Recommendations to improve the usability of drug-drug interaction clinical decision support alerts

2015189 citationsReviewbronze Open Access

Authors

Thomas H. Payne · University of Washington

Lisa E. Hines · University of Arizona

Raymond C. Chan · Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital

Seth Hartman · Oregon Health & Science University

Joan Kapusnik-Uner · First Data (United States)

Alissa L. Russ · Regenstrief Institute

Bruce W. Chaffee

Abstract

DDI clinical decision support alerts need major improvements. We provide recommendations for healthcare organizations and IT vendors to improve the clinician interface of DDI alerts, with the aim of reducing alert fatigue and improving patient safety.

Topics & Keywords

Electronic Health Records Systems Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Peace, Justice and strong institutions

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volume 22, Issue 6, pp. 1243-1250

DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv011

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