title: Characteristics of patients at risk for adverse drug events: designing for patient safety and decision support.
abstract: Adverse drug events are a significant global health issue. In this paper we describe our research work to date in identifying the characteristics of patients who are at risk for adverse drug events. We conducted a focus group study with health professionals to identify those characteristics of patients that health professionals attend to if they believe a patient is at risk for an adverse drug event. This work is being undertaken in order to develop an electronic decision support system that will alert health professionals to the presence of such patient characteristics in order to support their clinical decision making.
authors.affiliation: University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. emb@uvic.ca
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Borycki
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walisser
authors.forename: Paule
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bellwood
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors