Are we heeding the warning signs? Examining providers' overrides of computerized drug-drug interaction alerts in primary care.

BACKGROUND: Health IT can play a major role in improving patient safety. Computerized physician order entry with decision support can alert providers to potential prescribing errors. However, too many alerts can result in providers ignoring and overriding clinically important ones. OBJECTIVE: To eva...

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Main Authors: Sarah P Slight, Diane L Seger, Karen C Nanji, Insook Cho, Nivethietha Maniam, Patricia C Dykes, David W Bates
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3873469?pdf=render