Computerized decision support for medication dosing in renal insufficiency: a randomized, controlled trial.

Kevin M. Terrell; Anthony J. Perkins; Siu L. Hui; Christopher M. Callahan; Paul Dexter; Douglas K. Miller

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Computerized decision support for medication dosing in renal insufficiency: a randomized, controlled trial.

December 17, 2010

Terrell KM, Perkins AJ, Hui SL, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;56(6):623-9.

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This study found that adding decision support to an existing computerized provider order entry system reduced the frequency of excessively dosed prescriptions by emergency physicians from 74% to 43%.

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