Decision Support Systems Often Provide Medication Alerts That Tell the Prescriber

question 11

Multiple Choice

Decision support systems often provide medication alerts that tell the prescriber:

• A) Patient history data with a summary of their diagnoses
• B) The usual dosage for the drug being prescribed
• C) The patient's latest laboratory values, such as potassium levels
• D) Potential drug-to-drug interactions with other medications the patient is taking

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