Unintended adverse consequences of a clinical decision support system: two cases. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Unintended adverse consequences of a clinical decision support system: two cases. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published May 2018

Unintended adverse consequences of a clinical decision support system: two cases.

Stone EG. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2018;25:564-567.

Clinical decision support systems may have unintended negative effects on care. This commentary provides two examples of adverse results that stem from problems with clinical decision support systems and discusses the factors involved such as poor data categorization.

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