Do drug interaction alerts between a chemotherapy order-entry system and an electronic medical record affect clinician behavior?

Saul N. Weingart; Junya Zhu; Joanne Young-Hong; Holly Barr Vermilya; Michael Hassett

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Do drug interaction alerts between a chemotherapy order-entry system and an electronic medical record affect clinician behavior?

July 17, 2013

Weingart SN, Zhu J, Young-Hong J, et al. J Oncol Pharm Pract. 2014;20(3):163-71.

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In this study, computer alerts for possible drug interactions between chemotherapy orders and ambulatory medications sometimes led physicians to change their orders, which could prevent adverse drug events in these vulnerable patients.

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