Drug safety alert generation and overriding in a large Dutch university medical centre

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 941-947

  Van Der Sijs, Heleen ^a   Mulder, Alexandra ^a   Van Gelder, Teun ^a   Aarts, Jos ^a   Berg, Marc ^a   Vulto, Arnold ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alert; Computer assisted; Computerized physician order entry; Drug therapy; Error; Override; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; NETHERLANDS; OVERDOSE; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70450193832     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1800     Document Type: Article

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