Analysis of overridden alerts in a drug-drug interaction detection system

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 400-405

  Mille, Frédéric ^a,b   Schwartz, Céline ^a   Brion, Francoise ^a   Fontan, Jean Eudes ^e   Bourdon, Olivier ^a   Degoulet, Patrice ^b   Jaulent, Marie Christine ^b,c,d  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

Author keywords

Alert relevance; Clinical decision support systems; Drug drug interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICATION ERROR; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

DRUG INTERACTIONS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 56749179766     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzn038     Document Type: Article

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