Efficiency of computerized clinical decision support systems involving anticoagulants: A flashmob study in Dutch hospital pharmacies.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Computerized decision support systems (CDSSs) aim to prevent adverse drug events. However, these systems generate an overload of alerts that are not always clinically relevant. Anticoagulants are frequently involved in these alerts. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficiency of CDSS alerts on anticoagulants in Dutch hospital pharmacies.

Methods

A multicentre, single-day, cross-sectional study was conducted using a flashmob design in Dutch hospital pharmacies, which have CDSSs that operate on both a national medication surveillance database and on self-developed clinical rules. Hospital pharmacists and pharmacy technicians collected data on the number and type of alerts and time needed for assessing these alerts. The primary outcome was the CDSS efficiency o

SUBMITTER: Graafsma J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11671322 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature