Evaluation of a computer-based adverse-drug-event monitor.
PURPOSE: The performance of a computer-based adverse-drug-event (ADE) monitor is evaluated, and the characteristics of ADEs detected and undetected by the monitor are compared. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted to identify ADEs using pre-defined ADE alerts that were recognized by a com...
| Published in: | American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Vol. 65; no. 23; pp. 2265 - 2273 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
12/1/2008
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105587415&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105587415 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10792082 1X3 jtl: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy issn: 10792082 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 12/1/2008 vid: 65 iid: 23 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 105587415 2010122097 10.2146/ajhp080122 NLM19020194 105587415 ppf: 2265 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Evaluation of a computer-based adverse-drug-event monitor. aug: au: Hwang S Lee S Koo H Kim Y affil: Center for Interoperable Electronic Health Record, Seoul, Korea sug: subj: Adverse Drug Event Clinical Information Systems Evaluation Drug Monitoring Methods Academic Medical Centers Adverse Drug Event Classification Chi Square Test Confidence Intervals Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Funding Source kappa Statistic South Korea Record Review Retrospective Design Scales Sensitivity and Specificity Software Design Human ab: PURPOSE: The performance of a computer-based adverse-drug-event (ADE) monitor is evaluated, and the characteristics of ADEs detected and undetected by the monitor are compared. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was conducted to identify ADEs using pre-defined ADE alerts that were recognized by a computer-based ADE monitor in a 1300-bed, tertiary care, teaching hospital in Seoul, Korea. A subsequent chart review was conducted by a pharmacist to confirm the ADEs and identify ADEs unrecognized by the monitor. The performance of the monitor was evaluated for its sensitivity and positive predictive value in detecting an ADE. The differences in characteristics of ADEs were compared between computer-recognized ADEs and computer-unrecognized ADEs for severity, causality, preventability, associated clinical manifestations, and types of ADEs. RESULTS: During a one-month period, a total of 598 patients from two intensive care units and five general wards were monitored to identify ADEs. The computer-based ADE monitor identified 148 ADEs, and the chart review identified 39 computer-unrecognized ADEs. The sensitivity of the computer-based ADE monitor was 79% (148 of 187). The computer-recognized ADEs were more severe than computer-unrecognized ADEs, but there were no statistically significant differences in the causality, preventability, and types of ADEs. The positive predictive value of the computer monitor was 21% (148 of 718). CONCLUSION: The computer-based ADE monitor successfully identified most of the ADEs and almost all of the severe ADEs that occurred in the hospitalized patients. However, the accuracy of the computer-based ADE monitor needs to be improved. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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