Improving override rates for computerized prescribing alerts in ambulatory care. 2005

Nidhi R Shah, and Andrew C Seger, and Diane L Seger, and Julie M Fiskio, and Gilad J Kuperman, and Barry Blumenfeld, and Elaine G Recklet, and David W Bates, and Tejal K Gandhi
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Computerized drug prescribing alerts can improve patient safety, but are often overridden because of poor specificity and alert overload. We developed a selective knowledge base of only clinically significant drug alerts and designated only critical-high severity alerts to be interruptive to clinician workflow (a tiered approach). Using this approach, we were able to achieve a 67% clinician accept rate for ambulatory computerized prescribing alerts.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008508 Medication Errors Errors in prescribing, dispensing, or administering medication with the result that the patient fails to receive the correct drug or the indicated proper drug dosage. Drug Use Error,Errors, Medication,High-Alert Drug Error,High-Alert Medication Error,LASA Medication Errors,Look-Alike Drug Name Errors,Look-Alike Sound-Alike Drug Errors,Look-Alike Sound-Alike Drug Substitution Errors,Look-Alike Sound-Alike Medication Errors,Lookalike Drug Name Errors,Lookalike Soundalike Drug Errors,Lookalike Soundalike Drug Substitution Errors,Lookalike Soundalike Medication Errors,Drug Error, High-Alert,Drug Use Errors,Error, Drug Use,Error, LASA Medication,Error, Medication,High Alert Drug Error,High Alert Medication Error,High-Alert Drug Errors,High-Alert Medication Errors,LASA Medication Error,Look Alike Drug Name Errors,Look Alike Sound Alike Drug Errors,Look Alike Sound Alike Drug Substitution Errors,Look Alike Sound Alike Medication Errors,Medication Error,Medication Error, High-Alert,Medication Error, LASA,Medication Errors, High-Alert,Medication Errors, LASA
D011307 Drug Prescriptions Directions written for the obtaining and use of DRUGS. Drug Prescribing,Drug Prescription,Drug Prescribings,Prescribing, Drug,Prescribings, Drug
D004360 Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted Adjunctive computer programs in providing drug treatment to patients. Computer-Assisted Drug Therapy,Protocol Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted,Therapy, Computer-Assisted Drug,Computer Assisted Drug Therapy,Computer-Assisted Drug Therapies,Drug Therapies, Computer-Assisted,Drug Therapy, Computer Assisted,Protocol Drug Therapy, Computer Assisted,Therapies, Computer-Assisted Drug,Therapy, Computer Assisted Drug
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000555 Ambulatory Care Information Systems Information systems, usually computer-assisted, designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization of ambulatory care services and facilities. Ambulatory Information Systems,Information Systems, Ambulatory Care,Ambulatory Information System,Information System, Ambulatory,Information Systems, Ambulatory
D001292 Attitude to Computers The attitude and behavior associated with an individual using the computer. Attitude to Computer,Computer, Attitude to,Computers, Attitude to,to Computer, Attitude,to Computers, Attitude
D016347 Medical Records Systems, Computerized Computer-based systems for input, storage, display, retrieval, and printing of information contained in a patient's medical record. Automated Medical Records Systems,Computerized Medical Records Systems,Automated Medical Record System,Automated Medical Record Systems,Automated Medical Records System,Computerized Medical Record System,Computerized Medical Record Systems,Computerized Medical Records System,Computerized Patient Medical Records,Medical Record System, Automated,Medical Record System, Computerized,Medical Record Systems, Automated,Medical Record Systems, Computerized,Medical Records System, Automated,Medical Records System, Computerized,Medical Records Systems, Automated
D017010 Reminder Systems Systems used to prompt or aid the memory. The systems can be computerized reminders, color coding, telephone calls, or devices such as letters and postcards. Reminder System,System, Reminder,Systems, Reminder
D050316 Medical Order Entry Systems Information systems, usually computer-assisted, that enable providers to initiate medical procedures, prescribe medications, etc. These systems support medical decision-making and error-reduction during patient care. CPOE,Order Entry Systems, Medical,Alert Systems, Medication,Computerized Physician Order Entry,Computerized Physician Order Entry System,Computerized Provider Order Entry,Computerized Provider Order Entry System,Medication Alert Systems,Alert System, Medication,Medication Alert System,System, Medication Alert
D051188 Knowledge Bases Collections of facts, assumptions, beliefs, and heuristics that are used in combination with databases to achieve desired results, such as a diagnosis, an interpretation, or a solution to a problem (From McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed). Knowledge Bases (Computer),Knowledgebases,Base, Knowledge,Base, Knowledge (Computer),Bases, Knowledge,Bases, Knowledge (Computer),Knowledge Base,Knowledge Base (Computer),Knowledgebase

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