Computerized prescribing alerts and group academic detailing to reduce the use of potentially inappropriate medications in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 963-968

  Simon, Steven R ^a   Smith, David H ^a,b   Feldstein, Adrianne C ^a,b   Perrin, Nancy ^a,b,c   Yang, Xiuhai ^a,b   Zhou, Yvonne ^b   Platt, Richard ^a   Soumerai, Stephen B ^a  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic detailing; Clinical decision support systems; Computerized provider order entry; Medication errors; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUSPIRONE; CARISOPRODOL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLURAZEPAM; IMIPRAMINE; INDOMETACIN; LORAZEPAM; METHOCARBAMOL; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; OXAZEPAM; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; PIROXICAM; SALSALATE; TEMAZEPAM; TRAZODONE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SPECIFICITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICATION ERROR; PRESCRIPTION; SEDATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33744922651     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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