Building an allergy reconciliation module to eliminate allergy discrepancies in electronic health records
We built a module to automatically identify discrepancies within patients' allergy records and remind providers to reconcile and update the allergy list. Its high accuracy shows promise for enhancing patient safety and utility of drug allergy alerts.
Authors
- Oliver D. James
- Li Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3874-4833)
- Diane L. Seger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9924-378X)
- Kimberly G. Blumenthal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4773-9817)
- Foster Goss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7939-7885)
- Ying-Chih Lo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6538-842X)
- Frank Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1774-9926)
- Suzanne V. Blackley
- Sheril Varghese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7930-4623)
Institutions
- Political Research Associates (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Mass General Brigham (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- Published
- 2025-01-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaf022
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.23
Funders
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality