The frequency of inappropriate nonformulary medication alert overrides in the inpatient setting

Conclusion Approximately 1 in 5 NFM alert overrides are overridden inappropriately. Future research should evaluate the impact of mandating a valid override reason and adding a list of formulary alternatives to each NFM alert; we speculate these NFM alert features may decrease the frequency of inappropriate overrides.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - March 20, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Her, Q. L., Amato, M. G., Seger, D. L., Beeler, P. E., Slight, S. P., Dalleur, O., Dykes, P. C., Gilmore, J. F., Fanikos, J., Fiskio, J. M., Bates, D. W. Tags: Research and Applications Source Type: research