Understanding handling of drug safety alerts: a simulation study.

Heleen van der Sijs; Teun van Gelder; Arnold Vulto; Marc Berg; Jos Aarts

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Understanding handling of drug safety alerts: a simulation study.

May 5, 2010

van der Sijs H, van Gelder T, Vulto A, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2010;79(5).

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This study highlights contributing factors that lead to physician overrides of drug safety alerts, including incorrect rules and reasoning applied to justify such actions.

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