Development and Evaluation of a Clinical Decision Support System to Improve Medication Safety.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) are a good strategy for preventing medication errors and reducing the incidence and severity of adverse drug events (ADEs). However, these systems are not very effective and are subject to multiple limitations that prevent their implementation in clinical practice.

Objectives

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an advanced CDSS, HIGEA, which generates alerts based on predefined clinical rules to identify patients at risk of an ADE.

Methods

A multidisciplinary team defined the system and the clinical rules focusing on medication errors commonly encountered in clinical practice. Four intervention programs were defined: (1) dose adjustment in renal impairment; (2) adjustment of anticoagulat

SUBMITTER: Ibanez-Garcia S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6637024 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature