Using Electronic Health Records to Identify Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We identified the methods used and determined the roles of electronic health records (EHRs) in detecting and assessing adverse drug events (ADEs) in the ambulatory setting.

Methods

We performed a systematic literature review by searching PubMed and Google Scholar for studies on ADEs detected in the ambulatory setting involving any EHR use published before June 2017. We extracted study characteristics from included studies related to ADE detection methods for analysis.

Results

We identified 30 studies that evaluated ADEs in an ambulatory setting with an EHR. In 27 studies, EHRs were used only as the data source for ADE identification. In two studies, the EHR was used as both a data source and to deliver decision support to providers during order entry. In one

SUBMITTER: Feng C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6382497 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature