Improvement in the detection of adverse drug events by the use of electronic health and prescription records: An evaluation of two trigger tools.

Purpose: To test if two of the adverse event triggers proposed by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement can detect adverse drug events (ADEs) in a UK secondary care setting, using an electronic prescribing and health record system. Methods: In order to identify triggers for over-anticoagulation an...

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Published in:European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 255 - 260
Main Authors: Nwulu, Ugochi, Nirantharakumar, Krishnarajah, Odesanya, Rachel, McDowell, Sarah, Coleman, Jamie
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Feb2013
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