The challenge of safer prescribing

Eight principles for safer opioid prescribing.

Deaths from prescription medications have been at a crisis level for several years [1]. Evidence as to the etiology of deaths has been slowly accumulating [2]. Unfortunately, the evidence has not led to a national reversal of this tragic trend. It is unclear what percent of all the decedents are people who received opioids for pain vs people who died after ingesting diverted drugs. What is clea...

Safer , Faster , Better ? Evaluating Electronic Prescribing

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Electronic Prescribing Systems: Making It Safer to Take Your Medicine?

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Inappropriate prescribing practices: the challenge and opportunity for patient safety.

Adverse clinical events related to inappropriate prescribing practices are an important threat to patient safety. Avoidance of inappropriate prescribing in community settings, where the majority of prescriptions are written, offers a major area of opportunity to improve quality of care and outcomes. Electronic medication order entry systems, with automated clinical risk screening and online ale...

Making tumor necrosis factor blockers safer: a prescriber's consumptive challenge.