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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38612/psn-pdf
    May 06, 2009 - substance prescribing errors in a pediatric teaching hospital: an analysis of the safety of analgesic prescription … substance prescribing errors in a pediatric teaching hospital: an analysis of the safety of analgesic prescription … This study evaluated the quality of analgesic prescriptions in patients being discharged from a pediatric … Most prescriptions contained at least one error, including frequent use of error-prone abbreviations … and failure to use weight-based dosing, and 3% of prescriptions were judged to have the potential for

  2. Intended and unintended consequences: changes in opioid prescribing practices for postsurgical, acute, and chronic pain indications following two policies in North Carolina, 2012-2018 - controlled and single-series interrupted time series analyses. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/intended-and-unintended-consequences-changes-opioid-prescribing-practices-postsurgical-acute
    August 10, 2022 - Further, new legislation to limit initial opioid prescriptions for acute and postsurgical pain led to … August 11, 2021 Prescription opioid use, misuse, and use disorders in U.S. adults: 2015 … October 13, 2018 Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring … program cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions. … December 16, 2020 State policies for prescription drug monitoring programs and adverse

  3. Use of an electronic clinical decision support system in primary care to assess inappropriate polypharmacy in young seniors with multimorbidity: observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/use-electronic-clinical-decision-support-system-primary-care-assess-inappropriate
    October 21, 2020 - This cross-sectional study from Spain reviewed prescriptions for 593 older adults aged 65-75 years with … The most frequently detected inappropriate prescriptions were for prolonged use of benzodiazepines (36% … Same Author(s) A machine learning-based clinical decision support system to identify prescriptions

  4. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60804/psn-pdf
    August 12, 2020 - pharmacist, who is responsible for obtaining the best possible medication history and preparing discharge prescriptions … surgical team improved the accuracy of medication histories, inpatient prescribing, and discharge prescriptions

  5. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837426/psn-pdf
    June 15, 2022 - This retrospective review of prescriptions from ten general practitioners in training in the United … Kingdom identified a high rate of prescribing errors (8.9% of prescriptions reviewed) and suboptimal

  6. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73964/psn-pdf
    October 13, 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

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60018/psn-pdf
    March 04, 2020 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2018-update-pediatric-medical-overuse-review https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outpatient-opioid-prescriptions-children-and-opioid-related-adverse-events … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outpatient-opioid-prescriptions-children-and-opioid-related-adverse-events

  8. Effective Use of e-Prescribing in Physician Practices and Pharmacies - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/effective-use-e-prescribing-physician-practices-and-pharmacies/annual-summary/2010
    January 01, 2010 - To gain the benefits from electronic transmission of prescriptions, both physician practices and pharmacies … interviews was to explore the effects of e-prescribing among users who electronically send or receive prescriptions … facilitators of and barriers to their use, and the effects of e-prescribing on pharmacies ability to process prescriptions … a second on physician practices’ and pharmacies’ experiences transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72568/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2021 - Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring program cumulatively decreased outpatient … opioid prescriptions. … opioid prescriptions. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/alternatives-opioid-education-and-prescription-drug-monitoring-program- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-evolution-and-evidence

  10. Effective Use of e-Prescribing in Physician Practices and Pharmacies - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research

    digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/effective-use-e-prescribing-physician-practices-and-pharmacies/annual-summary/2011
    January 01, 2011 - To gain the benefits from electronic transmission of prescriptions, both physician practices and pharmacies … team found that practices and pharmacies generally were satisfied with electronic transmission of new prescriptions … While e-prescribing reduced manual prescription entry, pharmacy staff frequently had to complete or edit … The research team concluded that electronic transmission of new prescriptions has matured but that barriers … to e-renewals, mail-order pharmacy connectivity, and pharmacy processing of e-prescriptions remain.

