Our other prescription drug problem.

Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescribing among privately insured US patients: ICD-10-CM based cross sectional study.

Chua KP, Fischer MA, Linder JA. BMJ. 2019;364:k5092.

The role of purple pens in learning to prescribe.

Kinston R, McCarville N, Hassell A. Clin Teach. 2019 Jan 7; [Epub ahead of print].

Evaluation of harm associated with high dose-range clinical decision support overrides in the intensive care unit.

Wong A, Rehr C, Seger DL, et al. Drug Saf. 2018 Dec 1; [Epub ahead of print].

FDA Safety Communication: use caution with implanted pumps for intrathecal administration of medicines for pain management.

MedWatch Safety Alert. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; November 14, 2018.

Prevalence of potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people in primary care and its association with hospital admission: longitudinal study.

Pérez T, Moriarty F, Wallace E, McDowell R, Redmond P, Fahey T. BMJ. 2018;363:k4524.

Effect of a pharmacist-led educational intervention on inappropriate medication prescriptions in older adults: the D-PRESCRIBE randomized clinical trial.

Martin P, Tamblyn R, Benedetti A, Ahmed S, Tannenbaum C. JAMA. 2018;320:1889-1898.

Health outcomes of deprescribing interventions among older residents in nursing homes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Kua CH, Mak VSL, Huey Lee SW. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2018 Dec 20; [Epub ahead of print].

A prescription for enhancing electronic prescribing safety.

Schiff G, Mirica MM, Dhavle AA, Galanter WL, Lambert B, Wright A. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37:1877-1883.

High-Alert Medication Learning Guides for Consumers.

Horsham, PA: Institute for Safe Medication Practices; 2018.  

Developing a learning health system: insights from a qualitative process evaluation of a pharmacist-led electronic audit and feedback intervention to improve medication safety in primary care.

Jeffries M, Keers RN, Phipps DL, et al. PLoS One. 2018;13:e0205419.

Patterns of dementia treatment and frank prescribing errors in older adults with Parkinson disease.

Mantri S, Fullard M, Gray SL, et al. JAMA Neurol. 2019;76:41-49.

2018 APSF Stoelting Conference Perioperative Medication Safety: Advancing Best Practices.

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. September 5–6, 2018; Royal Palms Resort and Spa, Phoenix, AZ.

Antimicrobial Stewardship.

Cunha CB, ed. Med Clin North Am. 2018;102:797-976.

Association of the use of a mandatory prescription drug monitoring program with prescribing practices for patients undergoing elective surgery.

Stucke RS, Kelly JL, Mathis KA, Hill MV, Barth RJ. JAMA Surg. 2018;153:1105-1110.

The prevalence of dose errors among paediatric patients in hospital wards with and without health information technology: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Gates PJ, Meyerson SA, Baysari MT, Westbrook JI. Drug Saf. 2018 Aug 16; [Epub ahead of print].

Interventions for postsurgical opioid prescribing: a systematic review.

Wetzel M, Hockenberry J, Raval MV. JAMA Surg. 2018;153:948-954.

Analysis of medication therapy discontinuation orders in new electronic prescriptions and opportunities for implementing CancelRx.

Yang Y, Ward-Charlerie S, Kashyap N, DeMayo R, Agresta T, Green J. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018;25:1516-1523.

Using EMR-enabled computerized decision support systems to reduce prescribing of potentially inappropriate medications: a narrative review.

Scott IA, Pillans PI, Barras M, Morris C. Ther Adv Drug Saf. 2018;9:559-573.

Prospective daily review of discharge medications by pharmacists: effects on measures of safety and efficiency.

Craynon R, Hager DR, Reed M, Pawola J, Rough SS. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2018;75:1486-1492.

Specifications of computerized provider order entry and clinical decision support systems for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review.

Rahimi R, Kazemi A, Moghaddasi H, Arjmandi Rafsanjani K, Bahoush G. Chemotherapy. 2018;63:162-171.