Detecting drug interactions using personal digital assistants in an out-patient clinic.

Francis Dallenbach; P. A. Bovier; J. Desmeules

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Detecting drug interactions using personal digital assistants in an out-patient clinic.

October 31, 2007

Dallenbach F, Bovier PA, Desmeules J. QJM. 2007;100(11):691-7.

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This study found that Epocrates, a commercially available drug interaction database, was an efficient tool to highlight potential adverse drug events in the ambulatory setting.

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