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Impact of health information technology on detection of potential adverse drug events at the ordering stage.
Roberts LL, Ward MM, Brokel JM, Wakefield DS, Crandall DK, Conlon P. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2010;67:1838-1846.

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.
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