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Comparison of Medication Alerts from Two Commercial Applications in the USA

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  • Sonam N. Shah

    (Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    MCPHS University)

  • Diane L. Seger

    (Mass General Brigham)

  • Julie M. Fiskio

    (Brigham and Women’s Hospital)

  • John R. Horn

    (University of Washington Medicine Pharmacy Services)

  • David W. Bates

    (Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Mass General Brigham
    Harvard Medical School)

Abstract

Introduction Medication organizations across the USA have adopted electronic health records, and one of the most anticipated benefits of these was improved medication safety, but alert fatigue has been a major issue. Objective We compared the appropriateness of medication-related clinical decision support alerts triggered by two commercial applications: EPIC and Seegnal’s platform. Methods This was a retrospective comparison of two commercial applications. We provided Seegnal with deidentified inpatient, outpatient, and inpatient genetic electronic medical record (EMR)-extracted datasets for 657, 2731, and 413 patients, respectively. Seegnal then provided the alerts that would have triggered, which we compared with those triggered by EPIC in clinical care. A random sample of the alerts triggered were reviewed for appropriateness, and the positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated. We also reviewed all the inpatient and outpatient charts for patients within our cohort who were receiving ten or more concomitant medications with alerts we found to be appropriate to assess whether any adverse events had occurred and whether Seegnal’s platform could have prevented them. Results Results from EPIC and the Seegnal platform were compared based on alert load, PPV, NPV, and potential adverse events. Overall, compared with EPIC, the Seegnal platform triggered fewer alerts in the inpatient (1697 vs. 27,540), outpatient (2341 vs. 35,134), and inpatient genetic (1493 vs. 20,975) cohorts. The Seegnal platform had higher specificity in the inpatient (99 vs. 0.3%; p

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  • Sonam N. Shah & Diane L. Seger & Julie M. Fiskio & John R. Horn & David W. Bates, 2021. "Comparison of Medication Alerts from Two Commercial Applications in the USA," Drug Safety, Springer, vol. 44(6), pages 661-668, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:drugsa:v:44:y:2021:i:6:d:10.1007_s40264-021-01048-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s40264-021-01048-0
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