Computerized surveillance for adverse drug events in a pediatric hospital.
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.
Kilbridge
Peter M
PM
Washington University School of Medicine and BJC HealthCare, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Noirot
Laura A
LA
Reichley
Richard M
RM
Heard
Kevin M
KM
Dunagan
Wm Claiborne
WC
Bailey
Thomas C
TC
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*