Impact of Non-interruptive Medication Laboratory Monitoring Alerts in Ambulatory Care
Journal of the American Medical Informatics AssociationPublished 25 October 2008Open access
Helen G Lo, Michael E. Matheny, Diane L. Seger, D. W. Bates, Tejal K. Gandhi
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It is found that non-interruptive, real-time medication laboratory monitoring alerts were not effective in improving receipt of recommended baseline laboratory test monitoring for medications.
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We found that non-interruptive medication laboratory monitoring alerts were not effective in improving receipt of recommended baseline laboratory test monitoring for medications. Further work is necessary to optimize compliance with non-critical recommendations.
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