1. Overrides of Medication Alerts in Ambulatory Care.
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Isaac, Thomas, Weissman, Joel S., Davis, Roger B., Massagli, Michael, Cyrulik, Adrienne, Sands, Daniel Z., and Weingart, Saul N.
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MEDICATION safety ,OUTPATIENT medical care ,MEDICAL prescriptions ,MULTIVARIATE analysis ,RESEARCH ,SAFETY - Abstract
The article presents a study which examines the overrides of medication safety alerts in ambulatory care. The study conducted a retrospective analysis of medication safety alerts that are generated by clinicians who used a common electronic prescribing system in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Multivariate techniques were also used to analyze the factors associated with the acceptance of medication alerts. Results of the study show that clinicians override most of these alerts because they may be inadequate to protect patient safety.
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- 2009
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