Studies in health technology and informatics
Aug 21, 2019
Prescription information and adverse drug reactions (ADR) are two components of detailed medication instructions that can benefit many aspects of clinical research. Automatic extraction of this information from free-text narratives via Information Ex...
OBJECTIVE: Motivated by the well documented worldwide spread of adverse drug events, as well as the increased danger of antibiotic resistance (caused mainly by inappropriate prescribing and overuse), we propose a novel recommendation system for antib...
BACKGROUND: The clinical impact of postoperative opioid use requires accurate prediction strategies to identify at-risk patients. We utilize preoperative claims data to predict postoperative opioid refill and new persistent use in opioid-naïve patien...
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
Mar 19, 2021
In the Netherlands, 5 web-based systems co-exist in the public domain to provide relevant pharmacotherapeutic information for physicians, pharmacists and patients. Although these systems provide significant support to prescribers, still much can be i...
The MEDication-Indication (MEDI) knowledgebase has been utilized in research with electronic health records (EHRs) since its publication in 2013. To account for new drugs and terminology updates, we rebuilt MEDI to overhaul the knowledgebase for mode...
Prescription errors in high alert drugs (HAD), a group of drugs that have a high risk of complications and potential negative consequences, are a major and serious problem in medicine. Standardized hospital interventions, protocols, or guidelines wer...
INTRODUCTION: Recently, automated detection has been a new approach to address the risks posed by prescribing errors. This study focused on prescription errors and utilized real medical data to supplement the Drug Utilization Review (DUR)-based rules...