To facilitate the future implementation of an electronic prescribing system, this case study modeled prescription management processes in various primary care settings. The Vanderbilt e-prescribing design team conducted initial interviews with clinic managers, physicians and nurses, and then represented the sequences of steps carried out to complete prescriptions in activity diagrams. The diagr...

UNLABELLED Prevalence of generalised anxiety disorders is widespread in Great Britain. Previous small-scale research has shown variations in minor tranquiliser prescribing, identifying several potential predictors of prescribing volume. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the relationship between general practice minor tranquiliser prescribing rates and practice population and general p...

BACKGROUND There is limited knowledge of the key determinants of antimicrobial prescribing behavior (APB) in hospitals. An understanding of these determinants is required for the successful design, adoption, and implementation of quality improvement interventions in antimicrobial stewardship programs. METHODS Qualitative semistructured interviews were conducted with doctors (n = 10), pharmaci...

BACKGROUND Rates of depression and anxiety in south Asian populations are lower than expected. It remains uncertain whether this reflects a real difference in prevalence or differences in case recognition and management. OBJECTIVE To examine whether concordance of culture or ethnicity between doctors and patients affects the prescribing rates for antidepressant and anxiolytic medications in g...

General practice prescribing costs have risen rapidly in recent years, and there are wide variations between practices in rates and costs of prescribing. Setting general practice prescribing budgets with a capitation based formula seems to offer a solution to these problems. However, capitation based formulas may unfairly penalise legitimate variations and increases in prescribing costs. We the...

INTRODUCTION Prescribing intravenous (IV) fluid therapy is a core skill expected of qualified doctors at the point of graduation, but medical graduates often feel ill-equipped to perform this task. This lack of preparedness contributes to treatment-related patient harm. This scoping review maps the current state of published evidence about how junior doctors prescribe IV fluid therapy and learn...

BACKGROUND Prescribing is a core activity for general practitioners, yet significant variation in the quality of prescribing has been reported. This suggests there may be room for improvement in the application of the current best research evidence. There has been substantial investment in technologies and interventions to address this issue, but effect sizes so far have been small to moderate....

Objective To look for evidence of a relation between antibiotic resistance and prescribing by general practitioners by analysis of prescribing at both practice and individual patient level. Design Repeated cross-sectional study in 1995 and 1996. Setting 28 general practices in the Ninewells Hospital laboratory catchment area, Tayside, Scotland. Subjects reviewed 8833 patients registered with th...

OBJECTIVE To develop a weighted capitation formula for setting target allocations for prescribing expenditures for health authorities and primary care groups in England. DESIGN Regression analysis relating prescribing costs to the demographic, morbidity, and mortality composition of practice lists. SETTING 8500 general practices in England. SUBJECTS Data from the 1991 census were attribut...

PURPOSE To identify the prescribing patterns of gerontological nurse practitioners (GNPs) as reported on the Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Practice Profile. Specifically, the study examined (a) GNPs' frequency of prescribing certain categories of medications for older adults; (b) the influence of practice, education, and experience variables on prescribing practices of GNPs; and (c) the rat...