An empirical model to estimate the potential impact of medication safety alerts on patient safety, health care utilization, and cost in ambulatory care

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1465-1473

  Weingart, Saul N ^a,c   Simchowitz, Brett ^a   Padolsky, Harper ^a,b   Isaac, Thomas ^a,c   Seger, Andrew C ^a,d,e   Massagli, Michael ^h   Davis, Roger B ^c   Weissman, Joel S ^f,g,i  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g OAAC   (United States)

^h PatientsLikeMe   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEVOFLOXACIN; LISINOPRIL; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; METOPROLOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; STEROID; TRIAMTERENE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DISABILITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; COST SAVINGS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG TOXICITY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349261202     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.252     Document Type: Article

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