EHR alerts go unread and do not lead to deprescribing of medicines linked to dementia (IMAGE)

Regenstrief Institute

EHR alerts go unread and do not lead to deprescribing of medicines linked to dementia

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The vast majority of electronic health record (EHR) alerts attempting to reduce the prescribing of high-risk medications linked to dementia in older adults went unread in a study led by Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist Noll Campbell, PharmD, MS published in the June 2021 print issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

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