A systematic review of medication safety outcomes related to drug interaction software.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Adverse drug events (ADEs) represent an important problem for hospital and primary care. Software that detects potential adverse drug interactions has been widely implemented in an effort to reduce the rate of ADEs. However, the impact of drug interaction detection software (DIS) on patient safety outcomes remains unknown. OBJECTIVES: To systematically review the literature on DIS in preventing adverse drug events and determine the …

Authors

Wong K; Yu SKH; Holbrook A

Journal

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. e243–e255

Publication Date

2010

ISSN

1710-6222

Associated Experts

Anne Marie Holbrook

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences

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Fields of Research (FoR)

3214 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Animals Drug Interactions Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions Humans Software Treatment Outcome