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321. Preparing for Ambulatory Computerized Prescriber Order Entry by Evaluating Preimplementation Medication Errors (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol2/Devine.pdf
     July 01, 2003 - ,” was not included on the prescription. … Thus 1,500 prescriptions were evaluated in the preimplementation phase. … The method by which prescriptions were selected for evaluation was as follows. … Prescriptions transferred in from, or out to, outside pharmacies were excluded. … strips), prescriptions filled via medication vouchers or coupons, and voided prescriptions.

322. 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

323. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/40229/psn-pdf
     January 01, 2017 - Pharmacy mixes up prescriptions. February 20, 2011 Brushwood DB. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacy-mixes-prescriptions This article reports on a court case of a … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/pharmacy-mixes-prescriptions

324. 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

325. 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

326. 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

327. Statistical Brief #372: Trends in Anticonvulsants Utilization and Expenditures for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 1999 and 2009 (pdf file)
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st372/stat372.pdf
     June 01, 2012 - Analyzing down total prescription drug costs into therapeutic classes and subclasses provides decision … This Brief presents trends in utilization and expenditures for outpatient prescription anticonvulsants … obtaining at least one prescription, total expenditures, and total number of prescriptions, as well … million prescriptions to 106.5 million prescriptions … versus 40.0 million prescriptions.

328. 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

329. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     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

330. Impact of an evidence-based computerized decision support system on primary care prescription costs | AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research: Informing Improvement in Care Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
     digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/impact-evidence-based
     Impact of an evidence-based computerized decision support system on primary care prescription costs … Intervention:  Compared new prescription costs for providers using an electronic prescribing system with … control clinicians matched by pharmacy billed amount, number of patients treated, and number of new prescriptions … group, and the mean cost for new and refilled prescriptions was $4.99 lower (p=.01). … Six month savings for new prescriptions and their refills was estimated as $3,450 per clinician.

331. 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.

332. Enabling Electronic Prescribing and Enhanced Management of Controlled Medications (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/activity/r18hs017157-carrow-annual-summary-2012.pdf
     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).

333. STATISTICAL BRIEF #21: Trends in Outpatient Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures: 1997-2000
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st21/stat21.shtml
     January 01, 2003 - of prescriptions for persons age 65 and older was more than double the average number of prescriptions … increased from 1.9 to 2.2 billion prescriptions (Figure 5). … prescribed medicine purchase, the average annual utilization estimates increased from just over 11 prescriptions … per person in 1997 (11.1 prescriptions) to 12.5 prescriptions in 2000 (Figure 6). … Total Utilization of Outpatient Prescription Medicines, 1997-2000 1997 1998 1999 2000 Prescriptions

334. STATISTICAL BRIEF #21: Trends in Outpatient Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures: 1997-2000
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st21/draft/stat21.shtml
     January 01, 2003 - of prescriptions for persons age 65 and older was more than double the average number of prescriptions … increased from 1.9 to 2.2 billion prescriptions (Figure 5). … prescribed medicine purchase, the average annual utilization estimates increased from just over 11 prescriptions … per person in 1997 (11.1 prescriptions) to 12.5 prescriptions in 2000 (Figure 6). … Total Utilization of Outpatient Prescription Medicines, 1997-2000 1997 1998 1999 2000 Prescriptions

335. Stewardship-Facilitator-Guide (doc file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-facilitator-guide.docx
     June 01, 2021 - facility had especially high rates of fluoroquinolone prescriptions. … A documented this information for all of his prescriptions. … SAY: The antibiotic stewardship team sent out a newsletter showing the difference in prescription … Some facilities may only track prescriptions that have a duration of greater than 7 days. … training staff to discuss the risks and benefits of antibiotic therapy every time a new antibiotic prescription

336. 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

337. STATISTICAL BRIEF #400: Trends in Urinary Antispasmodics Utilization and Expenditures for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2000 and 2010
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st400/stat400.shtml
     January 01, 2013 - prescriptions to 16.1 million prescriptions. … Analyzing total prescription drug costs by therapeutic classes and subclasses provides decision makers … The Brief compares outpatient prescription urinary antispasmodics for 2000 and 2010, using the number … of persons obtaining at least one prescription, total expenditures, and total number of prescriptions … Total number of prescriptions for urinary antispasmodics, 2000 and 2010 Total prescriptions in

338. STATISTICAL BRIEF #400: Trends in Urinary Antispasmodics Utilization and Expenditures for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2000 and 2010
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st400/draft/stat400.shtml
     January 01, 2013 - prescriptions to 16.1 million prescriptions. … Analyzing total prescription drug costs by therapeutic classes and subclasses provides decision makers … The Brief compares outpatient prescription urinary antispasmodics for 2000 and 2010, using the number … of persons obtaining at least one prescription, total expenditures, and total number of prescriptions … Total number of prescriptions for urinary antispasmodics, 2000 and 2010 Total prescriptions in

339. 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.

340. 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