Strategies prescribers and pharmacists use to identify and mitigate adverse drug reactions in inpatient and outpatient care: a cognitive task analysis at a US Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a descriptive model of the cognitive processes used to identify and resolve adverse drug reactions (ADRs) from the perspective of healthcare providers in order to inform future informatics efforts SETTING: Inpatient and outpatient care at a tertiary care US Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Participants

Physicians, nurse practitioners and pharmacists who report ADRs.

Outcomes

Descriptive model and emerging themes from interviews.

Results

We conducted critical decision method interviews with 10 physicians and 10 pharmacists. No nurse practitioners submitted ADR incidents. We generated a descriptive model of an ADR decision-making process and analysed emerging themes, categorised into four stages: detection of potential ADR, investigation of t

SUBMITTER: Nguyen KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8862429 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature