Indications‐based prescribing: A challenge for hospital prescribers

Good prescribing: better systems and prescribers needed.

Volume-adjusted antimicrobial prescribing rate: An automated method for identifying antimicrobial over-prescribers in ambulatory care

Assessing attitudes toward electronic prescribing adoption in primary care: a survey of prescribers and staff.

BACKGROUND Using survey instruments to assess physicians' attitudes toward electronic health record (EHR) adoption has been an ongoing area of research. No instrument has emerged for widespread use. OBJECTIVE We used a theoretically-based, 37-question survey instrument to assess attitudes toward electronic (e-) prescribing adoption in the context of an existing EHR. Our objective was to elici...

Benzodiazepine prescribing in a psychiatric hospital

There was no correlation between the occur rence or number of rapid tranquillisation events and patients' general dissatisfaction scores. Side-effects from potent antipsychotic drugs used in rapid tranquillisation incidents did not seem to influence dissatisfaction, although rapid tranquillisation was significantly associated with higher total side-effects over the patient stay. Within those gr...

Reducing Prescribing Errors in Paediatric Patients by Assessment and Feedback Targeted at Prescribers

Prescribing errors are the most common type of medical errors and can result in harm particularly in young children. Doctors were enrolled in a programme of written assessment in prescribing skills and individualized feedback. Pharmacists audited the impact. The setting was the paediatric wards and neonatal unit of a District General Hospital. 16 doctors were tested and received feedback. A tot...