A prescription is a written order to provide instructions regarding patient medications by the physician. Prescription include directions for pharmacist dispense medication, administration of drugs. Patient demographics and prescriber details are legal requirements writing. An observational study was conducted data collection forms were used collect information from patient. Confidentiality mai...

INTRODUCTION To ensure safe, effective and rational prescribing by tomorrow's doctors it is important to assess the prescribing skills of today's medical students. The aim of this study was to assess the prescribing skills of MBBS preclinical students of a Teaching Hospital. METHODS First and second year medical students were given different sets of common clinical scenarios and asked to writ...

OBJECTIVES To compare prevalence and types of dispensing errors and pharmacists' labelling enhancements, for prescriptions transmitted electronically versus paper prescriptions. DESIGN Naturalistic stepped wedge study. SETTING 15 English community pharmacies. INTERVENTION Electronic transmission of prescriptions between prescriber and pharmacy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Prevalence of labell...

BACKGROUND Prescribing is a complex task with potential for many types of error to occur. Despite the introduction of a standard national medication chart for Australian hospital inpatients in 2006, simple prescribing errors are common. AIM To compare the effect of quality improvement initiatives on the rate of simple prescribing errors. DESIGN A prospective, multisite comparison of prescri...

INTRODUCTION Prescription errors threaten patient safety and pharmacists often contact providers for prescription clarification. This study describes the principal reasons pharmacies call primary care practices to clarify prescriptions and subsequent implications for quality and patient safety improvement. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 22 primary care practices participating in a patient...