Reducing drug prescription errors and adverse drug events by application of a probabilistic, machine-learning based clinical decision support system in an inpatient setting. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Reducing drug prescription errors and adverse drug events by application of a probabilistic, machine-learning based clinical decision support system in an inpatient setting. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published August 2019

Reducing drug prescription errors and adverse drug events by application of a probabilistic, machine-learning based clinical decision support system in an inpatient setting.

Segal G, Segev A, Brom A, Lifshitz Y, Wasserstrum Y, Zimlichman E. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2019 Aug 7; [Epub ahead of print].

Alerts designed to prevent inappropriate prescribing of medications are frequently overriddenand contribute to alert fatigue. This study describes the use of machine learning to improve the clinical relevance of medication error alerts in the inpatient setting.

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