RT Journal
A1 Forster AJ, Auger C, ISTOP ADE Investigators f
T1 USing information technology to improve the monitoring of outpatient prescribing
JF JAMA Internal Medicine
JO JAMA Internal Medicine
YR 2013
FD March 11
VO 173
IS 5
SP 382
OP 384
DO 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2002
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2002
AB 
Adverse drug events (ADEs) and medication nonadherence are common and reduce the potential benefit of medications. Adverse drug events, defined as poor health outcomes caused by medications,1 occur in up to 25% of ambulatory care patients prescribed a medication.2Medication nonadherence, defined as patients not taking their medications as directed,3 can occur in 25% of new prescriptions.2,4- 5 Improved monitoring and communication could reduce ADEs and nonadherence to minimize medication-associated problems.