Time-dependent drug-drug interaction alerts in care provider order entry: software may inhibit medication error reductions.
Time-dependent drug-drug interactions (TDDIs) are drug combinations that result in a decreased drug effect due to coadministration of a second drug. Such interactions can be prevented by separately administering the drugs. This study attempted to reduce drug administration errors due to overridden TDDIs in a care provider order entry (CPOE) system. In four periods divided over two studies, logged TDDIs were investigated by reviewing the time intervals prescribed in the [...]
Author(s): van der Sijs, Heleen, Lammers, Laureen, van den Tweel, Annemieke, Aarts, Jos, Berg, Marc, Vulto, Arnold, van Gelder, Teun
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2810