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5661. Open Door Family Health Center, Inc.Managing the Hypertensive Patient – User’s Manual (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/resource/Helene_Kopal_IQHIT_Q6_HTN_Intervention_Users_Manual.pdf
      March 01, 2009 - Note that the strength, frequency, and other details of the prescription can be modified.

5662. Funnels and Quilts (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/page/2006Overhage_051711comp.pdf
      June 16, 2021 - Indiana Radiology partners American Health Netw ork Care Group LLC IUMG-PC IUMG-SC AHN Medicaid Prescription

5663. Procalcitonin Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/procalcitonin_executive.pdf
      October 01, 2012 - Outcome: Antibiotic use (duration of antibiotic therapy, prescription rate,a and total antibiotic exposureb … There is high strength of evidence that procalcitonin guidance reduces antibiotic duration and prescription … Absolute reduction in prescription rates ranged from -2 to -7 percent with relative reductions ranging … guidance for initiation and discontinuation of antibiotic therapy significantly reduced antibiotic prescription … Biomarkers in respiratory tract infections: diagnostic guides to antibiotic prescription, prognostic

5664. 047-Evidence-Behind-Decolonization-Strategies-Notes (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mrsa/047-evidence-behind-decolonization-strategies-notes.docx
      October 01, 2024 - An additional consideration is that unlike mupirocin, iodophor does not require a prescription for use … This can be advantageous in circumstances when obtaining provider prescription could be time consuming … Nevertheless, if mupirocin resistance increases or if prescription logistics are problematic, then iodophor … provides a valuable alternative as a non-prescription antiseptic.

5665. Treatment of Dementia Among Community-Dwelling and Institutionalized Medicare Beneficiaries (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/dementia-databases-methods_research.pdf
      May 01, 2008 - clinical effectiveness, safety, and appropriateness of health care items and services, particularly prescription … across settings, with 24.7% of dementia cases in the community and 26.3% of those in LTC receiving prescriptions … In the community, prescription fills are self-reported with a four-month recall (3 times a year). … For facility residents, medication prescriptions and administrations are extracted directly from the … only recognized dementia is used; however, it makes the data on medication use more valid in that prescription

5666. Understanding the AI Wave—What Is AI? | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/diagnostic-safety/resources/issue-briefs/dxsafety-ai-wave2.html
      July 01, 2025 - medication contraindication alert: an electronic health record might warn a provider that a new Warfarin prescription

5667. Participation by Primary Care Practices in Health Information Exchange in Colorado - 2009 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/participation-primary-care-practices-health-information-exchange-hie-colorado/annual-summary/2009
      January 01, 2009 - The ability to place non-prescription orders (e.g., laboratory tests, radiographic studies, and referrals

5668. Final Progress Report: UIC Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics Tools for Optimizing Prescribing, Monitoring and Education (TOP-MED) (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/lambert2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - A prescription for improving drug formulary decision-making. PLoS Med 9(5), 1-7. … Data from electronic prescription medication orders for diabetes were collected. … Relationship between leukotriene-modifying agent prescriptions dispensed and rate of suicide deaths … Beyond the prescription: medication monitoring and adverse drug events in older adults. … Computerized interventions to obtain indication information for inpatient prescriptions: A pilot study

5669. Implementation Guide: Factors to Consider in Managing Chronic Pain: A Pain Management Summary (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/implementation-guide.pdf
      December 01, 2018 - urine drug testing at least annually to assess for prescribed medications as well as other controlled prescription … Alpha then decides to review the local Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) database externally … Echo received prescriptions for this or other medications of concern from another medical professional … It is important for clinicians to know whether the calculated amount is based upon prescriptions from … They may need to be adjusted to support other use cases (e.g., integration with Computerized Prescription

5670. The Johns Hopkins Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Collaborative Studies and Implements Methods to Prevent Avoidable Cases of Hospital Associated VTE | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/innovation/johns-hopkins-venous-thromboembolism-vte-collaborative-studies-and-implements-methods
      June 19, 2024 - Defect-free care included receiving appropriate VTE prophylaxis care such as prescriptions and administration … performance feedback to surgical residents improves appropriate venous thromboembolism prophylaxis prescription … performance feedback to surgical residents improves appropriate venous thromboembolism prophylaxis prescription

5671. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836840/psn-pdf
      April 22, 2021 - Defect-free care included receiving appropriate VTE prophylaxis care such as prescriptions and administration … performance feedback to surgical residents improves appropriate venous thromboembolism prophylaxis prescription … performance feedback to surgical residents improves appropriate venous thromboembolism prophylaxis prescription

5672. Systematic Review on Treatments for Acute Pain: Surveillance Report 3 (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/main-apps-surv-report-3-acute-pain.pdf
      June 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

5673. Final Progress Report: Connected Emergency Care (CEC) Patient Safety Learning Lab (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2025-03/hinson-levin-report.pdf
      January 01, 2025 - reductions in inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, revealing racial and socioeconomic disparities in prescription … race, ethnicity, area deprivation index) and the likelihood of receiving an inappropriate antibiotic prescription … White patients were notably more likely to receive an inappropriate prescription compared to Black, … adjusted analyses showing that White patients had a 1.32 times higher likelihood of receiving such prescriptions

5674. In Conversation with Patricia Dykes about The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-patricia-dykes-about-ongoing-journey-prevent-patient-falls
      December 18, 2024 - weakness, agitation/confusion or impaired judgment, urinary incontinence/frequency, fall history, and prescription … If the patient had either of those diagnoses and did not have a prescription for a bone-strengthening … take that clinical decision support that we developed with ASPIRE and provide personalized exercise prescriptions … weakness, agitation/confusion or impaired judgement, urinary incontinence/frequency, fall history, and the prescription

5675. The Ongoing Journey to Prevent Patient Falls | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/ongoing-journey-prevent-patient-falls
      December 18, 2024 - weakness, agitation/confusion or impaired judgement, urinary incontinence/frequency, fall history, and the prescription … weakness, agitation/confusion or impaired judgment, urinary incontinence/frequency, fall history, and prescription … If the patient had either of those diagnoses and did not have a prescription for a bone-strengthening … take that clinical decision support that we developed with ASPIRE and provide personalized exercise prescriptions

5676. Slow Down: Right Drug, Wrong Formulation | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/slow-down-right-drug-wrong-formulation
      October 13, 2018 - Analysis of 4 million outpatient prescriptions. … Order Interrupted by Text: Multitasking Mishap December 1, 2011 Prescription

5677. Medication-Adherence-Interventions Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/medication-adherence-interventions_executive.pdf
      September 01, 2012 - adherence is relatively common.3,4 Studies have shown consistently that 20 to 30 percent of medication prescriptions … medications, either through reduced medication copayments or improved prescription drug coverage. … drug coveragea Unchanged prescription drug coverage 5 Benefit: moderate SOE Insufficient SOE … Diabetes96,98,100 Improved prescription drug coveragea Unchanged prescription drug coverage 3 Benefit … Prescription medicine compliance: review of the baseline of knowledge – report of the National Council

5678. Final Progress Report: Proactive Risk Reduction in Medication Prescribing in the Ambulatory Setting (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/field2-report.pdf
      January 01, 2024 - The most recent Slone survey of prescription medication use in 2005 found that 50% of adults over the … five or more.2 There was a strong age effect, with 80% of those age 65 and older reporting use of prescription … their physicians and staff communicate with them about their medications, communications about new prescriptions

5679. In Conversation With… Alison Holmes, MD, MPH | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-alison-holmes-md-mph
      March 01, 2014 - There's been lots of work around using delayed prescriptions. … It might be a prescription that can be used in 48 hours if the symptoms haven't gone away, or something … that can be written, or it's a non-prescription.

5680. Methodology Report #9: Design, Methods, and Field Results of the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Medical Provider Component (pdf file)
      meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/mr9/mr9.pdf
      May 01, 2000 - • Prescriptions coded by national drug code (NDC), medication names, strength, and quantity dispensed … demographic characteristics, residence history, health and functional status, use of services, use of prescription … A separate pharmacy component in MEPS that collected data from pharmacies on expenditures for prescription