Adverse drug reaction surveillance and risk management.
ADR programs are most successful when developed from a multidisciplinary approach. Physicians and other health care workers should be encouraged to report and evaluate ADRs to potentially decrease risks involved in an ADR case. Management of ADRs should include prompt feedback of individual patient and grouped data for educational and risk management purposes. Risk managers should play a significant role in all aspects of an ADR surveillance program.
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Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville.
D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D010606:Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee; D012308:Risk Management; D013714:Tennessee; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration