Tiering drug–drug interaction alerts by severity increases compliance rates.

Marilyn D. Paterno; Saverio M. Maviglia; Paul N. Gorman; Diane L. Seger; Eileen Yoshida; Andrew C. Seger; David W. Bates; Tejal K. Gandhi

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Tiering drug–drug interaction alerts by severity increases compliance rates.

January 7, 2009

Paterno MD, Maviglia SM, Gorman PN, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2009;16(1):40-6.

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Customizing drug interaction warnings within a computerized order entry system resulted in fewer clinicians overriding the warnings.

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