title: Computerized surveillance for adverse drug events in a pediatric hospital.
abstract: Adverse drug event (ADE) surveillance is needed to inform processes and methods for prevention. Voluntary reporting and manual chart review have limitations. Automated surveillance systems are gaining recognition and provide useful information to supplement the other methods. Preliminary evaluation of a pediatric automated adverse drug event application shows a positive predictive value of 13%, discovering events with harm in 1.3% of inpatient admissions.
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine and BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kilbridge
authors.forename: Laura A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Noirot
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Reichley
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Heard
authors.forename: Wm Claiborne
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Dunagan
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002648:Child; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008923:Missouri; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*