Screening for medication errors using an outlier detection system.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study objective was to evaluate the accuracy, validity, and clinical usefulness of medication error alerts generated by an alerting system using outlier detection screening.

Materials and methods

Five years of clinical data were extracted from an electronic health record system for 747 985 patients who had at least one visit during 2012-2013 at practices affiliated with 2 academic medical centers. Data were screened using the system to detect outliers suggestive of potential medication errors. A sample of 300 charts was selected for review from the 15 693 alerts generated. A coding system was developed and codes assigned based on chart review to reflect the accuracy, validity, and clinical value of the alerts.

Results

Three-quarters of the chart-reviewed

SUBMITTER: Schiff GD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7651890 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature