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  1. Use of Multiple Concurrent Antipsychotics in Children (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-126-fullreport.pdf
    May 01, 2018 - Atypical antipsychotics doubled their share of all psychotropic medication prescriptions among privately … insured youth between 1997 and 2000, from 2.4 percent of all psychotropic prescriptions to 5.1 percent … Atypical antipsychotics have the greatest mean prescription cost ($132) of any psychotropic medication … However, prescriptions for antipsychotics increased each year from 2002 to 2007 (Children’s Hospital … Racial disparities in antipsychotic prescription patterns for patients with schizophrenia.

  2. Preparing for and Recovering After Hip or Knee Replacement Surgery (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/booklets/hip-knee-surgery-booklet.pdf
    November 01, 2023 - You can also ask your pharmacist to print out a list of your prescription medications. … Let us know if you or anyone in your family has an addiction to drugs, including prescription medications … for any medications you need at home Prescriptions can be filled while you are in the hospital. … Before You Go Home, Make Sure You Have: F Prescriptions for any new medications. … Before You Go Home, Make Sure You Have: F Prescriptions for any new medications.

  3. Using Social Knowledge Networking (SKN) Technology To Enable Meaningful Use of EHR Technology - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024335-rangachari-final-report-2018.pdf
    January 01, 2018 - Surescripts is an IT company that supports e-prescription, the electronic transmission of prescriptions … At AU Health, it was determined that 90% of patients fill their prescriptions at pharmacies that participate … use of the EHR system by providers, to obtain a current medication list, for reconciling with new prescriptions … from the patient upon arrival, to formulate the current medication list, for reconciliation with new prescriptions

  4. Bringing Quality Measurement to the Point of Care - Final Report (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r18hs017059-wu-final-report-2010.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - denominator must be located within the smart form and the intervention must be documented as counseling, a prescription … Most had had previous experience using automated chart documentation (70.2%), orders of prescriptions … Reviewing laboratory and radiology tests 33.5% Applying clinical practice guidelines 29.2% Writing prescriptions … Keeping medication lists updated 80.1 12.8 7.0 Keeping problem lists updated 80.0 9.4 10.6 Renewing prescriptions … patients based on diagnosis or history 77.4 5.6 17.0 Documenting physical exams 73.8 20.0 6.1 Writing prescriptions

  5. Neonatal and Maternal Hospital Stays Related to Substance Use, 2006-2012 (pdf file)

    hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb193-Neonatal-Maternal-Hospitalizations-Substance-Use.pdf
    November 01, 2014 - However, it is thought that many of these cases involve maternal use of prescription or illegal opiates … 2000 to 3.4 per 1,000 births in 2009.5 This paralleled an overall 300 percent increase in sales of prescription … Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers—United States,1999–2008. … STATISTICAL BRIEF #193 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/2/e540.full#T2 2 prescription … Illicit drug use was defined as the use of illegal drugs or misuse of prescription drugs or other substances

  6. Slide 1

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/chartbooks/careaffordability/qdr2015-chartbook-careaffordability.pptx
    August 01, 2016 - Expenditures on hospitals and physicians rose an average of 2% per year while expenditures on prescription … The five largest components of national health expenditures were hospital, physician and clinical, prescription … 1635.6209150326797 1633.9805825242718 1677.170418006431 1709.2356687898091 1738.9240506329113 1798.74213836478 Prescription … 2,739 Physician and Clinical 1,421 1,474 1,523 1,572 1,575 1,628 1,636 1,634 1,677 1,709 1,739 1,799 Prescription

  7. Final Progress Report: Improving Safety After Hospitalization in Older Persons on High-Risk Medications (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/gurwitz2-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - insulin and ability to draw up and inject Describes refill process • Assesses for barriers to filling prescriptions … At other times, the patient did not have access to all of their prescription or over-the-counter medications … they were discharged on the same day of the intervention visit and had not yet picked up their new prescriptions … Medication reconciliation and the ability to see firsthand all the patient’s medications (both prescription … Literacy and misunderstanding prescription drug labels.

