Development and evaluation of advanced clinical decision support systems: a pharmacoepidemiological approach Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In March 2017, the WHO launched its third Global Patient Safety Challenge focusing on the reduction of patient harm by medication errors including drug-drug interactions (DDIs) and contraindicated administrations. Medication errors are the major cause of preventable adverse drug events which cause 4-6% of hospitalizations and occur in 10% of hospitalized patients leading to prolonged hospital stays. At least 15% of hospital expenditures can be ...