Overrides of medication-related clinical decision support alerts in outpatients

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 487-491

  Nanji, Karen C ^a,b,c   Slight, Sarah P ^b,d   Seger, Diane L ^c   Cho, Insook ^b,d,e   Fiskio, Julie M ^d   Redden, Lisa M ^c   Volk, Lynn A ^c   Bates, David W ^b,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; CONSENSUS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG FORMULARY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; POLYPHARMACY; ALERT FATIGUE; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DRUG THERAPY; DRUG INTERACTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEANINGFUL USE CRITERIA; PHYSICIAN; PRODUCTIVITY; REMINDER SYSTEM; SAFETY;

ALERT FATIGUE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; MEANINGFUL USE; SAFETY;

AMBULATORY CARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; PHYSICIANS; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901849989     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001813     Document Type: Article

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