Medical error reduction
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Denver Health outpatient study, funded by $244,000 grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, will examine the feasibility of using Siemens' computerized physician order entry system combined with Micromedix' medical logic module (MLM) technology to improve patient safety in the medication ordering process. Announced Jan. 25 but initiated Jan. 1, the 18-month study is focusing on MLMs' role in preventing drug-induced hyper- and hypokalemia, nephrotoxicity and thrombocytopenia by providing physicians with medication interaction information...