Don't fuel the fire: Decreasing intravenous haloperidol use in high risk patients via a customized electronic alert

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1109-1112

  Pell, Jonathan Michael ^a   Cheung, Dora ^b   Jones, Michael A ^b   Cumbler, Ethan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CUSTOMIZED ELECTRONIC ALERT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; QTC INTERVAL; RISK REDUCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REMINDER SYSTEM; RISK; TRENDS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; OFF-LABEL USE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RISK;

EID: 84902030760     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002777     Document Type: Article

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