Alternatives to potentially inappropriate medications for use in e-prescribing software: triggers and treatment algorithms.

Anne L Hume; Brian J Quilliam; Roberta Goldman; Charles Eaton; Kate L Lapane

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Alternatives to potentially inappropriate medications for use in e-prescribing software: triggers and treatment algorithms.

July 20, 2011

Hume AL, Quilliam BJ, Goldman R, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20(10):875-84.

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This study describes the development of improved alerts and alternate treatment algorithms to reduce the number of adverse drug events associated with potentially inappropriate medication use in the elderly.

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