This is a device located under my skin that gives my doctors access directly to my Superior Venna Cava, which is useful for medications that cannot be supplied through a small arm vein such as corrosive chemo-therapies.
Therefore, we conclude that a computerized DIAS that requires password overrides for coadministration of contraindicated drugs is useful for promoting medication safety.
Based on our results and those from previous studies, a computerized DIAS with password overrides is useful for promoting medication safety.
It is our hope that the design of the study, rationale for that design, and early experiences will be useful for other medication safety efforts, as well as for QI and patient safety research in general.
Although computerized drug-drug interaction alert systems that require password overrides appear useful for promoting medication safety, having to enter passwords to override alerts may represent an excessive burden for the prescribing physician.
Documenting patterns of use for medications with potential for suboptimal use and adverse effects, such as oral corticosteroids, would be useful.
This systematic review provides evidence that alerts are useful for picking up medication errors and potential clinical hazards at the point of pharmacy order entry.
The family physicians also commented on several discharge summaries that had not arrived in time for their first post-hospital visit with the patient, rendering the summary significantly less useful and leaving room for medication error.
Although there are successful biomarkers for disease processes (eg, elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone in hypothyroidism), relatively few biomarkers in clinical medicine are useful for choosing a particular medication treatment.
It's useful for patients for whom medication is a tricky option, such as pregnant women and the elderly.
