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Web Conference Explores Medication Management for Elderly Patients Using Health IT

A clinical decision support system (CDSS) for physicians prescribing medications for nursing home residents with renal insufficiency can improve the quality of prescribing decisions, according to results of a study conducted by University of Massachusetts Medical Center and examined at an Aug. 18 web conference sponsored by AHRQ. In the randomized control trial of 22 long-term care units, researchers developed a CDSS that provided recommendations for dosing, drug frequency, drugs to avoid, and drug order alerts. Medication ordering among physicians using the CDSS was correct 63 percent of the time, compared to 52 percent among those who did not. Select to register for web conference and learn about findings and challenges in using health IT to improve medication management for elderly patients.

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