Medical decision support systems and therapeutics: The role of autopilots.
For decades, medical practice has increasingly relied on prescription medicines to treat, cure, or prevent illness but their net benefit is reduced by prescribing errors that result in adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and tens of thousands of deaths each year. Optimal prescribing requires effective management of massive amounts of data. Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) can help manage information and support optimal therapeutic decisions before errors are made by operating as the prescribers' "autopilot."
AZCERT, Inc., Oro Valley, Arizona, USA.|University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
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Safe Use Initiative, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
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Safe Use Initiative, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
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Clinical Pharmacology, Critical Path Institute, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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D001331:Automation; D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000639:trends*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000639:trends*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D061214:Patient Safety