Randomized clinical trial of a customized electronic alert requiring an affirmative response compared to a control group receiving a commercial passive CPOE alert: NSAID--warfarin co-prescribing as a test case.
Studies that have looked at the effectiveness of computerized decision support systems to prevent drug-drug interactions have reported modest results because of low response by the providers to the automated alerts.
Author(s): Strom, Brian L, Schinnar, Rita, Bilker, Warren, Hennessy, Sean, Leonard, Charles E, Pifer, Eric
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2009.000695