Devising outlier-based alerts for medication orders
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Drugs are chemical substances, which can, on consumption and under certain conditions, be toxic and cause Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) in patients. This paper puts forth the proposition of generating a systemic alert to a clinician, at the time of placing a medication order for a patient, when the number of ADRs associated with the selected medication is significantly different from the number of ADRs associated with other drugs approved for the same therapeutic area.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Studies in health technology and informatics
دوره 210 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015