19 Sep Aegis study reports prevalence of identified drug-drug interactions based on detection of ingested substances.
InterACT Rx™ identified at least one drug-drug interaction (DDI) between recently ingested substances in as many as 20% of patients.
Nashville, Tennessee (Sept. 19, 2018) – In a recently published study of more than 15,000 patients, 20% had at least one DDI identified. Risk of DDIs has been shown to contribute to patient harm, hospitalization, and increased healthcare costs. Despite improvements in electronic health record (EHR) systems and implementation of strategies to reduce drug-drug interactions (DDIs), patients are still negatively impacted by adverse drug events (ADEs) caused by DDIs.
Aegis offers a focused assessment of DDIs called InterACT RxTM involving medications commonly prescribed in your practice, but it also circumvents some of the subjectivity of medication reconciliation that has proven to leave gaps in patient care.
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