Impact of implementing alerts about medication black-box warnings in electronic health records

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-202

  Yu, Donghui Tony ^a,b   Seger, Diane L ^b   Lasser, Karen E ^e   Karson, Andrew S ^d   Fiskio, Julie M ^b   Seger, Andrew C ^a,b,c   Bates, David W ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

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

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alert; Drug safety; Drug disease interactions; Drug drug interactions; Drug laboratory interactions; Drug pregnancy interactions; Electronic prescribing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLACK BOX WARNINGS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BOSTON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG INFORMATION SERVICES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG LABELING; DRUG THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751679071     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2088     Document Type: Article

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