  11. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866438/psn-pdf
    August 07, 2024 - Using machine learning or deep learning models in a hospital setting to detect inappropriate prescriptions … Using machine learning or deep learning models in a hospital setting to detect inappropriate prescriptions

  12. Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized patients: a narrative review. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inappropriate-prescriptions-direct-oral-anticoagulants-doacs-hospitalized-patients-narrative
    November 21, 2018 - Review Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized … Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized patients: a narrative … Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized patients: a narrative

  13. Physicians' perspectives regarding prescription drug monitoring program use within the Department of Veterans Affairs: a multi-state qualitative study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physicians-perspectives-regarding-prescription-drug-monitoring-program-use-within-department
    February 17, 2017 - Study Physicians' perspectives regarding prescription drug monitoring program use … Physicians' Perspectives Regarding Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use Within the Department of … February 17, 2017 Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory … March 18, 2020 Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid … Related Resources Discrepancies in written versus calculated durations in opioid prescriptions

  14. Before you make that big decision... | PSNet

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    March 05, 2025 - March 5, 2025 A machine learning-based clinical decision support system to identify prescriptions … September 9, 2015 POPI (Pediatrics: Omission of Prescriptions and Inappropriate prescriptions

  15. Ambulatory prescribing errors among community-based providers in two states. | PSNet

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    July 10, 2008 - Nearly one in four prescriptions contained at least one error in dosing, frequency, or patient instructions … , and a startling proportion of prescriptions had illegibility errors as well. … label: prevalence and description of discrepancies from a cross-sectional evaluation of electronic prescriptions

  16. The effects of electronic prescribing by community-based providers on ambulatory medication safety. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effects-electronic-prescribing-community-based-providers-ambulatory-medication-safety
    March 04, 2015 - this study examined community-based primary care providers, who actually write the bulk of ambulatory prescriptions … prescribing errors immediately following CPOE implementation were low, with approximately 6 errors per 100 prescriptions … label: prevalence and description of discrepancies from a cross-sectional evaluation of electronic prescriptions

  17. Opioid prescribing patterns among medical providers in the United States, 2003-17: retrospective, observational study. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-patterns-among-medical-providers-united-states-2003-17-retrospective
    May 11, 2016 - Using data from a large, national private insurance provider including 134 million opioid prescription … In 2017, the top 1% of opioid providers prescribed 27% of all opioid prescriptions and accounted for … A large proportion of prescriptions written by high prescribing opioid providers exceeded guidelines … In contrast, the majority of prescriptions for the bottom 99% of prescribers met prescribing guidelines … May 17, 2017 Our other prescription drug problem.

  18. Emergency department contribution to the prescription opioid epidemic. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/emergency-department-contribution-prescription-opioid-epidemic
    June 21, 2016 - Study Classic Emergency department contribution to the prescription … Emergency Department Contribution to the Prescription Opioid Epidemic. … Emergency Department Contribution to the Prescription Opioid Epidemic. … View More Related Resources Adverse events and emergency department opioid prescriptions … April 22, 2015 National patterns of codeine prescriptions for children in the emergency

  19. Pharmacy clarification of prescriptions ordered in primary care: a report from the Applied Strategies for Improving Patient Safety (ASIPS) collaborative. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacy-clarification-prescriptions-ordered-primary-care-report-applied-strategies-improving
    March 28, 2011 - Commentary Pharmacy clarification of prescriptions ordered in primary care: a report … Pharmacy clarification of prescriptions ordered in primary care: a report from the Applied Strategies … Pharmacy clarification of prescriptions ordered in primary care: a report from the Applied Strategies … June 16, 2019 A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing safety.

  20. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845069/psn-pdf
    February 22, 2023 - How would final-year medical students perform if their skill-based prescription assessment was real … based prescription assessment was real life? Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2022;88(12):5202-5217. … cohort study conducted at one medical center in the Netherlands identified a high rate of errors in prescriptions … written by medical students (40% of all prescriptions). … The most common type of error was inadequate information in the prescription – such as not indicating
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