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  • Published November 2016

Is an indication-based prescribing system in our future?

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. November 17, 2016;21:1-5.

Health information technology has enhanced prescribers' ability to document the purpose of medications they order. This newsletter article reviews weaknesses in electronic prescribing systems and recommends incorporating indication-based prescribing as the "sixth right" of safe medication use. The piece highlights how making indication information available can help inform medication communication, selection, adherence, and reconciliation.

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