In a small study conducted in a Veterans Affairs hospital in Indianapolis, what was the most common way prescribers identified potential drug-drug interactions?
52% were detected by an alert in the electronic health record, 43% were identified independently by the prescriber themselves, and 5% were as a result of the prescriber being notified by another individual.
Russ-Jara AL, Elkhadragy N, Arthur KJ, DiIulio JB, Militello LG, Ifeachor AP, Glassman PA, Zillich AJ, Weiner M. Cognitive task analysis of clinicians’ drug–drug interaction management during patient care and implications for alert design. BMJ open. 2023 Dec 1;13(12):e075512.
Contributed by Kristine Nanagas, MD
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