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Are medication alerts useless since most clinicians override them anyway?

A February 2009 internal medicine study entitled “Overrides of Medication Alerts in Ambulatory Care” concludes the following: Clinicians override most medication alerts, suggesting that current medication safety alerts may be inadequate to protect patient safety. In my work I have certainly seen many alerts constantly being overridden but I didn’t realize how big an issue it was until I read this article. Here’s what else they said: Background Electronic prescribing systems with decision support may improve patient safety in ambulatory care by offering drug allergy and drug interaction alerts.

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