Electronic alerts to prevent venous thromboembolism among hospitalized patients.

By N. Kucher, S. Koo, Rene Quiroz, J. Cooper, M. Paterno, Boris Soukonnikov, Samuel Z. Goldhaber. New England Journal of Medicine, 2005

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Overview of Clinical Decision Support Systems (2016, background): “They can warn of early adverse drug events that have an impact on both cost and quality of care.(4,29,37,38,39) These data have prompted the Leapfrog Group and others to advocate their use in promoting patient safety.”
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Europe (2007, background): “Given the availability of effective VTE prophylaxis (31), many of these events and deaths could be prevented – particularly those that are hospital-acquired (39).”
Systematic Review: Impact of Health Information Technology on Quality, Efficiency, and Costs of Medical Care (2006, neutral): “9%) in a combined primary end point of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in high-risk hospitalized patients (29).”
Effect of Clinical Decision-Support Systems (2012, background): “…(52) Frank et al, 2004f (52) Frank et al, 2004g (52) Frank et al, 2004h (52) Frank et al, 2004i (52) Dexter et al, 2004 (50) Apkon et al, 2005 (43) Kucher et al, 2005 (17) Price, 2005 (59) Tierney et al, 2005 (26) Fretheim et al, 2006 (53, 54) Unrod et al, 2007 (61) Bertoni et al, 2009…”