Computerized physician order entry with clinical decision support has been shown to improve medication safety in adult inpatients, but few data are available regarding its usefulness in the long-term care setting. The objective of this study was to examine opportunities for improving medication safety in that clinical setting by determining the proportion of medication orders that would generate a warning message to the prescriber via a computerized clinical decision support [...]
Author(s): Judge, James, Field, Terry S, DeFlorio, Martin, Laprino, Jane, Auger, Jill, Rochon, Paula, Bates, David W, Gurwitz, Jerry H
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1945