Medication stewardship using computerized clinical decision support: A case study on intravenous immunoglobulins.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare delivery organizations face increasing pressure to manage the use of medications in terms of safety, waste reduction, and cost containment.

Objective

To describe a computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system intervention to optimize use of a commonly ordered, high-cost therapeutic: intravenous immune globulin (IVIG).

Design

Description of IVIG order configuration, medication use patterns, and subsequent order set configuration development in a CPOE system.

Measurements

IVIG orders were extracted from the CPOE system before and after the implementation of a specialty orderset to determine the indications for use, dosing, and duration of therapy. Orders were compared to a theoretical dosing schedule created from published evidence and da

SUBMITTER: Tsapepas D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6715593 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature