Topic: Prescription Drugs

Other Research & Data

• Alabama Medicaid Agency
• American College of Physicians
• Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
• Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
• Connecticut Department of Social Services
• Consumers Union
• Georgia Hospitals Improve Medication Reconciliation Process
• Georgia QIO Uses AHRQ DVD and Brochure to Educate Medicare Patients About Safe Use of Blood Thinners
• Maryland Hospitals Revise Medication Reconciliation Process as a Result of Participating in an AHRQ Project
• Massachusetts Hospital Improves Medication Reconciliation With AHRQ Toolkit
• Massachusetts Medicaid Office of Clinical Affairs
• Medication Reconciliation-Indiana
• Medication Reconciliation-Kentucky
• Medication Reconciliation-Missouri, Part 1
• Medication Reconciliation-Missouri, Part 2
• Medication Reconciliation-Nebraska
• Medication Reconciliation-New Jersey, Part 1
• Medication Reconciliation-New Jersey, Part 2
• Medication Reconciliation-New Jersey, Part 3
• Medication Reconciliation-New York
• Medication Reconciliation-Texas
• Michigan Providers Improve Medication Reconciliation Process
• Missouri Hospitals Improve Medication Reconciliation Process
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• Omnicare, Inc.
• Oregon Department of Human Services
• Primary Health Care Centers Use AHRQ Materials to Help Patients Use Blood Thinners Safely
• Two Indiana Facilities Revise Their Medication Reconciliation Process as a Result of Participating in an AHRQ Project
• VCU Health Systems Clinic Uses AHRQ DVD and Brochures to Educate Patients About Safe Use of Blood Thinners

Other News & Events

• Benefits under the Affordable Care Act would have reduced out-of-pocket expenses
• Computerized clinical decision support may promote contraceptive counseling for women prescribed teratogenic medications
• Drug discontinuation effects are not limited to psychoactive drugs, but may be important for cardiovascular drugs as well
• Including FDA hotline in print drug ads has small effect on adverse event reporting by consumers
• Many Federal drug risk alerts fail to achieve the recommended changes in prescribing
• Medicare Part D reduces out-of-pocket costs and modestly boosts prescription volume
• More than a quarter of patients do not fill prescriptions for new medications
• Prescription of antidepressants for children and adolescents by office-based physicians is typically done off-label
• Seniors learn some things from prescription drug advertisements, but can also be misled