Proactive Identification Of False Alert For Drug-Drug Interaction

Hsuan-Chia Yang, Yan-Jhih Haung, Yu-Chuan Li
2010 Zenodo  
Researchers of drug-drug interaction alert systems have often suggested that there were high overridden rate for alerts and also too false alerts. However, research about decreasing false alerts is scant. Therefore, the aim of this article attempts to proactive identification of false alert for drug-drug interaction and provide solution to decrease false alerts. This research involved retrospective analysis prescribing database and calculated false alert rate by using MYSQL and JAVA. Results of
more » ... this study showed 17% of false alerts and the false alert rate in the hospitals (37%) was more than in the clinics. To conclude, this study described the importance that drug-drug interaction alert system should not only detect drug name but also detect frequency or route, as well as in providing solution to decrease false alerts.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.1328316 fatcat:yangcurj4bg5ncjcgizmdw5sjq