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Appropriateness of commercially available and partially customized medication dosing alerts among pediatric patients.
September 1, 2016
Stultz JS, Nahata MC. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014;21(e1):e35-42.
In this retrospective review of pediatric medication alerts, more than 85% of dosing alerts presented to clinicians were inappropriate. Frequent incorrect alerts contribute to alert fatigue and make clinicians more likely to override appropriate warnings.
