Evaluation of medication dose alerts in pediatric inpatients

Highlights • This study provides an in depth analysis of provider responses to pediatric dose range alerts. • We illustrate the need to evaluate practice behavior and alert thresholds in existing dose range alerting system. • Minimum alerts provide less value to providers than maximum alerts. • Aler...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of medical informatics (Shannon, Ireland) Ireland), 2013-08, Vol.82 (8), p.676-683
Hauptverfasser:	Scharnweber, Corinna, Lau, Brandyn D, Mollenkopf, Nicole, Thiemann, David R, Veltri, Michael A, Lehmann, Christoph U
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Child Child, Preschool Children Computer software Drug Dosage Calculations Drug safety Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted - standards Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted - trends Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Informatics Internal Medicine Male Medical Order Entry Systems - standards Medical Order Entry Systems - trends Medication errors Medication Errors - prevention & control Other Provider order entry Provider participation Reminder Systems - standards Tertiary Care Centers Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • This study provides an in depth analysis of provider responses to pediatric dose range alerts. • We illustrate the need to evaluate practice behavior and alert thresholds in existing dose range alerting system. • Minimum alerts provide less value to providers than maximum alerts. • Alerts indicating that there were no established dosing guidelines had no effect on provider behavior. • Medical services are more likely to respond to dose range alerts than surgical.
ISSN:	1386-5056 1872-8243
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.04.002