Design changes to electronic decision aid order sets can alter the way physicians prescribe, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal for Quality and Safety.
Researchers tested changes to order sets with a simplistic order set: mouthwash prescription in intensive care units. They added chlorhexidine to the default prescribing template. Hydroxethyl starch, another mouthwash formula, had already been removed from the prescribing template the previous year.
Read the full article on Becker's Hospital Review.
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Researchers tested changes to order sets with a simplistic order set: mouthwash prescription in intensive care units. They added chlorhexidine to the default prescribing template. Hydroxethyl starch, another mouthwash formula, had already been removed from the prescribing template the previous year.
Read the full article on Becker's Hospital Review.
