@inbook{de6a19928e9241f48ace8d5405f23f37,
title = "Mandatory medication indications in electronic systems: the prescriber perspective",
abstract = "As hospitals transition from paper to electronic medication charts, an opportunity exists to 'nudge' prescribers to document medication indications by making this data-entry field mandatory. The aim of this study was to explore hospital doctors' perceptions of mandatory documentation of indications in an electronic medication management (EMM) system. Ten junior doctors took part in brief semi-structured interviews. Participants identified improved communication among staff as a key benefit of indication documentation. Recording indications was also seen to act as a prompt for medication review. Despite these benefits, indication documentation for all medications would be challenging to implement in practice. Users of the EMM system (i.e. junior doctors) explained that they are time poor and are often tasked with transcribing medication orders into the electronic system with limited knowledge of why medications are being prescribed. Determining the indication for use would require additional time and effort, and prescribers reported a high risk of working around the system if indication documentation was made mandatory.",
keywords = "Electronic medication management, mandatory documentation, medication indication",
author = "Melissa Baysari and {Del Gigante}, Jessica and Maria Moran and Elin Lehnbom and Richard Day",
note = "Copyright the Author(s) and IOS Press 2019. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.; Context Sensitive Health Informatics Conference, CSHI 2019 ; Conference date: 23-08-2019 Through 24-08-2019",
year = "2019",
month = aug,
doi = "10.3233/SHTI190145",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781643680040",
series = "Studies in Health Technology and Informatics",
publisher = "IOS Press",
pages = "95--100",
editor = "Romaric Marcilly and Kuziemsky, {Craig E.} and Christian Nohr and Sylvia Pelayo",
booktitle = "Context sensitive health informatics",
address = "Netherlands",
}