  8. #14 SUBSTANCE ABUSE (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/14_substanceabuse_potential_high_impact_june_2012.pdf
    January 01, 2012 - play games to fight off cravings, set weekly pledges to remain smoke-free, receive information on prescription … Pharmacotherapy for Opioid Dependency  Key Facts: Opioid abuse is one of the most common forms of prescription … play games to fight off cravings, set weekly pledges to remain smoke-free, receive information on prescription … Prescription drugs: abuse and addiction. [internet]. … aID=3037864 http://www.nida.nih.gov/researchreports/prescription/prescription7.html http://www.nida.nih.gov

  9. In Conversation with… Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD (hon) | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-michael-cohen-rph-ms-scd-hon
    April 01, 2006 - When I was about 10, I started doing odd jobs there, like delivering prescriptions on my bicycle. … to usually the right people, and propose the kinds of changes we like to see for over-the-counter or prescription … Pharmacists are comfortable participants in the patient safety movement in matters pertaining to prescriptions … visual identifiers and bar codes to avoid human error.( 1 ) Several different pharmacists may check the prescription

  10. Engaging patients in medication reconciliation via a patient portal following hospital discharge. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/engaging-patients-medication-reconciliation-patient-portal-following-hospital-discharge
    February 03, 2011 - February 26, 2025 Association between potentially inappropriate medications prescription

  11. Families as partners in hospital error and adverse event surveillance. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/families-partners-hospital-error-and-adverse-event-surveillance
    December 19, 2018 - June 28, 2017 Prescription opioid exposures among children and adolescents in the United

  12. Vital signs: improving antibiotic use among hospitalized patients. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/vital-signs-improving-antibiotic-use-among-hospitalized-patients
    February 27, 2019 - November 17, 2011 Vital signs: overdoses of prescription opioid pain relievers- United

  13. Concordance with urgent referral guidelines in patients presenting with any of six ‘alarm’ features of possible cancer: a retrospective cohort study using linked primary care records. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/concordance-urgent-referral-guidelines-patients-presenting-any-six-alarm-features-possible
    February 17, 2021 - November 17, 2021 Influence of opioid prescription policy on overdoses and related adverse

  14. Clinical reasoning education at US medical schools: results from a national survey of internal medicine clerkship directors. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinical-reasoning-education-us-medical-schools-results-national-survey-internal-medicine
    October 12, 2022 - substance prescribing errors in a pediatric teaching hospital: an analysis of the safety of analgesic prescription

  15. Experience of hospital-initiated medication changes in older people with multimorbidity: a multicentre mixed-methods study embedded in the OPtimising thERapy to prevent Avoidable hospital admissions in Multimorbid older people (OPERAM) trial. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/experience-hospital-initiated-medication-changes-older-people-multimorbidity-multicentre
    August 18, 2021 - June 16, 2021 Drug-drug interactions and prescription appropriateness at hospital discharge

  16. Potential safety gaps in order entry and automated drug alerts: a nationwide survey of VA physician self-reported practices with computerized order entry. | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potential-safety-gaps-order-entry-and-automated-drug-alerts-nationwide-survey-va-physician
    March 10, 2011 - November 28, 2018 Physicians' perspectives regarding prescription drug monitoring program

  17. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33771/psn-pdf
    August 22, 2014 - in 4829 serious permanent injuries and 2587 deaths.(6) Physicians write approximately 3.6 billion prescriptions … prescribing errors that have potential for patient injury is 3%, that's about 108,000 potentially harmful prescription … Trends in outpatient prescription drug use and related costs in the US: 1998–2003.

  18. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49648/psn-pdf
    March 01, 2012 - improved rapidly over 48 hours and was discharged home (she lived with her daughter and grandson) with a prescription … The patient's daughter was able to get the prescription the same day and the patient began taking the … understanding discharge instructions, problems obtaining outpatient appointments, problems filling prescriptions

  19. Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide Implement, Monitor, & Sustain a Program (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/nhguide/3_TK1_T1-Gather-a-Team-updated.docx
    October 01, 2016 - An antibiotic prescription induces resistance at the individual level more than the group level.

  20. Sickle Cell Disease Technical Specifications (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-216-section-2-tech-specs.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Table 15-A: Parenteral broad-spectrum antibiotics Drug Class Prescription Aminoglycosides Amikacin
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