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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/associations-between-stopping-prescriptions-opioids-length-opioid-treatment-and-overdose-or
April 05, 2017 - Study
Classic
Associations between stopping prescriptions … Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid treatment, and overdose or … Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid treatment, and overdose or … November 4, 2020
Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring … program cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions.
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digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/health-it-costs-and-benefits-database/randomised-trial-monitoring
February 26, 2000 - study: Not Available Study Design: Randomized trial Outcomes: Depression scores, anti-depressant prescriptions … Evaluation Method: Blinded interviews by telephone 3 and 6 months after the initial prescription using … Visits, prescriptions, and healthcare use were assessed from computerized records. … Description: Computerized pharmacy records which included antidepressant dosage and repeat prescriptions … Changes in healthcare costs: Total depression treatment costs (including antidepressant prescriptions
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/policymakers/chipra/measure_retirement/measure_retirementapc.html
February 01, 2014 - for children age 2-18 as a percentage of total Medicaid expenditures for prescriptions for children … for ADHD medications among children age 6-12 (MAX)
Total expenditures for prescriptions for ADHD … for prescriptions for ADHD as percentage of Medicaid expenditures for prescriptions for children as … expenditures for prescriptions (total population <65) (MAX)
Expenditures for prescriptions for ADHD … all-payer) ambulatory ADHD visit expenditures (MEPS)
Medicaid as % of total (all-payer) expenditures for prescription
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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/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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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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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/June_2009_Webinar_Final%20(1).pdf
January 01, 2009 - “How do e-prescriptions compare with other methods
of receiving and processing prescription orders in … filled at other Pharmacies
• Prescriptions sent to Mail Order dispensing
• Prescriptions sent to “Specialty … SureScripts®
SureScripts®
Prescription Routing
Key Statistics:
• Prescriptions routed electronically … • In December 2008, the rate of prescriptions routed electronically, as a
percentage of prescriptions … All Other
“How do e-prescriptions compare with other methods of receiving and processing prescription
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www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - A
Antibiotic prescription with dose, duration, and indication documented
27 of 42 (64%) 8 of 8 (100% … Antibiotic starts: Number of new antibiotic prescriptions per month or per 100 (or 1,000) resident days … Number of antibiotic prescriptions for duration >7 days per month Tracks efforts to reduce excessive … length of prescriptions. … released
Residents and caregivers should be educated and involved in the care process with any new prescription
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/stewardship-slides.pptx
June 01, 2021 - A
Antibiotic prescription with dose, duration, and indication documented
27 of 42 (64%) 8 of 8 (100% … Antibiotic starts: Number of new antibiotic prescriptions per month or per 100 (or 1,000) resident days … Number of antibiotic prescriptions for duration >7 days per month Tracks efforts to reduce excessive … length of prescriptions. … released
Residents and caregivers should be educated and involved in the care process with any new prescription
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/QA_06232009.pdf
June 23, 2009 - Finally, prescriptions are sometimes contingent on other factors; for example, to be filled only if the … Rupp): Clearly, the improved legibility of e-prescriptions alone is a huge advance in inherent safety … when compared to hand-written prescriptions. … How are pharmacy systems ensuring a
correct patient match with incoming prescriptions? … Just as with legend prescriptions, some
controlled-drug prescriptions will still be delivered on paper
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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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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st505/draft/stat505.shtml
November 01, 2017 - Total outpatient prescription opioid purchases for adults totaled 152.8 million prescriptions with Hydrocodone … (61.7, 33.0, and 26.5 million prescriptions, respectively) in 2015. … ), Oxycodone (33.0 million prescriptions), Tramadol (26.5 million prescriptions) and Codeine (13.1 million … prescriptions). … Refills as well as original prescriptions are included in expense and utilization estimates.
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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/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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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st541/stat541.pdf
March 01, 2022 - This Statistical Brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid
medications that are … The estimates only include prescriptions purchased or obtained in an
outpatient setting. … Average annual percentages of elderly adults who filled
outpatient opioid1 prescriptions in 2018–2019 … Average annual percentages of elderly adults who filled
outpatient opioid1 prescriptions in 2018–2019 … Average annual percentages of elderly adults who filled
outpatient opioid1 prescriptions in 2018–2019
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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/st347/draft/stat347.shtml
November 01, 2011 - women decreased more than 70 percent, from 112.2 million prescriptions to 31.8 million prescriptions … , total number of prescriptions, and total number of adult women obtaining at least one prescription. … the years 2001 (112.2 million prescriptions) and 2002 (93.1 million prescriptions) and decreased 45 … percent when comparing 2001 (112.2 million prescriptions) and 2003 (61.3 million prescriptions). … to 31.8 million prescriptions) (figure 2).
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st347/stat347.shtml
November 01, 2011 - women decreased more than 70 percent, from 112.2 million prescriptions to 31.8 million prescriptions … , total number of prescriptions, and total number of adult women obtaining at least one prescription. … the years 2001 (112.2 million prescriptions) and 2002 (93.1 million prescriptions) and decreased 45 … percent when comparing 2001 (112.2 million prescriptions) and 2003 (61.3 million prescriptions). … to 31.8 million prescriptions) (figure 2).
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st347/stat347.pdf
November 01, 2011 - , total number of prescriptions, and
total number of adult women obtaining at least one prescription … prescriptions … comparing the years 2001 (112.2 million prescriptions) and 2002 (93.1 million
prescriptions) and decreased … 45 percent when comparing 2001 (112.2 million
prescriptions) and 2003 (61.3 million prescriptions). … to 31.8 million prescriptions) (figure 2).