Clinical decision support for drug related events: moving towards better prevention.

Sandra L. Kane-Gill; Archita Achanta; John A. Kellum; Steven Handler

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Clinical decision support for drug related events: moving towards better prevention.

December 21, 2016

Kane-Gill SL, Achanta A, Kellum JA, et al. World J Crit Care Med. 2016;5(4):204-211.

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Medication administration technologies can help collect data to enhance processes and reduce medication errors. This commentary discusses how organizations are using clinical decision support systems to track problems and incorporating different data sets to prevent adverse drug events.

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