“No generics, Doctor!” The perspective of general practitioners in two French regions
BMC Health Services Research, 2017 Background Generic medicines are essential to controlling health expenditures. Their market share is still small in France. The discourse and practices of prescribers may play a major role in their use.
Béatrice Riner +5 more
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Applying human factors principles to alert design increases efficiency and reduces prescribing errors in a scenario-based simulation [PDF]
, 2014 OBJECTIVE: To apply human factors engineering principles to improve alert interface design. We hypothesized that incorporating human factors principles into alerts would improve usability, reduce workload for prescribers, and reduce prescribing errors.
Chen, Siying +13 more
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The magnitude of prescribing medicines by brand names in a tertiary hospital, Mwanza, Tanzania
The Journal of Medicine Access, 2022 Background: Globally, one of the most common causes of irrational use of medicines is brand-name prescribing. The consequence of prescribing medicines using brand names is an economic burden on patients and society. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the magnitude of prescribing medicines by brand names in a tertiary hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania ...
Stanley Mwita +5 more
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The adverse effects of brand-name drug prescribing
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2012 Prescribing drugs by their brand name appears to be more prevalent than ever.[1][1] Is this good practice? In particular, is it good for the prescribing physician? The answer to both questions has to be a resounding no. It is bad practice and it is bad for the physician’s mind and soul.
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Prescriber's choice between brand name and generic medicines in Moscow primary care [PDF]
European Journal of Public Health, 2013 Background Irrational prescribing of expensive brand name drugs in presence of low-cost and effective generic substitutes in the market is usually related to the promotional efforts of pharmaceutical manufacturers and results in substantial increase of financial burden on patients and society.
S Gatsura, O Gatsura
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Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2016 Background: Evaluation of prescribing indicators by proper analysis of prescriptions under the guidelines of World Health Organization enables us to detect some of the common problems of prescribing.Methodology: This study was conducted on randomly ...
Manohar Pradhan, Mahesh Mathur
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Pharmacist prescribing: a cross-sectional survey of the views of pharmacists in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives: This study was carried out to: 1) explore the views of pharmacists in Nigeria on the extension of prescribing authority to them and determine their willingness to be prescribers 2) identify the potential facilitators and barriers to ...
Auta, Asa +3 more
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Occurrence of medication errors and comparison of manual and computerized prescription systems in public sector hospitals in Lahore, Pakistan. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The knowledge of medication errors is an essential prerequisite for better healthcare delivery. The present study investigated prescribing errors in prescriptions from outpatient departments (OPDs) and emergency wards of two public sector hospitals in ...
Muhammad Kashif Riaz +4 more
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Providing enhanced social interaction services for industry exhibitors at large medical conferences [PDF]
, 2010 Large medical conferences offer opportunities for participants to find industry exhibitors that offer products and services relevant to their professional interests.
Alani, Harith +5 more
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South African Family Practice, 2017 Background: It is generally accepted that doctors have illegible handwriting. The writer usually knows what is written, but other parties often have problems with reading and interpreting.
H Brits +5 more
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