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441. Understanding human factors in patient safety when prescribing. | PSNet
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     June 15, 2022 - Prescription errors have the potential to cause harm to patients. … June 16, 2019 The fate of pediatric prescriptions in community pharmacies. … May 11, 2011 Pharmacy mixes up prescriptions.

442. The impact of language barriers on patient care: a pharmacy perspective. | PSNet
     psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-language-barriers-patient-care-pharmacy-perspective
     February 05, 2025 - May 27, 2020 Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring program … cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions. … May 24, 2015 Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency

443. Chui, Michelle Anne | Digital Healthcare Research
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     January 01, 2023 - Outpatient Setting Impact of CancelRx on discontinuation of controlled substance prescriptions … Impact of CancelRx on discontinuation of controlled substance prescriptions: an interrupted time series

444. Computer technology and clinical work: still waiting for Godot. | PSNet
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     October 19, 2022 - Reduce Missed and Delayed Diagnoses of Cancer July 31, 2023 Standardizing opioid prescriptions … February 13, 2019 A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing safety. … June 13, 2018 Pediatric emergency department discharge prescriptions requiring pharmacy

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

446. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - RW: In the old days, when your doctor gave you a prescription on paper or the hospital faxed a prescription … And the numbers of prescriptions have gone up dramatically. … We're now into billions of prescriptions being filled, something like 4 billion prescriptions each year … on a spindle that were kept in a file somewhere, and you matched the prescription container prescription … number with the proper prescription.

447. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2010 - Nonetheless, it is estimated that 21% of handwritten prescriptions contain at least one prescription-writing … research has focused on dispensing errors, and investigators estimate that between 1.7% and 24% of prescriptions … When prescriptions are electronically prescribed, they cannot always be transmitted directly to the … Pharmacists are accustomed to correctly interpreting handwritten prescriptions. … only, in the remainder for both new prescriptions and refills.

448. The 2-Week Itch | PSNet
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     June 16, 2019 - She received a handwritten prescription for Zyrtec and Atarax. … With prescriptions for Zyprexa and Zyrtec there are many. … Therefore, including the purpose on prescriptions will reduce the likelihood of such name confusions. … Include purpose of medication on prescriptions. … Prescription errors. Legibility and drug name confusion.

449. Some health workers suffering from addiction steal drugs meant for patients. | PSNet
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     October 28, 2020 - November 1, 2023 California doctors alarmed as state links their opioid prescriptions … February 6, 2019 Doctors and dentists still flooding U.S. with opioid prescriptions.

450. AHRQ Grant Final Progress Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017149-veline-final-report-2011.pdf
     January 01, 2011 - within 28 days of the prescription written/transmission date suggests the prescription was filled by … and the filling of the prescription. … These results provide some insight on the prescription filling patterns of patients after new prescriptions … The starting and end dates for the prescriptions were bounded by the date of prescription entry in the … The numbers of prescriptions are fairly similar for the first two phases with fewer prescriptions completed

451. Patient Safety and Opioid Medications | PSNet
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     January 01, 2015 - Moreover, an analysis of new prescriptions of long-acting opioids for chronic noncancer pain showed … Because most opioids misused by patients originate from prescription medications, it is important, at … 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

452. E-Prescribing Impact on Patient Safety, Use, and Cost - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/e-prescribing-impact-patient-safety-use-and-cost/annual-summary/2009
     January 01, 2009 - with concurrent controls to evaluate the effects of e-prescribing on patient safety, use, and cost of prescription … Early results also indicated that patients getting e-prescriptions had less severe potential drug-drug … with concurrent controls to evaluate the effects of e-prescribing on patient safety, use, and cost of prescription … Cost E-prescriptions in the intervention group showed a 6.6 percent increase in the proportion of Tier … with a chronic condition had either a death or a hospitalization in the year following their first e-prescription

453. Skin-deep diagnosis: affective bias and zebra retreat complicating the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis. | PSNet
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     July 29, 2020 - January 27, 2019 Association of hydrocodone schedule change with opioid prescriptions … March 3, 2019 The effect of opioid prescribing guidelines on prescriptions by emergency

454. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
     psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49396/psn-pdf
     April 01, 2003 - She received a handwritten prescription for Zyrtec and Atarax. … With prescriptions for Zyprexa and Zyrtec there are many. … Therefore, including the purpose on prescriptions will reduce the likelihood of such name confusions … Include purpose of medication on prescriptions. … Prescription errors. Legibility and drug name confusion.

455. Ross S et al. 2005 "Effects of electronic prescribing on formulary compliance and generic drug utilization in the ambulatory care setting: a retrospective analysis of administrative claims data." | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/health-it-tools-and-resources/workflow-assessment-health-it-toolkit/research/ross-s-et-al-2005
     January 01, 2005 - supported previously reported research indicating reductions in calls both to and from pharmacies for prescription … provides drug and formulary information during the prescribing process as well as the capability to submit prescriptions … .system for e-prescribing for a mean of 2 years and 5 months, and had generated 90% (mean) of their prescriptions … practices indicated...the belief that e-prescribing made it easier for the office staff to complete new prescriptions

456. Reducing inappropriate polypharmacy: the process of deprescribing. | PSNet
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     September 23, 2020 - January 23, 2019 Expanded pharmacy technician roles: accepting verbal prescriptions and … communicating prescription transfers. … May 28, 2015 Language barriers to prescriptions for patients with limited English proficiency … October 4, 2011 Patient-centered approach for improving prescription drug warning labels … September 24, 2008 Prescription for Improving Patient Safety: Addressing Medication Errors

457. Pediatric Medication Prescribing Made Simpler and Safer (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/johnson-success-story.pdf
     June 16, 2021 - Web- based, allowing it to work with any of the available electronic prescribing tools that send prescriptions … system software specialists to collect impressions on the impact of STEPStools on dis- pensing of prescriptions … “From a pediatrician’s perspective, STEPStools makes writing prescriptions for medications that

458. Health Information Technology and Improving Medication Use - Final Report (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/u18hs016970-bates-final-report-2012.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - Electronic Prescribing in the Ambulatory Setting Electronic prescribing is defined as the writing of a prescription … electronic prescription (e-prescribing) errors. … • Errors introduced by ePrescribing: Each prescription with error underwent further detailed review … Data Sources: For all providers included in the study, we obtained electronic prescription downloads … Error rates were 10.7 per 100 prescriptions at baseline and 11.7 per 100 prescriptions at 1 year (p

459. Communication-Focused Technologies for Improving the Health of Young African-American Women: Appendix A—Online Risk Assessment Tool (pdf file)
     digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/AppendixA_Comm_Tech_For_AA_Women.pdf
     February 01, 2010 - any prescriptions for the following health issues? … prescriptions for the following health issues? … any prescriptions for the following health issues? … take any prescriptions for the following health issues? … open-ended number 4 How many times in the past year have you used an illegal drug or used a prescription

460. Enhancing Medication CPOE Safety and Quality by Indications-Based Prescribing | Digital Healthcare Research
     digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/enhancing-medication-cpoe-safety-and-quality-indications-based-prescribing
     January 01, 2023 - Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing safety. … However, if the patient has several prescriptions, they may confuse their medications. … If the indication was recorded in the CPOE, pharmacists would have more information about the prescription