Reducing drug prescription errors and adverse drug events by application of a probabilistic, machine-learning based clinical decision support system in an inpatient setting.
Segal G, Segev A, Brom A, et al. Reducing drug prescription errors and adverse drug events by application of a probabilistic, machine-learning based clinical decision support system in an inpatient setting. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2019;26(12):1560-1565. doi:10.1093/jamia/ocz135.
Alerts designed to prevent inappropriate prescribing of medications are frequently overridden and contribute to alert fatigue. This study describes the use of machine learning to improve the clinical relevance of medication error alerts in the inpatient setting.