Effect of electronic clinical decision support on inappropriate prescriptions in older adults

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Quantitative Sciences Unit, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Division of Palliative Care, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.

Surbhi Singhal et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;70(3):905-908.

doi: 10.1111/jgs.17608. Epub 2021 Dec 7.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Quantitative Sciences Unit, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Primary Care and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Division of Palliative Care, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.

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