Reducing warfarin medication interactions: an interrupted time series evaluation.

Adrianne C Feldstein; David H Smith; Nancy Perrin; Xiuhai Yang; Steven R Simon; Michael Krall; Dean F Sittig; Diane Ditmer; Richard Platt; Stephen B Soumerai

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Reducing warfarin medication interactions: an interrupted time series evaluation.

June 14, 2006

Feldstein AC, Smith DH, Perrin N, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(9):1009-15.

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The authors evaluated the effectiveness of computerized alerts in reducing co-prescribing of warfarin and interacting medications. They found that the alerts had a modest impact on minimizing this potentially dangerous behavior.

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