Quality of drug interaction alerts in prescribing and dispensing software

Sweidan, Michelle; Reeve, James F; Brien, Jo-anne E; Jayasuriya, Pradeep; Martin, Jennifer H; Vernon, Graeme M

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02832.x

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In reply: Cheong notes that the terms “sensitivity” and “specificity” have a slightly different meaning in our study compared with the usual definitions. This was intentional, and the definitions we used are clearly described in our article.1

1 Pharmaceutical Decision Support Program, National Prescribing Service, Melbourne, VIC.
2 University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
3 University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW.
4 Belgravia Medical Centre, Perth, WA.
5 Departments of Internal Medicine and Chemical Pathology, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD.
6 Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
7 Austin Health, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: msweidan@nps.org.au

1. Sweidan M, Reeve JF, Brien JE, et al. Quality of drug interaction alerts in prescribing and dispensing software. Med J Aust 2009; 190: 251-254. <MJA full text>
2. Abarca J, Malone DC, Armstrong EP, et al. Concordance of severity ratings provided in four drug interaction compendia. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 2004; 44: 136-141.
3. Vitry AI. Comparative assessment of four drug interaction compendia. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2007; 63: 709-714.

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