A trial of indication based prescribing of antihypertensive medications during computerized order entry to improve problem list documentation

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Conclusion: CDS using indication-based prescribing of antihypertensives produced accurate problem placement roughly two-thirds of time with fewer than 5{ca7ad0b74511a57bb2016f24c729dd7716d5352e92d2275aa1f91fb22c36b0a7} inaccurate problems placed. Performance of alerts was sensitive to the number of potential indications of the medication and attendings vs. other clinicians prescribing. Indication-based prescribing during CPOE can be used for problem list maintenance, but requires optimization. (Source: International Journal of Medical Informatics).