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Increasingly, researchers are examining ways to improve the quality and safety of drug prescribing. In this Scottish study, 33 primary care practices were assigned to implement three interventions to reduce high-risk prescribing of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and antiplatelet drugs: (1) a 1-hour educational program plus written materials, (2) financial incentives for performing chart reviews (about US$900 per physician), and (3) alerts on high-risk prescriptions in patients' electronic health records (EHRs). Specifically, these interventions were aimed at promoting use of gastroprotective drugs when NSAIDS or aspirin were prescribed to patients at high risk for gastrointestinal bleeding, and lowering NSAID prescribing to p…