TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Prescription Writing Principles A1 - Hawkins, Kim A1 - Isaacs, Jill A1 - Knezevich, Emily A1 - Knezevich, Jon A2 - Chisholm-Burns, Marie A. A2 - Schwinghammer, Terry L. A2 - Malone, Patrick M. A2 - Kolesar, Jill M. A2 - Bookstaver, P. Brandon A2 - Lee, Kelly C. PY - 2022 T2 - Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice, 6e AB - Approximately 4 billion prescriptions are written and dispensed in the United States annually, with 80% of those prescribed digitally.1 This reflects a need for prescribers and dispensers to fully understand prescriptive privileges and rational prescribing.2 The following outlines principles of pharmacotherapy, including general considerations of prescribing, rational prescribing of medications, types of prescription orders, safe prescribing practices including the importance of handwriting and electronic prescribing, adverse event reporting, and medication education. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/09/20 UR - ppp.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187018599 ER -