TY  - JOUR
T1  - USing information technology to improve the monitoring of outpatient prescribing
AU  - Forster AJ, Auger C, ISTOP ADE Investigators f
Y1  - 2013/03/11
N1  - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2002
JO  - JAMA Internal Medicine
SP  - 382
EP  - 384
VL  - 173
IS  - 5
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 2168-6106
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2002
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2002
ER  -