Computer aided prescribing: Decision support needs to be evidence based

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7455.1566-a

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Siaw-Teng Liaw (t.liaw@unimelb.edu.au), professor1,
Stephen Kerr, decision support officer2

¹Department of Rural Health, University of Melbourne, Graham Street, Shepparton, VIC 3630, Australia
²National Prescribing Service, Australia, Level 7, 418A Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia

EDITOR—The deficiencies of existing computerised prescribing decision support systems in the United Kingdom described by Fernado et al and Ferner are mirrored in Australia.1 2 Focus groups conducted by the Australian national prescribing service highlighted concerns that prescribing decision support prompts may not be evidence based or comprehensive.3

Subsequently, four prescribing packages were analysed, …