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  1. Archived: Tobacco Use Prevention: Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-prevention-counseling-1996
    January 01, 1996 - A Patients who are interested in tobacco cessation The prescription of nicotine patches or gum … disfigurement had significantly higher smokeless tobacco cessation rates. 58 As adjuncts to counseling, the prescription … periods of time are associated with the greatest success in helping patients achieve abstinence. 47 The prescription … The prescription of nicotine products as adjuncts to counseling may facilitate cessation by relieving … Use of transdermal nicotine in a state-level prescription plan for the elderly: a first look at "real-world

  2. Ptoutcsurvey (doc file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/ptoutcsurvey.docx
    June 02, 2025 - Include prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any medicines you were already taking before … Include prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any medicines you were already taking before

  3. Final Progress Report: Medication Safety in Primary Care Practice Translating Research Into Practice (MS-TRIP) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/ornstein-report.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - the PP EHR include allergy, overdose by age, and drug-drug and drug-interaction alerts during the prescription-writing … A dose calculator may be invoked within the prescription writer and uses available patient data (gender

  4. Management of Insomnia Disorder in Adults: Current State of the Evidence (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/insomnia_clinician.pdf
    August 01, 2017 - insomnia symptoms, including sleep hygiene education, behavioral and psychological interventions, prescription … Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved several prescription drugs for insomnia, typically

  5. Medication Safety in Primary Care Practice Translating Research into Practice (MS-TRIP) (pdf file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017037-ornstein-final-report-2010.pdf
    January 01, 2010 - in the PP EHR include allergy, overdose by age, drug-drug and drug-interaction alerts during the prescription … A dose calculator may be invoked within the prescription writer and uses available patient data (gender

  6. Executive Summary_Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 254: Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-254-rural-telehealth-executive-summary.pdf
    December 01, 2022 - Understanding the rural-urban differences in nonmedical prescription opioid use and abuse in the United … Examining rural/urban differences in prescription opioid misuse among US adolescents.

  7. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)

    psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49678/psn-pdf
    March 01, 2013 - error—had called asking for a different antibiotic or antipyretic, there is little doubt that the new prescription … psnet.ahrq.gov//#references safeguard the child from receiving another erroneous and potentially dangerous prescription

  8. How Do I Evaluate Workflow? (ppt file)

    digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/workflowtoolkit/HowDoIEvaluateWorkflow.ppt
    December 18, 2021 - Results* Flows for different kinds of tests or normal vs. abnormal Ordering medications, including Prescription

  9. In Conversation with Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar about Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People Who Use Substances | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-elizabeth-salisbury-afshar-about-harm-reduction-strategies-improve-safety
    October 30, 2024 - The first wave was associated with prescription pain medications. … Baltimore City and then in Chicago, and neither of those cities saw high rates of overdose deaths from prescription … whether your organization will allow you to hand it out or if it has to go through a pharmacy as a prescription … Most people coming to see us are also getting a prescription for buprenorphine, so we co-prescribe naloxone … Safety for People Who Use Substances October 30, 2024 Introduction  The non-medical use of prescription

  10. Harm Reduction Strategies to Improve Safety for People Who Use Substances | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/harm-reduction-strategies-improve-safety-people-who-use-substances
    October 30, 2024 - tagged PubMedId RIS Download Citation Introduction  The non-medical use of prescription … The first wave was associated with prescription pain medications. … Baltimore City and then in Chicago, and neither of those cities saw high rates of overdose deaths from prescription … whether your organization will allow you to hand it out or if it has to go through a pharmacy as a prescription … Most people coming to see us are also getting a prescription for buprenorphine, so we co-prescribe naloxone

  11. Systematic Review on Treatments for Acute Pain: Surveillance Report 2 (pdf file)

    effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/main-apps-surv-report-2-acute-pain.pdf
    May 01, 2022 - pain or prescription refills: a prospective, surgeon-blinded, randomized, controlled trial. … Relationship between initial opioid prescription size and likelihood of refill after spine surgery. … Examining reduced opioid prescriptions after gynecologic laparoscopy: a randomized controlled trial … Larger initial opioid prescriptions following total joint arthroplasty are associated with greater … Supporting pharmacogenetic-guided opioid prescriptions for post-operative pain: the design, protocol

  12. Patient Outcome Survey (mailed version (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/patient-safety/settings/hospitals/red-toolkit/ptoutcsurvey.pdf
    June 02, 2025 - Include prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any medicines you were already taking … Include prescription and nonprescription medicines as well as any medicines you were already taking

  13. Screening for Depression in Adults | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    www.ahrq.gov/prevention/resources/depression/depsum1.html
    April 01, 2013 - Prescription of treatment was not assessed. … Rates of recognition of depression were similar in each group, but prescription of antidepressant medication

  14. Translating CAHPS Surveys (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/toolkits/translating-cahps-surveys.pdf
    January 17, 2017 - In the last 3 months, did you try to get information or help from your prescription drug plan’s … In the last 3 months, did you look for information from your drug plan about which prescription

  15. About the CAHPS® Health Literacy Item Set for Hospitals (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/item-sets/literacy/about_the_health_literacy_item_set_for_hospitals_911.pdf
    October 01, 2015 - Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion. … million people—have difficulty with common health-related tasks, such as following directions on a prescription

  16. Translating CAHPS Surveys (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/translating/translating-cahps-surveys.pdf
    January 17, 2017 - In the last 3 months, did you try to get information or help from your prescription drug plan’s … In the last 3 months, did you look for information from your drug plan about which prescription

  17. Gap Analysis for MRSA and SSI Prevention (Surgical Services) (pdf file)

    www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa-2/146-gap-analysis-surgical-services.pdf
    April 01, 2025 -  CHG given to patients at pre-op visit  Patients provided instructions/prescription to purchase at …  Given to patients at pre-op visit  Patients provided instruction/prescription to purchase at drugstore

  18. Archived: Breastfeeding: Counseling, July 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce

    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breastfeeding-counseling-2003
    July 01, 2003 - Some medications (prescription and non-prescription) are contraindicated or advised for use "with caution

  19. Medication Administration Errors | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/medication-administration-errors
    December 15, 2024 - Patients are often advised to double check their tablet color upon getting a new prescription refill. … If the prescription didn’t change, the tablet color shouldn’t either.

  20. One Dose, Two Errors | PSNet

    psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/one-dose-two-errors
    September 29, 2017 - Filice, MD Before addressing the elephant in the room—the prescription of a highly toxic medication … October 14, 2015 Incidence of prescription errors in patients discharged from the emergency
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