title: Notification of real-time clinical alerts generated by pharmacy expert systems.
abstract: We developed and implemented a strategy for notifying clinical pharmacists of alerts generated in real-time by two pharmacy expert systems: one for drug dosing and the other for adverse drug event prevention. Display pagers were selected as the preferred notification method and a concise, yet readable, format for displaying alert data was developed. This combination of real-time alert generation and notification via display pagers was shown to be efficient and effective in a 30-day trial.
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Reichley
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: McNamee
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Steib
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems; D000075202:Contraindications; D004358:Drug Therapy; D004360:Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005103:Expert Systems; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010595:Pharmacists
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations