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401. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45796/psn-pdf
     June 29, 2017 - Characteristics of initial prescription episodes and likelihood of long-term opioid use—United States … Characteristics of Initial Prescription Episodes and Likelihood of Long-Term Opioid Use - United States … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characteristics-initial-prescription-episodes-and-likelihood-long-term-opioid … 700 mg morphine equivalent), provided prescriptions with longer duration (more than 10 days), or given … 3 or more prescriptions for opioids were most likely to continue to use opioid medications 1 year later

402. Increase in US medication-error deaths between 1983 and 1993. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/increase-us-medication-error-deaths-between-1983-and-1993
     March 14, 2022 - incidence of medication errors as the reported cause of death, in the face of an only 1.39-fold increase in prescriptions … 2011 Medication safety at the interface: evaluating risks associated with discharge prescriptions

403. A Patient Safety Program & Research Evaluation of U.S. Navy Pharmacy Refill Clinics (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol1/Reige.pdf
     March 01, 2004 - Technicians are capable of checking prescriptions as well as pharmacists. … Each prescription change saves the hospital $360 per year. … over a data collection period of 18 days for an average of 16 prescriptions per day (Table 1). … Neither of these locations renews more than 4–5 prescriptions per week. … Number of prescriptions renewed per day at Naval Hospital Bremerton and Figure 1.

404. Tool 5.1 Sample Workflow Diagrams | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/implementation-toolsets-e-prescribing/toolset-e-prescribing/tool-51-sample-workflow-diagrams
     January 01, 2023 - retrieves patient chart," "Staff returns patient chart to file storage," and "Patient receives one or more prescriptions … The other is the step "Patient receives one or more prescriptions." … This latter step connects to the final step, "Patient takes prescriptions to pharmacy" (oval), outside … The fifth step is "Prescriber passes chart and prescriptions to staff." … and ending with patient picking up prescription.

405. 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

406. Johnson K et al. 2006 "Case report: activity diagrams for integrating electronic prescribing tools into clinical workflow." | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/experience/johnson-k-et-al-2006
     January 01, 2006 - To facilitate the future implementation of an electronic prescribing system, this case study modeled prescription … managers, physicians and nurses, and then represented the sequence of steps carried out to complete prescriptions … Objective "To facilitate the future implementation of an electronic prescribing system [by modeling] prescription … prescribing (e-Rx) Workflow-Related Findings Two distinct workflows were found, one for prescription … Workflows also varied for new prescriptions and renewals.

407. Kuilboer MM et al. 2006 "Computed critiquing integrated into daily clinical practice affects physicians' behavior - a randomized clinical trial with AsthmaCritic." | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/kuilboer-mm-et-al-2006
     January 01, 2006 - practice; and, the average number of antihistamine, cromoglycate, deptropine, and oral bronchodilator prescriptions … peak-flow measurements, and the ratio of coded measurements increased, whereas the number of cromoglycate prescriptions … There was a "larger decrease in the average number of cromoglycate prescriptions in the [intervention

408. Identifying and quantifying medication errors: evaluation of rapidly discontinued medication orders submitted to a computerized physician order entry system. | PSNet
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     February 03, 2011 - Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … July 10, 2019 Quality and variability of patient directions in electronic prescriptions … incidence of medication documentation errors in a Swiss university hospital due to the handwritten prescription … 2014 Computerized physician order entry in the cardiac intensive care unit: effects on prescription … label: prevalence and description of discrepancies from a cross-sectional evaluation of electronic prescriptions

409. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45425/psn-pdf
     December 22, 2018 - In this study, investigators used a trigger tool approach and reviewed all antibiotic prescriptions … They found that antibiotic prescriptions with overridden alerts were associated with dosing errors.

410. 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

411. Health Information Technology Community Tracking | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Technology Community Tracking Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions … Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: experiences of physician practices and pharmacies

412. Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines and overdose: retrospective analysis. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-concurrent-use-prescription-opioids-and-benzodiazepines-and-overdose
     November 16, 2022 - Study Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines … Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines and overdose: retrospective … June 8, 2022 Errors in electronic health record–based data query of statin prescriptions … March 6, 2019 Patient-centered prescription opioid tapering in community outpatients … Effect of a Veterans Health Administration mandate to case review patients with opioid prescriptions

413. 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?

414. Improving Antibiotic Use is a Patient Safety Issue
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/implementing-stewardship-slides.pptx
     September 01, 2022 - treatment of common infectious disease syndromes seen in outpatient settings Identify sources of antibiotic prescription … Stewardship AHRQ Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use – Ambulatory Care Step 7: Monitor Antibiotic Prescription … You wrote 2 prescriptions out of 20 acute respiratory infection cases that did not warrant antibiotics … You wrote 5 prescriptions out of 20 acute respiratory infection cases that did not warrant antibiotics … Personalized prescription feedback using routinely collected data to reduce antibiotic use in primary

415. Research Findings #44: Retail Drug Prices, Out-of-Pocket Costs, and Discounts and Markups Relative to List Prices: Trends and Differences by Drug Type and Insurance Status, 2011 to 2016 (pdf file)
     meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/rf44/rf44.pdf
     October 01, 2019 - It examines trends in the percentages of outpatient prescriptions filled by specialty and patent status … First, we examine trends in the percentages of outpatient prescriptions filled with four types of drugs … From 2011 to 2016, the most notable changes were that the share of outpatient prescriptions filled with … Medicare Part D enrollees filled a smaller share of prescriptions with specialty drugs (1.6 percent) … Percentage of outpatient prescriptions filled with specialty, single source, originator, and generic

416. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43323/psn-pdf
     January 07, 2015 - To improve safety, the authors recommend developing systems to track abandoned prescriptions, offering … electronic health record and pharmacy computer systems to decrease manual entry, limit duplicated prescriptions … A past AHRQ WebM&M commentary describes how a nurse entered an outpatient prescription for the wrong

417. Guide to Improving Patient Safety in Primary Care Settings by Engaging Patients and Families | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
     www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/reports/engage/medlist.html
     October 01, 2022 - Studies show that 5 to 7 percent of prescriptions result in a medication error. … Almost half the people in the United States have used at least one prescription in the last 30 days, … unintentionally overdosing by taking both the generic and name brand medicines, are taking outdated prescriptions … , or are taking supplements that negatively interact with their prescription medicines.

418. From Pain Relief to Risk: A Case of Suspected Opioid Overdose in a Pediatric Patient | PSNet
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     October 04, 2023 - At this time, the patient’s prescription for pain control was changed from hydrocodone-acetaminophen … A hospital that implemented such an alert for opioid prescriptions with oral morphine equivalent doses … (OME) ≥90 mg, concomitant benzodiazepine prescription, or history of opioid use disorder, reported a … The CDC recommends that prescribers check state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data when … Identifying missed clinical opportunities in delivery of overdose prevention and naloxone prescription

419. Physician Use of Hand-held Computers for Drug Information and Prescribing (pdf file)
     www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety/vol4/Galt.pdf
     January 01, 2004 - electronically in the future.5 The PDA also provides a convenient means of generating a legible printed prescription … Accessing evidence-based information to improve medical decisionmaking at the point of care and improving prescription … The learning of new technology (the PDA) and its applications (prescription writing and drug information … Each subject was given a verbal order for prescriptions, and he or she had to generate a printed prescription … Physicians believed that improved accuracy and completeness of prescription information are related

420. Weingart SN et al. 2003 "Physicians' decisions to override computerized drug alerts in primary care." | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/weingart-sn-et-al-2003
     January 01, 2003 - They were more likely to override alerts for renewals compared with new prescriptions (OR, 17.74; 95% … Prescriptions for amoxicillin and a combination of amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium triggered 6 … In contrast, physicians overrode all 3 erythromycin allergy alerts triggered by prescriptions for azithromycin … "New prescriptions were less often written [after overriding an alert] than renewals (50.0% vs 89.6% … than for a new prescription (OR, 17.74; 95% CI, 5.60-56.18)."