title: Computer-assisted review of antipsychotics on acute care units.
abstract: Computer assistance and a descriptive focus contributed to the cost-effectiveness and physician acceptance of a psychopharmacology study of problems physicians encountered on acute care units regarding antipsychotic (AP) drugs. The charts of 100 patients on AP drugs were reviewed after discharge from the psychiatry unit of Erie County Medical Center, a 600-bed teaching hospital in Buffalo. A computer program identified the exceptions to standards, which were then reviewed to discover idiosyncratic or inefficient prescribing practices.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Molnar
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Feeney
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003201:Computers; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D009518:New York; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents