Journal of patient safety
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Journal of patient safety · Sep 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialUsing a patient internet portal to prevent adverse drug events: a randomized, controlled trial.
Adverse drug events (ADEs) are common in ambulatory care and may result from poor patient-physician communication about medication-related symptoms. A module was developed within an electronic patient portal that was designed to enhance communication about medication symptoms and, in turn, reduce ADEs and health-care utilization. ⋯ Internet portals have the potential to enhance patient-physician communication. However, additional development is required to demonstrate that such interventions can improve medication safety or health-care utilization.