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  1. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46664/psn-pdf
    December 22, 2018 - 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

  2. 2004 ASHP Leadership Conference on Pharmacy Practice Management Executive Summary: Improving patient care and medication safety. | PSNet

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    June 16, 2019 - February 21, 2018 Expanded pharmacy technician roles: accepting verbal prescriptions … and communicating prescription transfers. … May 28, 2015 Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency

  3. 3 Tk2 T1-Suggested Agenda For Meeting On Monitoring Final (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK2_T1-Suggested_Agenda_for_Meeting_on_Monitoring_Final.pdf
    October 01, 2016 - (b) Examples of moderately complex measures: (1) number of antibiotic prescriptions divided by the number … Examples: Percentage of antibiotic prescriptions, number of residents receiving antibiotics, number

  4. Reminder: pay attention to the appearance of your medicines. | PSNet

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    September 09, 2015 - This newsletter article describes an incident involving a patient who noticed that the tablets in her prescription … patients to avoid medication errors include being familiar with how their medicines look and checking prescriptions … Practitioners can help prevent these errors by counting and labeling prescriptions one at a time and

  5. e-Prescribing: characterisation of patient safety hazards in community pharmacies using a sociotechnical systems approach. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/e-prescribing-characterisation-patient-safety-hazards-community-pharmacies-using
    January 07, 2015 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription … January 7, 2015 How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription errors? … December 31, 2014 Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of … December 31, 2014 The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing … errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge

  6. Potentially inappropriate opioid prescribing, overdose, and mortality in Massachusetts, 2011–2015. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potentially-inappropriate-opioid-prescribing-overdose-and-mortality-massachusetts-2011-2015
    January 23, 2019 - October 17, 2011 Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … May 29, 2019 Physicians' perspectives regarding prescription drug monitoring program … August 8, 2018 Quality and variability of patient directions in electronic prescriptions

  7. Older adults' awareness of deprescribing: a population-based survey. | PSNet

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    June 22, 2009 - August 1, 2018 Quality and variability of patient directions in electronic prescriptions … July 27, 2016 Potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions among cancer patients … June 7, 2016 Prevalence of inappropriate antibiotic prescriptions among US ambulatory

  8. E-prescribing errors in community pharmacies: exploring consequences and contributing factors. | PSNet

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    January 07, 2015 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s) How do community pharmacies recover from e-prescription … September 1, 2021 Impact of CancelRx on discontinuation of controlled substance prescriptions … January 7, 2015 Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of … December 31, 2014 The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing … errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge

  9. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33824/psn-pdf
    January 01, 2016 - Moreover, an analysis of new prescriptions of long-acting opioids for chronic noncancer pain showed … such as less addiction potential or being tamper-resistant) may also have contributed to more liberal prescriptions … Similarly, the number of opioid prescriptions following low-risk surgical procedures increased between … The authors identified a steep decline in hydrocodone prescriptions and in overall dispensing of this … While a modest increase in other opioid medication prescriptions was seen, this effect did not approach

  10. SureScripts - Final Report (pdf file)

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    January 11, 2007 - a record for each prescription to be analyzed as it was transmitted via e-prescription to the participating … In most cases, the e-prescription order was changed and the prescription was ultimately dispensed to … In 10% of cases the prescription was not dispensed. … Pharmacy e- prescription processing should evolve toward eliminating the routine printing of e-prescriptions … processing of prescriptions.

  11. Maximizing the Effectiveness of E-Prescribing Between Physicians and Community Pharmacies (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/u18hs016394-lapane-final-report-2006.pdf
    January 01, 2006 - SureScripts created a de-identified Original Prescription File that contained a record for each prescription … Others believe prescription cost “doesn’t concern me.” … In most cases, the e-prescription order was changed and the prescription was ultimately dispensed … Pharmacy e-prescription processing should evolve toward eliminating the routine printing of e-prescriptions … processing of prescriptions.

  12. Methodology Report #12: Outpatient Prescription Drugs: Data Collection and Editing in the 1996 Medical Expenditure Survey (HC-010A) (pdf file)

    meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr12/mr12.pdf
    June 01, 2001 - • Prescriptions coded by national drug code (NDC), medication names, strength, and quantity dispensed … After 603 Round 3 prescriptions in MEPS were allocated to 1997, the final number of free samples for … In the first run, 512 HC prescription mentions were exactly matched to prescriptions reported for the … The procedure used to match HC prescription mentions for NSF households to PC prescriptions mirrors the … Of the remaining 64,187 prescriptions, 52.0 percent (33,394 prescriptions) were classified as 1996 drug

  13. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/41011/psn-pdf
    March 04, 2015 - 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.

  14. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46940/psn-pdf
    May 02, 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 … cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states-2016 https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/emergency-department-contribution-prescription-opioid-epidemic

  15. Responses to Additional Web Conference Questions (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/Q&A_Final.pdf
    August 27, 2009 - That 48% report that pharmacy did not receive prescription in a timely manner more than six times in … the past six months (i.e., by the time patient was ready to pick up, the prescription had not arrived … That 35% report that pharmacy called to confirm info on electronically sent prescription more than … E-prescribing is generally used to refer to electronic transmission of prescriptions in the ambulatory … Q: Is the DEA considering biometrics as an alternative to a token for signing the prescription?

  16. Clinical drug interactions in outpatients of a university hospital in Thailand. | PSNet

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    September 20, 2011 - The researchers studied 260 outpatients given pairs of prescriptions with a high potential for drug-drug … August 20, 2018 Prevention of prescription opioid misuse and projected overdose deaths … March 6, 2019 Potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions among cancer patients

  17. Rural Trial of Clinic Order Entry with Decision Support (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r01hs015413-samore-final-report-2008.pdf
    January 01, 2008 - The mean response to a corresponding statement about new prescriptions was 4.25. … Electronic prescription refills typically began with an “Rx Summary” page-view and new electronic prescriptions … of “new” prescriptions were “clinical-staff involved”. … The overall duration of clinical staff-involved prescriptions was longer than for provider-only prescriptions … 2) prescription of an unfamiliar drug; 3) prescription at higher dose; 4) prescription for a controlled

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/38323/psn-pdf
    April 27, 2010 - known safety concern, both with chemotherapy orders and with potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions … medication-safety-ambulatory-chemotherapy-setting https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potential-drug-interactions-and-duplicate-prescriptions-among-cancer-patients

  19. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46416/psn-pdf
    March 13, 2018 - prescribing for opioid-naive patients in emergency departments and other settings: characteristics of prescriptions … Prescribing for Opioid-Naive Patients in Emergency Departments and Other Settings: Characteristics of Prescriptions … hospital-prescribing-opioids-medicare-beneficiaries https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characteristics-initial-prescription-episodes-and-likelihood-long-term-opioid-use-united

  20. Building Implementation Toolsets for E-Prescribing (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/ahrq-rand_e-rxtoolset_020312comp.pdf
    December 01, 2011 - prescriptions). … Provider writes prescription 4. … Provider writes prescription 4. … Nurse faxes approved prescriptions to pharmacy or call pharmacy to authorize prescriptions † 10 … tracking renewal requests ○ e-prescription is unclear ○ Staff difficulty processing e-prescriptions
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