Clinical relevance of automated drug alerts from the perspective of medical providers

Clinical relevance of automated drug alerts from the perspective of medical providers
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DOI:
10.1177/1062860604273777
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发表时间:
2005-01-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Asch, S
Asch, S
中科院分区:
医学4区
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作者:
Spina, JR;Glassman, PA;Asch, S

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The authors used a real-time survey instrument and subsequent focus group among primary care clinicians at a large healthcare system to assess usefulness of automated drug alerts. Of 108 alerts encountered, 0.9% (n = 1) represented critical alerts, and 16% (n = 17) were significant drug interaction alerts. Sixty-one percent (n = 66) involved duplication of a medication or medication class. The rest (n = 24) involved topical medications, inhalers, or vaccines. Of the 84 potentially relevant alerts, providers classified 11% (9/84), or about 1 in 9, as useful. Drug interaction alerts were more often deemed useful than drug duplication alerts (44.4% versus 1.5%, P