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From the director ... doctors ignore computerized drug safety alerts.

Publication: HealthFacts
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
When it comes to improving patient safety it sometimes seems as if doctors can be part of the problem than part of the solution. Just how much part of the problem was revealed in a study recently published in Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers found that doctors who used a computerized prescribing system in their office practices paid scant attention to the built-in safety alerts warning them of potential harm to a patient.

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