title: Enterprise-wide drug-drug interaction alerting system.
abstract: According to the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) 1999 report To Err is Human: Building a safer Health System, "medical errors kill some 44,000-98,0001 people in U.S. hospitals each year. Partners HealthCare System (PHS) is a large integrated delivery network in Boston, MA, which has as a goal improving patient care by preventing adverse drug events (ADE) and reducing medication errors enterprise-wide. PHS has developed a drug-drug Interaction (DDI) detection feature, for the suite of clinical applications currently used by its two major teaching institutions, Brigham & Women's Hospital (BWH) and Mass General Hospital (MGH). The following clinical applications will be using this drug-drug interaction feature: NICU Order Entry (OE) at BWH, MGH OE for pediatrics and adults, the Partners outpatient medical record, The LMR, and BICS OE at BWH.
authors.affiliation: Department of IS, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Greim
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shek
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Macauley
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paterno
authors.forename: Barry H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Blumenfeld
authors.forename: Gilad
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kuperman
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D014584:User-Computer Interface