness of medication prescriptions to elderly patients in the primary … Inappropriateness of medication prescriptions to elderly patients in the primary care setting: a systematic … Inappropriateness of medication prescriptions to elderly patients in the primary care setting: a systematic
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/sops/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/pharmsops-composites.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Our pharmacists tell patients important information about their new prescriptions. … We feel rushed when processing prescriptions. (negatively worded)
B12. … We have clear expectations about exchanging important prescription information across shifts. … We have standard procedures for communicating prescription information across shifts.
B14. … The status of problematic prescriptions is well communicated across shifts.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/arar-nh-et-al-2005
January 01, 2005 - Objective
To describe the effect of prescription data availability via an EMR on the content of patient-physician … , refill existing prescriptions, and check on the frequency and timing of patient refill requests; it … In this case, the EMR allowed for immediate renewal of a prescription and access to information regarding … In most cases, pharmacy procedures were discussed in conjunction with entering prescriptions." … and entering patients' new prescriptions and refills."
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescriptions-analysis-clinical-pharmacists-post-operative-period-4-year-prospective-study
August 04, 2021 - Study
Prescriptions analysis by clinical pharmacists in the post-operative period … Prescriptions analysis by clinical pharmacists in the post-operative period: a 4-year prospective study … Prescriptions analysis by clinical pharmacists in the post-operative period: a 4-year prospective study
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/improving-quality-written-prescriptions-general-hospital-influence-10-years-serial-audits-and
August 24, 2022 - Study
Improving the quality of written prescriptions in a general hospital: the influence … Improving the quality of written prescriptions in a general hospital: the influence of 10 years of serial … Improving the quality of written prescriptions in a general hospital: the influence of 10 years of serial
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psnet.ahrq.gov/print/pdf/node/867658
January 26, 2022 - 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 … Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions in adolescents. … patient-safety-events-involving-opioid-dose-stacking
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-and-emergency-department-opioid-prescriptions-adolescents
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/prescribing-patterns-of-cost-effective-drugs-quick-reference-guide.pdf
April 01, 2009 - Patterns of Cost-Effective Drugs
Prescribing Patterns of
CostEffective Drugs
Evaluating the costs of prescription … per
person in 2007 for a total of $202 billion in
medication expenditures.1 As prescription drug … The average cost per new
prescription was $4.16 lower (p= .02) in the
intervention group, and the … average cost for new and
refilled prescriptions was $4.99 lower (p=.01). … Further, the 6month savings from new prescriptions
and their refills were estimated to be $3,450 (95%
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/discrepancies-between-prescribed-and-actual-pediatric-home-parenteral-nutrition-solutions
November 11, 2009 - The authors recommend routine reconciliation of home parenteral nutrition compounds with prescriptions … October 19, 2022
Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory … 2018
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Related Resources
Machine learning in medication prescription … February 6, 2019
Assessment of emergency department antibiotic discharge prescription … April 25, 2018
The proportion of errors in medical prescriptions and their executions
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/responsible-e-prescribing-needs-e-discontinuation
July 10, 2017 - E-prescribing is a key strategy to improve medication safety by addressing illegible prescriptions, … problems associated with this unintended consequence and suggests that enabling electronic cancellation of prescriptions … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-opioid-prescribing-patterns-and-abuse-ophthalmology
April 12, 2019 - Analyzing Medicare data, this study found that most ophthalmologists wrote fewer than 10 opioid prescriptions … per year, but a small group, concentrated in the Southern states, wrote more than 100 prescriptions … View More
Related Resources
Association of household opioid availability and prescription … August 15, 2018
Outpatient opioid prescriptions for children and opioid-related adverse
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st541/stat541.shtml
March 01, 2022 - This Statistical Brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid
medications … The estimates only include prescriptions
purchased or obtained in an outpatient setting. … Average annual percentages of elderly adults who filled outpatient
opioid 1 prescriptions … Average annual percentages of elderly adults who filled outpatient
opioid 1 prescriptions … Average annual percentages of elderly adults who filled outpatient
opioid 1 prescriptions
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st356/stat356.shtml
February 01, 2012 - dermatological agents decreased from 75.8 million prescriptions to 45.0 million prescriptions. … From 1999 and 2008, the inflation adjusted average cost per purchase of a prescription dermatological … Breaking down total prescription drug costs into therapeutic classes and subclasses provides decision … persons obtaining at least one prescription, total expenditures, and total number of prescriptions, … for dermatological agents (from 75.8 million to 45.0 million prescriptions).
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/analyses.html
November 01, 2022 - Physician Networks and Potentially Inappropriate Opioid Prescriptions . J Addict Dis . … The Impact of the Abuse-Deterrent Reformulation of Extended-Release OxyContin on Prescription Pain Reliever … December 2019. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2019.106268
Price elasticity of demand for buprenorphine/naloxone prescriptions