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Impact of health information technology on detection of potential adverse drug events at the ordering stage.
November 17, 2010
Roberts LL, Ward MM, Brokel JM, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67(21):1838-46.
A computerized provider order entry system combined with decision support identified more potential adverse drug events compared to hospitals using only decision support. However, 94% of the potential adverse drug events were found to be false positives after review by a pharmacist.
